RE: The Great cleaning debate.
During the offseason, I'll thoroughly clean my rifles after every trip to the range. I usually put about 20 to 25 rounds through each rifle when I'm at the range. After my last range session right before the hunting season gets underway, I generally leave them alone until after hunting season is over. I might oil the outside to prevent rust, but I generally leave the bore alone. I'll take a peek down the bore every now and then to make sure there's no debris in there and if there is, I get it out with a dry patch or some compressed air.
I friend of mine that I hunt with sometimes doesn't have the affection for rifles that I have. He doesn't reload and puts less than a box of factory cartridges through his rifle in any given year. I'll bet he hasn't cleaned his rifle bore in at least a decade. But guess what, he almost always gets his limit of deer each year. Just goes to show that a squeeky clean bore just isn't necessary.