670 yard Mule Deer
10-20-2013, 04:38 PM
#61
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Eastern wv
Posts: 3,646
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10-20-2013, 06:24 PM
#62
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Kittitas, Wa.
Posts: 462
Well just my two cents thrown in here ...all you hunters that have not hunted barren ground or low sage brush, don't go knockin the long shot...t
THERE IS NO WAY to stalk when there is no cover... look at all the cover in my thumbnail photo we have MILES of that grass and brush that is not a foot tall..... Muley you might be a woodsman but ya gotta have some woods to hunt in to be a woodsman....where I hunt a 300 yd shot is close range 500 to 700 yds is the norm alot of times .......... so climb down offn yer high horse and come hunt the open and show us how ya gonna stalk that deer out in the open on the flats!!!!
Don't knock it till ya done it!!
THERE IS NO WAY to stalk when there is no cover... look at all the cover in my thumbnail photo we have MILES of that grass and brush that is not a foot tall..... Muley you might be a woodsman but ya gotta have some woods to hunt in to be a woodsman....where I hunt a 300 yd shot is close range 500 to 700 yds is the norm alot of times .......... so climb down offn yer high horse and come hunt the open and show us how ya gonna stalk that deer out in the open on the flats!!!!
Don't knock it till ya done it!!
10-20-2013, 06:55 PM
#63
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
Well just my two cents thrown in here ...all you hunters that have not hunted barren ground or low sage brush, don't go knockin the long shot...t
THERE IS NO WAY to stalk when there is no cover... look at all the cover in my thumbnail photo we have MILES of that grass and brush that is not a foot tall..... Muley you might be a woodsman but ya gotta have some woods to hunt in to be a woodsman....where I hunt a 300 yd shot is close range 500 to 700 yds is the norm alot of times .......... so climb down offn yer high horse and come hunt the open and show us how ya gonna stalk that deer out in the open on the flats!!!!
Don't knock it till ya done it!!
THERE IS NO WAY to stalk when there is no cover... look at all the cover in my thumbnail photo we have MILES of that grass and brush that is not a foot tall..... Muley you might be a woodsman but ya gotta have some woods to hunt in to be a woodsman....where I hunt a 300 yd shot is close range 500 to 700 yds is the norm alot of times .......... so climb down offn yer high horse and come hunt the open and show us how ya gonna stalk that deer out in the open on the flats!!!!
Don't knock it till ya done it!!
btw I've hunted coyotes for years on some of these open ranches. I can handle long shots just fine.
I just prefer the timber for big game.
10-20-2013, 07:11 PM
#65
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 360
Exactly, with the mess going on, and the stupidity we are dealing with in Denver, we may be there one day. It is better to be versatile and be ready for either situation, than to simply close off your eyes to one, or the other.
10-20-2013, 07:16 PM
#66
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 360
I also have a pair of 1895 marlins, one with peeps for such needs actually, and some rather solid loads to take anything down at close range. If I'm hunting thick timber, I'm bringing one of them. If I'm covering open country, I like a lil Rum with my sage. If its a mix, I have a slew of toys to use, including my 375, trajectory of an '06, with the hammer of Thor, and deadly accurate. Should nickname her, the anchor.
10-20-2013, 07:23 PM
#67
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
Yep, that will work.
I'm shooting a muzzleloader now, and i'm trying the 460 gr No Excuse bullets next year. It should put the hurt on them, even at slow speeds.
I broke my back, and had to skip hunting this year, but i'll be hard at it again next year. It only takes me 30 mins to get to the area in those pictures I posted. So, I always know what conditions i'll be hunting, and long shots are never needed. Makes life simple. I go up there all summer scouting with my dog. I hardly ever get lost now.
I'm shooting a muzzleloader now, and i'm trying the 460 gr No Excuse bullets next year. It should put the hurt on them, even at slow speeds.
I broke my back, and had to skip hunting this year, but i'll be hard at it again next year. It only takes me 30 mins to get to the area in those pictures I posted. So, I always know what conditions i'll be hunting, and long shots are never needed. Makes life simple. I go up there all summer scouting with my dog. I hardly ever get lost now.
10-20-2013, 08:06 PM
#68
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Colorado Springs
Posts: 360
Well, we tried to burn everything around us last year and this year, and we took a break from this year hunting as well. I think we may try 55 next year, as I at least know one area back in the wilderness that produce elk. I have 350gr flatpoint hornadys and 405gr hard cast loads, to which I'm not sure which I'll take. I have peeps on the 22" 1895, and open sights on the 1895 guide gun. I have a 260gr partition load for the 375 with 2-7x glass on it, so it can work close up or out a couple hundred yards. With those kind of woods, long range simply won't happen as we all know. Now some areas I've hunted, its either crawl thru blackberry bushes, or stand over hay fields. I'll stick with standing, and let the guys with the wittle guns crawl thru the nasty stuff.
10-21-2013, 05:06 AM
#69
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Buffalo, WY
Posts: 992
Mr Bc, its only ignorance cause you don't know it, here is a challenge, go to www.longrangehunting.com and read a couple days, find out how this works, how common it is, and how illegitimate your's and muley hunters reasoning is, we are only fools cause you don't have a clue, if your happy with that.....who's the fool?
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It's personal preference. Pretty simple idea.......... eh?
10-21-2013, 06:33 AM
#70
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Colorado
Posts: 9,557
Well, we tried to burn everything around us last year and this year, and we took a break from this year hunting as well. I think we may try 55 next year, as I at least know one area back in the wilderness that produce elk. I have 350gr flatpoint hornadys and 405gr hard cast loads, to which I'm not sure which I'll take. I have peeps on the 22" 1895, and open sights on the 1895 guide gun. I have a 260gr partition load for the 375 with 2-7x glass on it, so it can work close up or out a couple hundred yards. With those kind of woods, long range simply won't happen as we all know. Now some areas I've hunted, its either crawl thru blackberry bushes, or stand over hay fields. I'll stick with standing, and let the guys with the wittle guns crawl thru the nasty stuff.
I'm right next to the unit. The 4th picture down. Unit 55 is right over that ridge.
In my unit we have only 75 muzzleloader hunters. In the rifle seasons we have almost 900. I won't ever hunt rifle seasons again.
Still hunting only works when no other hunters are around.
Although I never worried about long range hunters, because they can't see into my timber. They'll be up on some ridge with a spotting scope glued to their head.
