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    Centerfire rifle turkey hunting

    I have only shot one turkey with a rifle. I shot it in the head. It took a couple steps and it fell over. I sat and watched the flock disperse for about 15 minutes. As I went to retrieve the bird it got up and headed after the flock. I finished it with a shot on the moving bird low on the neck...
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    O/U firing both barrels at once

    If you have not had it happen before, there is a chance he double tapped the trigger without realizing. The recoil from the first shot pushing the gun far enough back that his finger came off the trigger enough to reset it and then the gun bouncing off his shoulder causing the trigger to fire...
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    Kennel Size

    I have two rufflands, an intermediate and a large for my 52# female GSP and 71# male GSP. The male generally rides in the large but when the bitch takes it before he gets in the truck he willing crawls in the intermediate without complaint.
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    Garmin watch for upland hunting

    I run an alpha 100 and purchased a watch this fall just to use for dog tracking. I went with the garmin instinct since it was the least expensive to accomplish the goal. I had to have the watch I purchased replaced through warranty but the replacement has worked great and I like having the dog...
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    Quail, chukar, Huns

    What type of dog do you have? How far are you looking to drive? There is a lot of public land for chukar, quail and Huns in the west. It is very doable as a public land do it yourself hunt. My knowledge is mostly of Arizona quail and of Washington pheasant and quail. Arizona has phenomenal...
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    Is the Expen$$$ive Turkey ammo worth it?

    If I wanted to kill a turkey with a 410, I would absolutely spend the money on TSS. If I were using a 12 gauge I would call them within 40 yards and use bismuth or steel if I had to go lead free.
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    Keeping weight on active dog

    My male dog has a very good recall. He also has a very very strong pointing instinct. Literally the only time I have difficulty recalling him is when he is on point. There has been more than one time where I have used the tone (trained to be recall) on his collar to locate him on point in thick...
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    Keeping weight on active dog

    Everybody does it a little different. The way I personally would approach it would be to add about 25 % to what the bag says as a starting point. This is assuming he is not getting a lot of calories from wife/children with snacks throughout the day. From there I would monitor his weight/body...
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    non factory coyote calibers

    Another vote for 6x45. When you neck up you shorten and thin the neck so there is less trimming than a 223 in an AR. The 55gr bullets fly faster and farther than the same weight in 223 and out to 300 yards the poor ballistic coefficient is acceptable. 85 gr bullets can be run in standard AR mags...
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    Keeping weight on active dog

    The analogy that Dos Perros made is perfect he is at fighting weight. I personally like my dogs to look about halfway in between the first picture and the second picture. Based on the forecast I will be hunting my shorthairs on Saturday in the snow with a high of 15 deg F and 10 mph winds. I...
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    Fitted Shotguns

    I am about the size of Joe average so I have lucked out in that respect of gun fit. I don't mess with getting the gun to fit me and instead try to buy guns that fit. This is true for shotgun, pistol, or rifle. To check gun fit, I close my eyes with the gun held at my waste. I then mount the gun...
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    Browning Auto 5 ammo

    Cheddite primers work just fine. Do not let them be your hang up. There actually is not a difference in diameter of 209 primers, but the tapers on the primers can be different. The European "sized" primers (Rio, Nobel sport, Fiocchi) have a bit less tapered which means that they will be a...
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    Keeping weight on active dog

    First thing first. Good on you for adopting a high energy breed and giving him a good home. That is commendable, especially if you do not read the benefits of the breed from hunting him. The first picture where the dog is on point, it actually looks on the heavy side of acceptable for the breed...
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    January upland hunt… ID or AZ?

    Mearns are the tightest holding game bird I have shot. That includes huns, 5 species of quail, three species of forest grouse and pheasants. The first mearns I shot I almost missed. Walking into a point and I look over at a horizontal dead tree at waste height to see a quail holding on top of...
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    NW waterfowl / upland birds

    In Easter Washington pheasant numbers seemed marginally higher than the past couple years. Quail seemed relatively similar to the past couple years. I don't hunt waterfowl so I don't know on them.
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    Browning Auto 5 ammo

    Are you already set up to fold crimp 2.5" shells? If you are not and this will be a low volume gun, then you could roll crimp 2 9/16 hulls using low pressure 2 3/4" data.
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    Browning Auto 5 ammo

    Look for 2.5" reloading data, you probably aren't going to find much loading data for 2 9/16" specifically, but I see no reason you can't either use the 2.5" data in a 2 9/16" hull or just reload 2.5" shells. Hodgdon has some for 2.5" cheddite hulls on their reloading data center.
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    Ackley improved hand loading question

    I used to run a 223ai and a 243ai. What is your goal with your gun? For a lot of big game type rifles I have decided that I don't like AI cartridges. The fatter case makes the case not feed as smoothly. You do gain a little on case capacity but not enough to be worth the cost and possibility...
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    Creepy experiences in the backcountry

    No way of knowing if it is related but that is in reasonable geographic and chronological proximity to the murders committed by Thomas Dillon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Dillon
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    New Mexico Javalina

    I used to archery hunt them in AZ. They are an excellent animal to spot and stalk archery hunt. They travel in herds so a snapping twig doesn't bother them like it bothers a whitetail. They have poor vision so if you get caught in the open you can freeze and they will think you are a cactus...

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