Thought that I would make a thread here about our 2024 Moose hunt, been getting a few questions about my plans for this hunt and what I want to get out of it.
Steve and I started talking about doing some type of moose hunt the end of last year and in true Steve fashion we committed pretty quickly to putting together a plan and making this hunt happen in 2024. Pretty funny how things work but it really didn't seem like that complicated to put something like this together; maybe because we have done enough hunts in Alaska? Anywho this whole thing is super exciting, and I am looking forward to seeing how the season shakes out, you just never know what can happen on these types of adventures and there is always something to take away.
This year I have really dived into my current rifle setup, years past I have made little changes and tweaked stuff in my gun platform but other than shooting at the range and doing load development I have not spent a ton of time shooting field positions and training for that. this year I shot my first NRL hunter match and that was great. One thing I took away from that was managing recoil and building a solid shooting position can be done even when not laying on my belly. given all that I am still a weight wuss and don't want to pack a 12-pound gun. I have 3 rifles that I am considering for this hunt, and this is what I am considering.
Lightest to heaviest:
Seekins slam in 6.5 PRC
Sig Cross in 6.5 CM (picture attached)
Semi-custom in 7 PRC
Ill dive more into what the weights are and how I am shooting each rifle more in this thread and overall, what I end up taking. I definitely have been influenced by @Formidilosus in some degree and dang its hard for me to go from shooting a 300 WSM to one of these but the guy makes sense as I am sure most of you all here already know.
September sure cant come quick enough! I am the worst person for doing a thread like this but I will make it a point to try and keep up with it and how my AK moose 2024 prep has and is going.
Steve and I started talking about doing some type of moose hunt the end of last year and in true Steve fashion we committed pretty quickly to putting together a plan and making this hunt happen in 2024. Pretty funny how things work but it really didn't seem like that complicated to put something like this together; maybe because we have done enough hunts in Alaska? Anywho this whole thing is super exciting, and I am looking forward to seeing how the season shakes out, you just never know what can happen on these types of adventures and there is always something to take away.
This year I have really dived into my current rifle setup, years past I have made little changes and tweaked stuff in my gun platform but other than shooting at the range and doing load development I have not spent a ton of time shooting field positions and training for that. this year I shot my first NRL hunter match and that was great. One thing I took away from that was managing recoil and building a solid shooting position can be done even when not laying on my belly. given all that I am still a weight wuss and don't want to pack a 12-pound gun. I have 3 rifles that I am considering for this hunt, and this is what I am considering.
Lightest to heaviest:
Seekins slam in 6.5 PRC
Sig Cross in 6.5 CM (picture attached)
Semi-custom in 7 PRC
Ill dive more into what the weights are and how I am shooting each rifle more in this thread and overall, what I end up taking. I definitely have been influenced by @Formidilosus in some degree and dang its hard for me to go from shooting a 300 WSM to one of these but the guy makes sense as I am sure most of you all here already know.
September sure cant come quick enough! I am the worst person for doing a thread like this but I will make it a point to try and keep up with it and how my AK moose 2024 prep has and is going.
