Recent content by Rcritch

I've clubbed countless mice and other vermin that were practically underfoot, including on a golf course where I nearly disemboweled a prairie dog with my 7 iron. But my most memorable short distance hunting experience was on an Estancia Valley, NM dove hunt. With the setting sun low on the...

My all time favorite would have to be my pre-64 Model 70 Winchester in .257 Roberts, because it was the most accurate hunting rifle I've ever owned. But a close second would be it's pre-64 Model 70 twin in .270 Winchester which I would use whenever the likelihood of longer range shooting might...

The beating wouldn't be too bad in a 34 pound Armalite AR-50, about 80% of what I used to put up with shooting my 10 pound .416 Rem. Mag.

It'd be pretty hard to beat the .50 BMG.

Being a meat hunter I'd go for whatever critter was/is the tastiest. And not even knowing what a "rifke" is I would use anything between my .223 Remington and the .50 BMG that I used at work before I retired. If it were a winged critter I'd use one of my own scatter guns: .410 bore thru 28...

This year the over the counter NM Barbary Sheep tag is $373 plus the required "Game License" (small game), which is another $65. But that's still reasonable, compared to the $1623 they charge for Ibex & Oryx.

Forty-five years ago I was forced to sell my two all-time favorite rifles, because I had gotten sideways with the IRS and was concerned that they might come and take everything I had. Fortunately I found a good lawyer and was able to settle the dispute with the tax jackals. Both rifles were pre...

Dragging your deer out from wherever it's "at" is never a viable choice ... unless you're just harvesting deer for dog food. All North American big game animals that are worth eating have enough body weight, insulating hide and retained blood in their muscle tissue that they take time to chill...

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I've packed out a helluva lot of elk on my back, but never with a really good hi-tech frame. So I can't really help you there. But if you're from the lowlands of the Valley of the Sun, or thereabouts, and fixing to hunt an early season up north in the high country of Mount Humphries, or to the...

I lost all of my right shoulder's rotator cuff (except for the deltoid muscle) in a motorcycle wreck and had to have a "reverse" total shoulder replacement on that side. But I am so exclusively right handed, footed and master eyed that there is no way I can shoot left handed so I had to give up...

Before I was old enough to vote (1964) I sold one of the old cars I had fixed up to the point that it was both operable & registered and then used the money to buy a brand new Remington 600 Magnum in the .350 Rem. Mag. caliber, which I was hoping to use for a possible future elk hunt. After...

Having spent my entire adult life at (and most of it well above) mile-high altitude I've never had a problem with hunting at or above 10,000' MSL, so I really can't relate to those who find themselves struggling in the high country. I think the advice, such as Aoudad Shooter's tips, of actively...

I too endorse wyosteve's recommendation to avoid getting the floor. In winter weather you can track all the mud and snow possible into a tent with no floor and in short order the wood burning stove will have that mess perfectly dry and no problem. I use a 6 to 8 foot carpet runner beside the...

Playtimefun said: "What's the barrel length of your 257 Roberts and have you thought about doing the Ackley improved (doubting so based on your comment)?" My .257 Roberts had a 24" barrel, totally factory in all aspects, yet a true tack driver. Never felt the need to go Ackley Improved, even...