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You can expect that Barnes 150 to give you moose exit holes a long way out there. They, in my estimation, will kill a moose as far as I can ethically expect to hit that basketball-sized vital zone. I'd confidently, unhesitatingly hunt with them. 2 days 'till launch! Have fun in Newfy. Jim
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My son received word today from the outfitter that 8/12 were successful last week and 3/12 so far this week. Opportunity for all hunters last week. If i see one the first day that i would shoot on the last day, I’m taking it and then getting a bear tag.
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I hope you " ain't " gone yet cause you didn't even mention fishing poles.
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Prime Time for Moose where I live is the First Week of October, if you know how to call. My success rate, unguided hunts, during peak rut to date is 100%, but I am an animal.
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Staying at Deer Lake Hotel tonight. Arrived today, Temperature this morning was 47 at Port Aux Basque, now 68 degrees. Supported to be mostly cloudy this week which I like, less glare.
We saw one bull about a mile south of Exit 3 on our way to Corner Brook, behind a fence in an area they must have had high accident rates with critters.
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I have a buddy that's headed to Newfoundland today for moose/caribou/bear hunt. Don't know the outfitter he's using. Think his hunt starts tomorrow, he's using a 300 win though.
Off topic, but thought it was neat. Hell maybe you're using the same outfit.
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Met a few hunters last night at the Deer Lake Motel going here and there. We arrived today at CAMP 8. Conne River has been under new ownership. Robert Hanson is a hands on type of guy doing what he has to do to keep things going in the right direction. Camp is really nice, main camp and couple of camps for hunters as well. Dinner was excellent, pot roast, gravy, masked potatoes, corn and mashed turnips. Our fridge is full of soft drink. We took a few shots with our rifles and all of us were still righ on. I bought that new SAKO S20 .30-06 and i was inch off the bullseye at 112 yards leaning on the guide’s ATV with a shirt as a rest. I’m shooting 1” group at 200 yards from a bench 150 grain bullets. Very pleased. Guns a little heavy but i can deal with that. Thumb hole stock works well for me.
First impressions today is A+. Hunt starts tomorrow. To be continued.
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And Cheescake for dessert!!!
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I have a feeling you will be tagged out tomorrow. Do you know how to call moose or is your guide doing the calling? Best of luck, hope you slam a real NL Monster!
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So HOW did the Hunt go ? Successfull ? 🤷🏼♂️
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We all shot moose. My son and is bud each shot small bulls. His bud’s first trip to NF and he was pleased. I let 2 small bulls pass and took a small cow on the 4th day. Two of us were stuck for 3 days to due high winds and no ferry crossings. The next crew shot 6 bulls the first day. Those bulls we were calling the previous week to no avail. They were all hooked up with cows.
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Going back to Conne River outfitters this fall and taking a new SAKO S 20 in .30-06. Curiously as to bullets size you guys are using. I have used a 300 wsm the last 2 hunts. Taking the .06 as a back up gun.
Thanks. Use the same bullet you used in your 300WSM. Simple.
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I enjoy these bullet threads. I study bullet design and performance. I have over 100 bullets recovered from game. Bullets I have had fail miserably, others swear by them. I absolutely detest Remington Cor-Lokt's as they fail most of the time, yet others have great success. Keep em coming.
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I enjoy these bullet threads. I study bullet design and performance. I have over 100 bullets recovered from game. Bullets I have had fail miserably, others swear by them. I absolutely detest Remington Cor-Lokt's as they fail most of the time, yet others have great success. Keep em coming. Have you ever recovered any core lokt roundnose bullets?
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I enjoy these bullet threads. I study bullet design and performance. I have over 100 bullets recovered from game. Bullets I have had fail miserably, others swear by them. I absolutely detest Remington Cor-Lokt's as they fail most of the time, yet others have great success. Keep em coming. Interesting ! How’s your luck with the Hornady Interlocks and SST bullets ?
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No Grizz in NFLD, just black bears. I kill them with arrows, don't even need a .30-06 hehe. A well placed arrow will do in any beast on the planet. Just be sure to use a premium broadhead. 🤭 As Folklore has it re the word: Premium Here is a Premium 10,000-year-old arrowhead that they were using to kill big game way back then. The reason why it's a Premium Arrowhead is that when the Indian Chief asked the arrowhead maker to make him 6 and asked what he would charge for his arrowheads, he said "Your 18-year-old daughter to be his wife". Her name was Breasts Feeds Many and she was beautiful! The Chief said why do your arrowheads cost so much, the arrowhead maker said "These are my Premium Arrowheads and they take a lot of time and skill to make!" The deal was struck, and the arrowhead maker increased his lineage by 8 more kids and he did live a very long and happy life with Breasts Feeds Many. As folklore has it, this arrowhead maker was the first to use the word Premium and became famous for his Premium Arrowheads, and the number of wives he had, and all of the children he sired. Sitting Bull was one of his direct descendants. I'm here to see pictures of breast feeds many, in her younger years of course.
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Here you go Gojoe lol
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Here you go Gojoe lol Thank you, LOL
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I enjoy these bullet threads. I study bullet design and performance. I have over 100 bullets recovered from game. Bullets I have had fail miserably, others swear by them. I absolutely detest Remington Cor-Lokt's as they fail most of the time, yet others have great success. Keep em coming. Have you ever recovered any core lokt roundnose bullets? Good question--because Remington has changed the design of the Pointed Soft-Point CL several times over the past 30+ years--including the "thinning" of the thicker jacket over the rear of the bullet, which occurred around 1990. This apparently was due to the old forming dies wearing out--so they decided to change to a thinner jacket in order for the dies to last longer. But they didn't change the jacket thickness in the round-nose Core-Lokts. Round-nose bullets had gone "out of style" even among most deer hunters, so they weren't selling nearly as much RN ammo--and almost no RN bullets to handloaders. Don't know if that's still the case, as I haven't been able to find any RN Core-Lokt ammo for a while to section the bullets, but do know the present PSP Core-Lokts have relatively thin "sidewalls." Bought a box of .30-06 180s a year or so ago just for that purpose. Also know that Remington has sometimes loaded Hornady Interlocks in "Core-Lokt" ammo. This started around 1990 after the jackets were thinned in the original PSP Core-Lokts.
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