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Forum: Big Game Hunting
04-09-2010, 07:55 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 4,701
Posted By Painted Horse

I've been hooked on Elk since my first elk hunt...

I've been hooked on Elk since my first elk hunt in 1968. I've hunt Mostly Utah, but have also hunting Colo, New Mexico and Wyo. I've killed or helped kill a lot of elk in 40+ years of hunting. Any...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
02-22-2010, 07:45 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 3,268
Posted By Painted Horse

If you can draw the tag, I have not found the...

If you can draw the tag, I have not found the hunts to be too terrible difficult, If you will spend the time to learn the country.

I did a DIY hunt for a desert bighorn in 2007 and helped a buddy...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
01-16-2010, 06:51 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 7,075
Posted By Painted Horse

It's all about shot placement, not about caliber....

It's all about shot placement, not about caliber. Choose which gun you like, Use a good quality bullet and have fun. I've shot many elk that dropped with one shot from a 120g 25-06, I watched a...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
01-07-2010, 06:09 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 3,724
Posted By Painted Horse

So is the home you hope to build going to be your...

So is the home you hope to build going to be your primary residence? Just owning land in Utah won't get you a resident tag, You need to claim Utah as your primary residence. Pay Utah Income tax etc....
Forum: Reloading
10-18-2009, 08:06 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,667
Posted By Painted Horse

I use the Barnes 165/8 TSX over 69g of IMR 4831...

I use the Barnes 165/8 TSX over 69g of IMR 4831 with WLRM primers.
I get 3200 fps at 48* out of my Model 70

So far it's 6 for 6. 1 buffalo, 1 moose, 4 elk.
Forum: Big Game Hunting
09-29-2009, 06:14 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 5,005
Posted By Painted Horse

I've done elk this way for years. We did a moose...

I've done elk this way for years. We did a moose a couple of weeks ago. We carry several cotton bags that we put the meat in as we cut it off.
Forum: Big Game Hunting
12-19-2007, 10:59 PM
Replies: 289
Views: 56,805
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Poll: Elk Cartridge Preferences

I've had one shot kills of elk with a 25-06 using 120g Partitions. I had to shoot one 350 class bull 5 times with a 30-06.
The last 5 years I've used a 270 WSM shooting a 140g TSX. Again many one...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
12-18-2007, 07:42 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,490
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: ? for you guys that have been to alaska

My first trip to Alaska, I asked a Game warden about bears. He asked what kind of guns we were carrying, I told him a 44 mag and 12 ga shotgun.
He told me to load the shotgun with two slugs and the...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
12-14-2007, 11:55 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,680
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: big horn expidition

I drew a Utah Desert Bighorn on my first try. But I am the rare exception. There are lot of folks with 20 points still waiting. Its a Once in a Lifetime hunt, So I am done with desert Bighorn, Now I...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
12-10-2007, 06:22 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,372
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Wanting to hunt Elk

It has been so hard to draw Mature Bull tags in Utah, We started to put in for Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico hunts. A few years ago we drew a New Mexico hunt. We have been very successful at...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
12-09-2007, 02:00 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 4,664
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: What does this elk score?

With only one angle to look at it's a little hard.
Not extremely wide, small 3rds, no sweep on the 6's.
Nice beams, good 4ths, 6x6
He will probably go 330
Forum: Big Game Hunting
12-07-2007, 04:50 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 17,594
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: 300 WSM and 300 Win. Mag

I'll second a lot of the above advice. 180g in either rifle.
I personally shoot the Barnes 165g TSX in my 300 WSM. It has killed several elk and a Buffalo, All one shot

The WSM will probably...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
12-03-2007, 04:37 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 26,515
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: 270 wsm for elk

I bought a box of 150 Winchester Power Points and a box of 130 Winchester Supreme BT when I bought the rifle. Used them to sight in and generate brass that I could reload. I still have part of each...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
12-01-2007, 02:50 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 26,515
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: 270 wsm for elk

I bought a 270WSm in 2002 when they first came out because a friend did so well shooting Moose in Alaska with his 270WSM.
I have shot numerous elk with my 270WSM, Everything form 200 to 500 yards....
Forum: Reloading
11-28-2007, 10:14 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,832
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: 270 win mag?

Just buy a 270 Weatherby Mag.
Or buy a 270WSM anything much beyond that is pretty much over bore.
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
11-27-2007, 07:23 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 6,043
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Whats Your Deer Gun?

