How about a “Smokey the Bear” or “Keep America Beautiful” type solution?
If we as a hunting community aggressively promote a “You can, but should you” or something catchy that encourages hunters to only take ethical shots, think before they shoot and make EVERY effort to retrieve wounded game...
I get it. I have seen more of the upper Midwest hunters you describe than good ol southern hunters. Seems to be really about hunters from urban backgrounds who didn’t grow up shooting/outdoors like some of us southern, rural hunters. Particularly in Kansas I would see the Michigan guys hunting...
Who is we? And I’m an eastern hunter. I have hunted all over the country and a few continents, Some of the worst shots and cheapest guns I have seen were good ol boy western ranchers. Unless you have hard evidence and stats to back up your claims about eastern hunter's wounding game then all you...
It always amazes me how supposedly sane people look to government to regulate behavior…and are quick to beg for non hunters to decide who can hunt what, where and how. If Wyoming doesn’t want eastern hunters then close the state to nonresidents. Just don’t expect to hunt or carry a weapon east...
Got my three today! The Obsidian 45 green and tan (short version) fit perfectly!
But I screwed up the order for the orange Alaskan ti.🫤
It’s a inch too long because I included the RUM mount in the length…which was dumb of me because it has to be rotated to lock and unlock.😬
I’m going to try and...
.280AI. I bought a .280 Sako/Douglas custom off a Lancaster County PA Amish gunsmith about 50 years ago. It’s still one of my favorite rifles…now you got me thinking I should go the AI route with it…