Just wanted to know........if I posted a 338 cartridge with an Accubond.......would I need a quarter or a 50-cent piece.
Originally Posted by BuzzH
I caught a few partitions in elk from a .338 but never have shot accubonds from mine so can't know.
My .338 has been collecting dust ever since I brought it back from AK hunting muskox some years ago.
Maybe in 2023 I'll pull that thing out of the safe, dust it off, and kill another elk with it...or may just keep shooting the 6mm for filling elk tags.
Dang, Buzz.......cannot tell you how impressed your post left me. Alaska and all that super impressive stuff!
Like I said earlier.......we could quickly hammer some cow elk on private land with rifle.......type 6 tags......but prefer the challenge of bowhunting on State/Federal lands.
Can only assure you........money is no object!
We will avoid the front shoulder like the plague.......but still try not to shoot too far back.....a potential bad situation.
You surely know what I mean!
Originally Posted by BuzzH
I caught a few partitions in elk from a .338 but never have shot accubonds from mine so can't know.
My .338 has been collecting dust ever since I brought it back from AK hunting muskox some years ago.
Maybe in 2023 I'll pull that thing out of the safe, dust it off, and kill another elk with it...or may just keep shooting the 6mm for filling elk tags.
Either way, the result is the same.
"Those that think they know everything are annoying those of us that have Google." - Dr. D. Edward Wilkinson
Note to self: Never ask an old Fogey how he is doing today. Revised note to self: Keep it short when someone asks how I am doing.
Dang, Buzz.......cannot tell you how impressed your post left me. Alaska and all that super impressive stuff!
Like I said earlier.......we could quickly hammer some cow elk on private land with rifle.......type 6 tags......but prefer the challenge of bowhunting on State/Federal lands.
Can only assure you........money is no object!
We will avoid the front shoulder like the plague.......but still try not to shoot too far back.....a potential bad situation.
You surely know what I mean!
Originally Posted by BuzzH
I caught a few partitions in elk from a .338 but never have shot accubonds from mine so can't know.
My .338 has been collecting dust ever since I brought it back from AK hunting muskox some years ago.
Maybe in 2023 I'll pull that thing out of the safe, dust it off, and kill another elk with it...or may just keep shooting the 6mm for filling elk tags.
Either way, the result is the same.
My buddy and I were 2 of the last 4 people to ever get to hunt musk ox in this area in AK...season has been closed since we drew/hunted.
Didn't do bad...2 all time record book bulls in 2 days.
Overkill is preferred to the other 'limp-wristed' options.
They hover in a circle and let you readily shoot them, Buzz!
Hardly unequivocal!!!!
More-expensive/easier ain't always better!
Is this seriously the best you have?
Congrats......Buzz! What caliber snowmobile?
Originally Posted by BuzzH
IMO, .338 is overkill.
Yes, its the best muskox I've shot and probably ever will shoot.
But, my buddy and I are applying again this year for Nunivak but doubt I'd top the one I already have. He's drawn Nunivak twice and drew the Shishmaref tag with a party app with me. Only person I know that's drawn ox 3 times in AK.
He's pretty lucky, also drew a MT sheep tag and the Idaho raffle sheep tag as well...so I'm liking my odds of us drawing Nunivak.
Forget the animals he’s harvested and the gear he’s used, @scenarshooter just melted another successful head of household with half of a game law and three letters…
Forget the animals he’s harvested and the gear he’s used, @scenarshooter just melted another successful head of household with half of a game law and three letters…
I've seen a good number of elk fall to the 85 grain Sierra HP gameking bullet from a Remington 243. Near and far, big and small. Almost all dead with one shot. Neck and or shoulder like in the video in this thread. The owner put the bullets where they are supposed to go and down goes the elk. His wife uses it now and is still killing them.
A post 'litterally' directed at me.......from the legendary John Burns.
The honor cannot be over-expressed......even given my toxic, negative attitude.
My hunting season is far from over, so please forgive my lack of any post the length of yours.
The Wyoming zone 7 hunt was a very productive hoot, last week of December. Check with WAM, concerning his BS alarm. When he presses that alarm button..........someone usually hears "I've fallen and I can't get up!"
Sorry to hear about Pat. Hopefully he can find another site to post-for-praise. He really kinda requires that.
Shall return.......perhaps late March, for a bit more. Mark your calendar.
Originally Posted by JohnBurns
Mike,
I wondered what the thread was that made Pat quit the Fire.
Congradulation?
I get that you are sick and angry at life but damn.
As to cow elk and the 243 I have killed 6 elk with the 243 with a mature bull thrown in to the mix.
Works great with the 105gr VLD. Shoulders are busted and noses hit the dirt pretty fast.
Lately I have been shooting the 6mm Creedmoor and the result are same same.
Catch some bone on the way in and elk put their nose on the ground really fast.
Rib shoot them and you better be ready for a 50yd tracking job.
Anyway hope your medical issues work out but the negative attitude and hostility are litterally toxic for your condition.
John.
"Those that think they know everything are annoying those of us that have Google." - Dr. D. Edward Wilkinson
Note to self: Never ask an old Fogey how he is doing today. Revised note to self: Keep it short when someone asks how I am doing.
A couple days ago had an hour-long, sit-down talk with Mark Dobrenski, who posted on the Campfire as "Dober" for several years, then quit due to to many nitwits. Mark, and his wife Anita, have killed a pile of elk over several decades, and he might chuckle slightly at the last few pages here. But eventually the Campfire wore out his chuckling impulse....
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