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  1. jhm2023

    Pressure signs

    The third piece kind of looks like a light ejector mark but I'm guessing its just an imperfection because all of that brass looks kind of rough around the rim. It also looks like your bolt face is machined kind of rough too by looking at those primers. Nothing I'd be concerned with. Are you...
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    Bow vs Rifle

    I thoroughly enjoy bowhunting and the gratification and experience that goes with it. To me though, I find it more gratifying to have a freezer full of meat and the odds of success are much higher with a rifle. Besides it's still gratifying, to me at least, to take a nice animal with a...
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    7mm Hunting Rifle Question

    The 28 is a fun cartridge to hunt with but it would certainly not be my choice for a short barrel suppressed rifle. The saum is a fun cartridge and has the efficiency I like for short barrels but brass is a pain to find. If that's the route you want to go, then look at the Sherman line of medium...
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    Caribou antlers August 19 - 28?

    They will mostly be in velvet going into the beginning of September. The real big bulls will start shedding velvet first and I've seen some of the toads with somewhat ripped up velvet the very end of August early September. The velvet quality won't be very good late August early September though...
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    Help Me Choose a Christensen FFT Ridgeline

    I voted for 7 rem mag because I really like that cartridge and killed my first sheep and lots of other mountain critters with it. If I was buying one of these though, it would probably be in a 280 AI or 6.5 PRC.
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    What's your favorite broadhead?

    Ramcat diamondbacks for me. I'd prefer the Ramcat hydroshocks but Alaska has a goofy law that doesn't allow them. Regardless, the diamondbacks are great.
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    Which Sheep Caliber

    Of the ones listed, my choice without a doubt would be a 7 saum in a 5.5lb or lighter bolt gun, assuming brass can be had of course. I'd also be loading it with 143gr Hammer Hunters or 145gr Barnes LRX pushed as fast as I can without pressure signs. I can assure you that grizz that far north...
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    6.5cm barrel length, suppressed, factory ammo

    I noticed about 100fps difference between 18" and 22" suppressed 6.5 Creedmoors. Same ammo and same brand and model of rifle, just two different ones with different barrel lengths. Using handloads with 127gr LRX and RL16, I got about 2,800 from the 18" and 2,900 from the 22". I'd personally go...
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    Which rifle should I take on my Alaskan moose hunt in September?

    My experience with Hammers has been great, I wonder if you had a stability issue causing the failure to function. The owner has always been super helpful too but that isn't the topic of discussion here. As far as using what the locals do, it really depends on the community you're talking...
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    Which rifle should I take on my Alaskan moose hunt in September?

    Those are all kind of crap choices for one reason or another to be honest. Some are too long and too heavy, all are using the wrong type of bullets and leave a bit to be desired for power. Moose aren't particularly hard to kill but they do have this little habit of making a death run into water...
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    Barrier of entry to Sheep hunting

    I opted for the move to Alaska route. Perhaps it's not the cheapest way to pursue sheep when you factor in the cost of living and everything else that goes with Alaska living. That said, I hunt sheep every year OTC. Then add on the ability to hunt moose, caribou, grizz/brown bear, mtn. goat...
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    Stone Glacier Child Carrier

    I called and asked Stone Glacier if they planned to make a child carrier that would attach to the xcurve frame. They more or less said no. My wife and I have tried the Osprey Poco AG plus and a few Deuter packs. The Osprey's suspension was terrible and hurt on long packs. Honestly, they all suck...
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    Color phase bears…post ‘em if ya got ‘em

    One of the nicer looking color phase bears I've taken. I thought the black around the eyes was interesting.
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    Shoulder or European?

    I don't hunt elk so take this with a grain of salt, but with caribou I had my first and biggest (370") shoulder mounted. I knew I'd likely never beat it and I prefer to have at least one good representative of each species I hunt or have hunted done into a shoulder or half life-size mount. All...
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    How Much PTO Do You Have?

    I get 30 days a year. I let it accrue all year long, then burn almost all of it between August and September. So typically about 25-30 days of chasing sheep, caribou, moose and bears which is great. I also work a rotating shift with my longest work week being 3 days on and 3 days off are the...
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    Vote - MOA or MIL

    I like MOA for hunting and it works for me as I don't shoot past 600. I used milliradians plenty in the military when I did big boy long range stuff like across entire map sheets using surface to surface and air to surface assets. To me me mils made a lot of sense for that.
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    Is a $600 backpack worth it??

    You buy it nice or you buy it twice is always a good rule of thumb for most purchases. The Stone Glacier pack is an excellent choice but it's more minimalist in terms of pockets if that matters a lot to you. I had a Kuiu pack and I only kept it for one season. Now I've been using a Stone Glacier...
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    Caribou Rifle and Defense Option

    I'll take a handgun on archery hunts and when fishing but I only take a rifle on rifle hunts. To me it just doesn't make sense to carry the extra weight of a pistol that has inferior ballistics to the rifle already being carried into the backcountry. I'm not too lazy to grab my rifle every time...
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    Mountain Hunting Should Be Hard

    Different strokes for different folks and life would be pretty boring if everyone did the same thing. Plus I'm quite happy that the mountains aren't crowded and I can easily leave the road warriors behind. I personally like DIY hunts deep into remote mountains above all other types of hunting...
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    Griz gun, 338 X-bolt?

    I used a x-bolt stainless talker in 338 for a while and I like that the bolt locks on them which in my opinion is a pretty important attribute of a bear gun. 338 is a great cartridge, but then again I've never had a problem putting grizz on the ground with a 7 mag using 140 and 145gr Barnes. I'm...
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