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  1. f16jack

    I won a custom rifle! I need a scope! (updated)

    Not very far distances for that game. All the scopes you listed have top mags of 20x to 24x. That's fine for the range as a spotting scope, but you won't need or use that power when hunting. I use the Leupold VX-6HD 3-18x44. I used to have a larger scope (4-24x52). Too big. The VX-5HD...
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    Alaska Range Dall Sheep hunt

    Thanks. It was a great day.
  3. f16jack

    Wiping blood on the face of a new hunter

    Every hunting camp should have their own traditions that they pass on. The blood on the face may be preferable to eating the oysters.
  4. f16jack

    I won a custom rifle! I need a scope! (updated)

    What are you hunting with this rifle? Where are you hunting with this rifle? (let's see, what are the other 3 of the 5 W's)?
  5. f16jack

    Need 7mm Rem mag rifle suggestions

    Rifles are tools. They deliver bullets. Bullets: I agree with the folks who recommend the 7mm Rem Mag. There are other cartridges that are just fine also. 7 of 8 guys in my elk camp are 7 Rem Mag guys (including me) and we have never had any issues with appropriate kill power. Do other...
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    Need 7mm Rem mag rifle suggestions

    We might need a little more info. Are you planning on hunting whitetails from a stand, or backpacking into the wilderness for a week with this rifle? I would recommend two different rifles (prob same caliber) for these two different hunts.
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    Utah upcoming draw application.

    Thanks. Only shot a smokepole once. I was a little kid (12) as an extra in the Dawn Wells film "Winterhawk." Justius McQueen and the guys were plinking at a piece of wood in a pond, and between video shoots he asked me if I'd like to take a poke. I did and it was fun. They all laughed with...
  8. f16jack

    Private Elk Land

    I'm assuming this is Colorado? How would we know?
  9. f16jack

    Taking a non-Hunter along - Yes or No

    My secret to successful elk hunting is perserverance. You have to stay out - cold, wet, freezing, dark. You need to be there when the elk come through. If your buddy is willing to do that just great. If he's willing to remain back at camp and cook and have the fire going when you get back...
  10. f16jack

    24" too long?

    My only issue with a suppressed normal length barrel is when it is slung over my shoulder and I go under a tree. I just have to remember to tip the rifle aft slightly. Other than that the benefit of the suppressor outweighs any of the downsides (even the weight and forward imbalance).
  11. f16jack

    Utah upcoming draw application.

    It will be interesting to see. The early season is only 15K tags, the late is unlimited for Any Elk. I wonder how many will do early vs. late. Great that they have unlimited youth tags. Take a kid hunting.
  12. f16jack

    Caliber for Daughter??

    Here are some more of her with her 7mm-08. Real smiles under the smilies.
  13. f16jack

    Caliber for Daughter??

    Thanks. She was very proud of that elk.
  14. f16jack

    “Back country” question

    Go scout and see ease of access. Also, are the roads open, open to atv's, open to mountain bikes?
  15. f16jack

    24" too long?

    Why would you chop down a barrel to add a suppressor? Perhaps I'm missing something. I had a Remington 700 barrel threaded by a gunsmith so it could accept a suppressor. He didn't chop the barrel, he threaded it. I lost no speed or accuracy.
  16. f16jack

    Caliber for Daughter??

    I bought my daughter a 7mm-08. It's a great, low kicking, big game gun. It is a Browning A-Bolt II, left hand, youth model with a shorter stock. I load the same Berger 180's that I use in my 7mm Rem Mag and she is deadly with it. Very manageble kick.
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    Utah upcoming draw application.

    Many things here in Utah are messed up with the draws and OTC tags. But one of the things I like is that a cow elk is not related to a bull elk. Antlerless in Utah is treated as unrelated to Antlered. Separate draws and seasons. I hope you're successful with a good area with that many...
  18. f16jack

    How many posts for lil-rockslider status

    great quote
  19. f16jack

    Colorado Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish Citizens Initiative.

    great idea
  20. f16jack

    Commercial Pilot?

    A couple of quotes from over the years: "There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots. There are no old, bold pilots." and, from an old major to me as a new F-16 student year ago, after a night landing gear emergency: "Jack, right now you have a bag of luck. Your experience bag is empty...

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