Hunting Season 2008

[Marshal Halloway]

Stag Arms model 6 Super Varminter.

Still waiting for a chance to get some days off. 

[shooter32]

Good things come to those who wait Sounds like the perfect gun for job.

Good luck and hope to see the hunt on video

[DavidC77]

Stag Arms model 6 Super Varminter

OH BOY, that's the one I want but the 6L (left hand) instead. It looks like a sweet shooter, let us no how it doe's.

[DavidC77]

OK, ladies and gentlemen, here's a 'magic bullet' story for you.
Yep, boys and girls, TWO DEER WITH ONE SHOT She said she WILL be offering 'hunting lessons' next year.

WOW that is great, I bet she will never let you live that one down .

[MikeBjerum]

PegLeg,

Congrats to the wife, and enjoy the meat.

What happened with that bullet, and JumboFrank's story are examples that it is as much the bullet as it is the caliber.  My .22-250 is a great long range varmint gun, but I have learned to use lightweight hollow points in it.  With light hides and little other resistance you need a bullet that will fall apart easily and quickly on fox and coyote.  If I use FMJ or even SP, or if I get too heavy the bullet will blow right through without giving the knockdown shock, or just as bad "explode" inside and take all the hide off with the exit hole.

USPSA shooting has done more to educate me for hunting than anything else.  Figuring power factors finally turned the light bulb on that made me look at energy.  I combined that with what I had learned about bullet characteristics, and I am now much better (not perfect) at picking rounds for animals.  The down side is that most stores just stock whatever they think will sell the best, and it can be frustrating trying to find the cartridge you think is really best for your needs.

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[PegLeg45]

PegLeg,

Congrats to the wife, and enjoy the meat.

What happened with that bullet, and JumboFrank's story are examples that it is as much the bullet as it is the caliber.  My .22-250 is a great long range varmint gun, but I have learned to use lightweight hollow points in it.  With light hides and little other resistance you need a bullet that will fall apart easily and quickly on fox and coyote.  If I use FMJ or even SP, or if I get too heavy the bullet will blow right through without giving the knockdown shock, or just as bad "explode" inside and take all the hide off with the exit hole.

USPSA shooting has done more to educate me for hunting than anything else.  Figuring power factors finally turned the light bulb on that made me look at energy.  I combined that with what I had learned about bullet characteristics, and I am now much better (not perfect) at picking rounds for animals.  The down side is that most stores just stock whatever they think will sell the best, and it can be frustrating trying to find the cartridge you think is really best for your needs.

Yes, the bullet absolutely makes the difference. I prefer a heavier bullet, but the biggest factory ammo you can get around here is 100 to 105 gr in .243. I'm going to do some reloading in the off season and test some heavier bullets. I thing Barnes makes a heavy .243.
She was using Remington 100 grain Core-Lokt ammo. So far this year (first year using them) they have anchored five deer for us collectively (including the one below that my son took yesterday afternoon) with one-shot stops in their tracks. The Core-Lokt ammo seems to do the trick.
My wife and youngest son have taken five deer with four shots. That's called maximizing ammo productivity. 

My son took this doe (DNR wants the doe herd thinned) yesterday afternoon with my A-Bolt .308 with 150 gr Core-Lokts.
We just bought a new upright freezer, now I think it's gonna be full.

 

[ericire12]

Yer just EVIL!!! "Huntin' down behind the house",  I didn't get no venison and I'm just about out of pig!

I was empty handed this year as well, Haz, dont feel bad.....


.... as for .243, I know a guy who uses .243 exclusively and took 14 deer this season -- It works just fine on deer.

.... He swears by Winchester Supreme ammo for the .243 you might want to give that a look

http://www.winchester.com/products/catalog/rifle.aspx

[PegLeg45]

I was empty handed this year as well.....


.... as for .243, I know a guy who uses .243 exclusively and took 14 deer this season -- It works just fine on deer.

That's all my wife and two sons use also (except my youngest who confiscated my .308 this year).
I've just always been a 30 cal kinda guy.   

[m25operator]

No comments except good job Gals and Guys, My birthday hunt ( May ) in Mexia, Texas.



Boar hog 350 - 400lbs, with a .223, 1st shot in the neck took him down, but he did get back up, 4 fast shots put him down for good. 100 yards with an AR15, with an aimpoint, comp C3, I know it's obvious from the picture The picture was taken the next morning, after the buzzards were having their way with him. Forgot the camera on the evening hunt. Helping a friend exterminate some really destructive vermin.

[Big Frank]

Mmmm. Pork.