I use a Model 70 in 270WSM for most hunting. I often have a Cow Elk tag as well as my Mule Deer tag.

Deer or Antelope only, I like my Browning BBR in 25-06

Trophey Elk, Buffalo, black...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-23-2007, 06:42 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,841
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Scenery Pics

Love the moose going through the snow covered quakies.
Some pictures of my hunting area.

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p259/Painted-Horse/Bullswejumped-1.jpg

...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
11-22-2007, 07:01 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,458
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: stolen again!!

I've never hunted back east and have never used a stand. It's just not the way we hunt here in the open west. So explain to me something.

Is it proper to take stands, ladders etc and leave them...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-20-2007, 06:29 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 4,111
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Spotting Scopes

I use a pair of 10x42 Kahles Binos. That covers most of my hunting. But this year I spent 18 days hunting Desert Bighorns and gained a new appreciation for a quality spotting scope as the binos just...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-19-2007, 06:51 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 27,456
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Your opinion on best .270 load for long range.

Back in the 60's I bought bargain ammo at the local sporting goods store. They killed deer just fine. When I started reloading in the 70's, I used Nosler Partition.
They killed just fine. The last...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-17-2007, 08:49 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 27,456
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Your opinion on best .270 load for long range.

I don't shoot a 270, but I do shoot a 270 WSM. So take my advice with a grain of salt.

When I bought my 270WSM in 2002. There wasn't much load data available, So we had to play with a lot of...
Forum: Reloading
11-16-2007, 08:45 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 3,003
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Reloading the 300WSM

I use 69.0 grains of IMR 4831 under Barnes 168g TSX bullet and it = 3200 fps
We have used my Model 70 shooting this load to harvest a Bison andseveral elk.
Works great

For me IMR 4831 is a...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-10-2007, 05:42 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,942
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Outfitting a rifle and yourself for a western (WY) hunt?

I have not been a big fan of the combined unit. Technology is changing so fast, There will be a better range finder out in 3-4 years. A good pair of binoculars will last a life time. Beside the combo...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-10-2007, 05:12 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,942
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Outfitting a rifle and yourself for a western (WY) hunt?

Your rifle & scope will be fine. Expect shots from as close as you do at home to 300-400 yards.
A good 130g 270 bullet should be able to aim dead on out to 300 yards. and it will be still in the...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-08-2007, 07:44 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,423
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Colorado Elk Hunt: 1-2-3 Down (Part II - Packing With Horses)

I agree, I enjoy having my horses with me in camp.
Allof the bad horses that I have experience have been somebody elses horses. Where they borrowed a horse to come hunting etc.
These other horses...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-08-2007, 07:17 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,016
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Why Elk have such big antlers

That's OK when they are soft and velvety. But care must be used when the velvet is gone and they are hard and pointy.
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-08-2007, 07:16 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 795
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: 1st Mule deer hunt-HELP!

I don't know the area you are going to hunt, Nor the type of country. I assume, SW Texas is Open dry rolling hill country.
If that's the case, understand deer have to cover a lot country to feed...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-07-2007, 04:20 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,222
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Mule Deer Mount?

If you've got the height, I still like the upright with a slight turn. But it takes a higher ceiling.
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-06-2007, 07:07 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,846
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Sheep Hunt

Thanks for all the comments.
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
11-06-2007, 07:02 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,018
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: .270 Ammo??

Choose what works well in your gun! If you have the budget to play with it, Try them all and see which bullet your gun likes best.
If you are like I was when I first got out of college, Cost of...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-06-2007, 05:23 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,859
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Some shots from my elk hunt!

Ah elk hunting in the fall. Beautiful Sunny warm days, that turn to winter overnight. Still a lot of leaves on the trees, Must of been during September.
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-05-2007, 08:09 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,846
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Sheep Hunt

Wild Donkeys
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p259/Painted-Horse/Sheep%20Hunt/Donkeys.jpg

Rough Canyons
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p259/Painted-Horse/Sheep%20Hunt/Sept4-1.jpg

...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-05-2007, 02:16 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,846
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Sheep Hunt

Even if I had not shot an animal. ( which would have been a shame on a Once in a Lifetime tag) I would have enjoyed myself. The country I explored was just stunning. Seeing Wild Mustangs, Wild...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-04-2007, 07:24 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,689
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: 5x5 IDAHO ELK

I was refering to live weights, so your 600-650 field dressed is in line.
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-04-2007, 03:00 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,689
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: 5x5 IDAHO ELK

A good bull elk will run 700-800 lbs. Occassionally a really big one tops 1000.

