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  1. Hoosker Doo

    Max Effective Range for Elk: 7-08, 6.5C, and 308

    Where I get hung up about this discussion is that per the study you shared, any hunting rifle cartridge that is legal to use delivers enough "energy" or "hydrostatic shock" to be effectively lethal at all practical ranges. So I see discussing it at all as a moot point. If they all meet the...
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    Max Effective Range for Elk: 7-08, 6.5C, and 308

    I found the findings and recommendations of this study very interesting and, surprisingly, validating. The final recommendation of the study was "In addition, bullets that fragment and meet minimum penetration requirements generate higher pressure waves than bullets that do not fragment...
  3. Hoosker Doo

    Hornady A-max for whitetails.

    If you shoot for the front shoulders there will be significant meat damage, especially if you hit bone. I will caveat by saying I only have one experience hunting with A-maxes. If you are lung or neck shooting every time, I'm sure performance will be devastating. I was with a buddy hunting...
  4. Hoosker Doo

    Arken zulus

    I'm interested to see what you think. This is on my short list with the LRF. I am not ready to commit financially to thermal and from what I have seen these are pretty dang good for Infrared.
  5. Hoosker Doo

    Shot Show 2024 Mega Thread

    I haven't heard much if anything on this thread about the new Henry Supreme lever gun that has a hammerless enclosed action, takes AR mags, free floated barrel and comes threaded. .556 or 300 blackout for now but they say they'll add more. If nothing else, I'm intrigued.
  6. Hoosker Doo

    6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....

    Thanks. That's the biggest gun my wife can shoot comfortably. We were a little stressed when we couldn't find any sign of a hit/blood in the snow. I glassed the herd moving away and could see there was no wounded among them. I had some of the same thoughts like "what would have made this...
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    6.5 Creedmoor/260 for Deer, Elk, and whatever else.....

    My wife got her first elk today. 363 yards with a creedmoor shooting 143 ELD X. It was a liver shot with an impact velocity of about 2200 fps. After the initial shot the cow was surrounded by other cows, so no opportunity for a follow up and they walked over a rise so they were no longer...
  8. Hoosker Doo

    Working out.

    I'm 32. I've never been extremely dedicated to a workout schedule, but I hike as much as possible and do periodic cardio/running in the summer months. In the past I've had a membership at the gym, but I wasn't consistent enough, but the last year or two I've noticed that my leg joints and...
  9. Hoosker Doo

    Whats your name boy?

    Great thread. Mine was a nickname given to me by the farmer I worked for in the summers from the age of 10 to 17. He said it was from a memory game and I reminded him of the little farmer in the game, but it was spelled Husker Du. Anyhow, the nickname stuck with my brother and friends, and to...
  10. Hoosker Doo

    Ideas on left hand coyote Gun.

    @wilydawg had a lefty Savage .204 in the classified over a year ago that's still listed??? https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/left-hand-savage-in-204-ruger-and-shooting-material-for-sale.208896/
  11. Hoosker Doo

    Ideas on left hand coyote Gun.

    I know! It's killing me because I just talked myself out of the ultralight to buy the .223 to get my 6 year old shooting, but he'll need a lefty elk rifle when he's 12 (.243 or bigger) but my wife thinks one gun a year is "more than adequate" or some nonsense like that 😆
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    Ideas on left hand coyote Gun.

    I know it's not everyone's favorite, but as lefty with 2 left eye dominant children, I just bought my first Savage 110 in 223, and will probably buy a 6.5 CM later on down the road (maybe the ultralight) because Savage still offers a plethora of left handed guns, and everyone else has all but...
  13. Hoosker Doo

    Criticism of road-glassing?

    Dang, us Wyomingites sound pretty horrible. You must hate hunting here. Keep spreading the word 😉
  14. Hoosker Doo

    How long did you hunt before you went for an elk?

    10 days. When I was 12, after school on the opener of deer, my dad took me up behind the house and I shot a little 4 point mulie. 10 days later, on the opener of elk, we hiked 1 ½ miles up the steepest mountain I'd ever climbed and got to a point at the head of 2 canyons. We left my brother on...
  15. Hoosker Doo

    Proper meat care 101 in high school.

    I'm a science teacher at a small high school. My principal sent me a picture of this he saw on Facebook and asked if something like that would be possible. Talk about an awesome request from your boss! I happen to have a late cow elk tag I was up in the air about whether I'd fill or not. I...
  16. Hoosker Doo

    My little guy is turning into a Killer. Lets see those kid pics.

    Yep. H&R .410
  17. Hoosker Doo

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    I got the apex hunter 110 that has a 20" barrel, so it's basically identical in proportion to my wife's mossberg bantam compact and my brother's Tikka T3x compact. A longer barrel might feel a little different though. Here's some of my first few shots with the 73 ELD-M. This was just 50...
  18. Hoosker Doo

    .223 for bear, mountain goat, deer, elk, and moose.

    Well, it's no Rokslide special, but thanks to following this thread for the last year or so and my kids getting older, I broke down and bought a Savage 110 .223. I needed a compact lefty (my 2 oldest kids and I are all left eye dominant). And that was the only real option off the shelf without...
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    My little guy is turning into a Killer. Lets see those kid pics.

    I'm excited to get started down that road with my kids. Here's my oldest with is first grouse this fall. I also had to shoot a squirrel or two so my daughter had something to take home as well.
  20. Hoosker Doo

    Son drew National Elk Refuge permit this weekend!

    Find any elk today? The suspense is killing me.

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