Originally Posted by homers brother

Where do you come up with this stuff? Movies? Comic Books? Or, do you just make it up yourself? Indians and cougars? WW1 sniping? When game was plentiful? I see that Fritz has called you to account, but I'm suprised that no one else has challenged you for such a ridiculous statement as this.

For one, I think you'd better go study some history, in particular the periods of the Indian Campaigns and World War 1. It probably wouldn't hurt for you to understand firearms development and use in the intervening period.

(edit) I'll give you a hint. The .30-30 (.30 WCF) was introduced with the M1894 Winchester rifle in 1895. Native Americans were largely confined to reservations and marginalized as a threat by the time of the massacre at Wounded Knee - in 1890.

And second, if you can't get close to game, it's not the fault of the game or the rifle, it's YOUR fault. I hunt deer and elk in some of the most heavily hunted (general license) areas in Wyoming. No, you can't expect to hit the National Forest boundary and take your choice of monster trophy braggin' buck or bull, you've actually got to get out and HUNT them. Yup, TV makes it look so easy, doesn't it?