So DoubleLung, How did you get him home in one piece? I have to cut mine in quarters or most often bone them out...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-04-2007, 08:24 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 4,396
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Stolen Elk

The idea of hidding something and using it to prove ownership only work if you can find the carcass. Which I really doubt you ever will. Scum who do this sort of thing arn't going to stay camped down...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
11-02-2007, 09:21 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,846
Posted By Painted Horse

Sheep Hunt

I drew a Utah Desert Bighorn sheep tag this year. I decided to for go a guide and do this hunt as DIY hunt. When I drew the tag, I started to try and search the internet for info on hunting Bighorn...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
10-31-2007, 03:24 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,423
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Colorado Elk Hunt: 1-2-3 Down (Part II - Packing With Horses)

I bought horses 12 years ago because I became more successful with my elk hunts and after packing a couple out on my back decided there had to be a better way.

I've never had any problems with...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
10-29-2007, 05:41 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 581
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Utah hunts

Yes you can buy Buck Deer and Spike Elk tags over the counter.
But anterless tags are a draw.
Most Southern Utah deer tags are on a lottery systems. There are never any tags left over after the...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
10-29-2007, 05:31 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 711
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Chronic Wasting Disease

If it got bad, You wouldn't want to becleaning any deer. And absolutely won't want to eat any deer meat.
So shuting down the hunt would be a wise decision.

If 40% of the herd in your area had...
Forum: Optics
10-25-2007, 08:29 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 3,845
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: rangefinder

I bought the Nikon Monarch 800 when they first came out. The eye cup fell off the first season, the rubber on the top by the trigger button fell off pretty quick. It still works but I was frustrated...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
10-21-2007, 12:32 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 429
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Took a day off

I'm in Utah. Here are a couple more pictures.

Sunrise before the storm
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p259/Painted-Horse/Sun-rise.jpg

It didn't put down enough snow to stay, But it...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
10-21-2007, 10:04 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 429
Posted By Painted Horse

Took a day off

I've got a Desert Bighorn Sheep tag this year and have spent preety much every opportunity in the desert looking for sheep.
The forecast this week end was for 70% snow. Knowing the sheep wouldn't...
Forum: Reloading
10-18-2007, 08:58 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,370
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: 270WSM Handloads

I bought my 270WSM when they first came out and reloading data was hard to find. We had to interprolate between what loads we could find.

My gun is a Winchester Model 70 with a 24" barrel. But...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
10-16-2007, 06:25 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,471
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: What does it take to hunt out West?

Wyoming is an easy state to draw Antelope tags in. I'd start there.

I think Colorado still has Youth elk tags. Where youth under 18 don't pay as much and it's easier for them to get a tag. It's...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
10-15-2007, 05:40 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,113
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: DIY ELK

Living here in the Mountain West. DIY was the only way we ever went hunting. Usually we drove over to the hunting area Friday evening. Hunted Saturday & Sunday and brought our kill home.

I never...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
10-11-2007, 08:50 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,471
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: What does it take to hunt out West?

I'll again suggest Colorado and New Mexico. Both are the shortest drive for you.
Colorado has the largest elk herd in the lower 48 (If I remeber right) and I'm pretty sure they still have some...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
10-11-2007, 05:42 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,471
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: What does it take to hunt out West?

Every year here in Utah we read the headlines about out of staters who made misjudgements and spent more time in the mountains than they planned on. Sometimes it turns deadly, sometimes just scary....
Forum: Hunting Gear Discussion
10-02-2007, 04:51 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,288
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Lawsuit Filed Againgt Scent-Lok

Well short of being sealed in a plastic bag, I wouldn't expect any clothing to stop the odor from a big fart.
Get realistic on your expectations.

I don't own any scent lock clothing, So I...
Forum: Big Game Hunting
10-02-2007, 04:38 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,280
Posted By Painted Horse

RE: Northern New Mexico Elk Unit?

I suspect a Uint wide tags means you could hunt any area with in that unit's boundry.
But you will need permission to hunt anything that is not public lands. i.e. private land and indian lands.
...
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