Just want to introduce myself...
 

I have been noseing around this site now for about a week. I figured it was about time to introduce myself. My name is Jeramie Im 33 and live in the great state of Maryland...LOL I have just recently been introduced to hunting. As a matter of fact I just started this year. Well 2009 that is. Im still learning the ropes and gathering gear. As of now I have purchased a 270wsm weatherby(I would have went standard 270 if I knew at the time the PRICE differnce of the ammo) Mossberg835 12Ga, and a PSE Nova (gifted to me by a GOOD friend). I hope that you all will tolerate my Ignorance with some of my future post but I have come here for guidance and to learn. I hope to meet all of you soon and wish you all the best of luck...........

Welcome to the board JW, and welcome to hunting!

Welcome, hope you enjoy your time here.

Welcome to the forum.

As for ignorance, we're ALL guilty of that... it just matters the topic.

I've had this philosophy most all my life: He who asks the most questions, gets the most answers. Even if I did have a strong grasp on a topic, I would still ask questions to get additional feedback. It's a great way to learn.

As for your gun, you could always sell it, as there would be several buyers interested, if you did want a different caliber/gun.

Good luck this year!

iSnipe

Welcome to deer hunting. I think will will like your WSM. I know I love mine. I have a Browning A-Bolt .270 WSM and am shooting Win. ballistic silvertip 130 gr. bullets. I would suggest you go with the 130 grain in whatever brand you decide to use. Ammo may be expensive, but if you shoot straight, you won't need a whole lot. Go ahead and buy about two or three boxes before it goes even higher. I bought three boxes. That will last me a long time.

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Welcome JW from a fellow new Hunter to the site! I think you will find it very helpful no matter what you know or don't know about all types of hunting. This is my first year as a hunter and I'm learning boat loads from the many who have hunting in thier blood as it were on this site. It sounds like your geting ready for some great hunts with the right gear so I wish you, Good Hunting and Safety.

Welcome to a site that has many very knowledgeable hunters! and welcome to the wonderful exciting world of hunting.

Welcome aboard! Well educated hunters here that are willing to share their thoughts and expertise.

Sorry to hear you're from Maryland! :s4:

Welcome JW!

Welcome! Sorry to hear you bought a short magnum gun. Was it a short magnum, or a super short magnum? Either way it is too expensive and not terribly practical for a hunting application. Unless you get your kicks sniping at small game at extreme ranges that is. If it's just for large game animals at reasonable range under 350 yds you can save a ton of money on ammo by buying that plain old 270 gun. There are very good reasons for owning wsm's and wssm rifles, but if you don't need them don't buy them. Just my opinion,they are improving things all the time, but if the old standby works, there is no need to change.
It's your choice of coarse, and I see you would have made a different choice if you had known the price. Some of my buddies don't understand my use of an Armalite AR-10 in 308. They have a point of coarse, I don't need an $1,800., semi-auto AR military style rifle to do the same thing they can do with a $250 single shot. It's just my choice as an ex military man. But I wouldn't choose one in a wssm round, even though some are available now, for the same reason as you. I'll stick with a proven round that is universally available and inexpensive.

Welcome aboard!!

Where are you in Maryland?

as michael waddell would say.." welcome to the brother-hood"

Jeramie,

Looks like you got a good starter kit; a shotgun, a rifle and a bow.


Welcome, if you can use any of them well, you'll be fine.


Look forward to hearing more from you.

Where abouts in MD are you from, jwsfitter? I am on the eastern shore in Dorchester Co. I, too, shoot a .270 WSM and I love it. Don't forget to add a muzzleloader to your collection for next year if your are in a county with a no breech load rifle law.:s4: You can get more distance then with the shotgun. I had a better season during ML then all the others. Got 8 with the ML and only 1 with the rifle. Gonna give the crossbow a go friday and saturday. Hoping to see some movement with the snow coming in. Best of luck to you!!

Welcome to the forum!!!

welcome aboard

Thats what we are alll or should i say most of us are here for, buddy. So welcome to the learning squad!

Welcome great p;ace to to learn and teach others.

geez dont beat the man down! Its a great gun!

Welcome.

My in-laws use to live in Maryland. Spent a lot of time there. They lived on Deal Island. Eastern Shore on Tangier Sound. Saw a lot of whitetail and sika there but never hunted. I was always fishing. Their house was right on the water. We caught rock, trout, croaker, drum, blues, flounder, rays and spot off the dock in amazing numbers.

Didn't like all the bugs, though. :D

I live in western MD in a town called Westminster. It is north west of baltimore bye about 60 miles. Thank you all for your responces and look foward to speeking to all of you soon.. I do love my 270 wsm as I see many of you do also. My onyl problem is the ammo price. I understand that it only takes one shot to make a kill but I LOVE spending time at the range and its a little costly. Once again Thanks to all of you.

Welcome, everyone has to start somewhere. Good Luck with your hunting.

To supperstrutter I also just switched to the 270 wsm ballistic silver tips
130 grain and I have found theat off of bags at 100 yards i can keep them in a 50 cent piece hole. Before I was using winchester 150 grain some other kind of tip I cant remember exactly what they were but they were all over the paper. I thought it was me but as soon as I switched up ammo I have been doing GREAT but this also my have to do with my confidence growing also. Thanks for the advice and I plan on staying with the silver tips. Thanks

welcome JW!!