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Hunting in Zambia:
Buffalo——404 Jeffery/ 430 gr. NF softs & solids
Black Lechwe, Tsessebe, Side Striped Jackel——-9.3x66/286 gr. NP & WL solids

Planning on my old .270 Win for Idaho elk and Montana deer. Maybe Idaho deer too if I find the time.

For sheep, caribou and bear in AK, my 6.5x284 NORMA. Moose; my .300 H&H I am sure, but possibly the .375 H&H.

Fireball 2,
That is a great looking Savage!

Alabama whitetail -270 win and 7mm08. Couple days with ML.
Ohio- 350 Legend.

My primary for everything is a 7-08 Montana pushing 120 TTSXs or 139 Interlocks.

Elk hunt this October will see me accompanied by my Sako 338. Deer at home, I’m getting an urge to not use my usual Jarrett 280 AI or pre 64 270. I’ll take a deer or two with my bow, while also hunting with my Delta Elite 10mm, T/C Hawken 50 or 54….just wanting to be out of the ordinary this fall.

Ill be back and forth between a pre64 FW in 270 in a McM, and the same in .308 wearing the original furniture. I have a Montana big game combo license and an any deer tag for Harding County west of the highway.

No big game tags this fall so it'll be a (Lilja) 1:8 22-250 Kimber Montana w/75gn A-max for varmints that show themselves while I'm bird hunting.

Deer and I'll be useing an 1885 Highwall in 35 Whelen

September will find me in Texas with a custom #1 300 H&H for the Gemsbuck and another custom on a Argentine Mauser 6.5X55 full Mannlicher stocked rifle.
Deer season (from November 15 through January 1 will see a multitude of rifles. Dakota M10 6.5X55, custom 250 Savage, #1"s in 7MM-08, 300 Savage both full custom guns, Winchester High Wall 38-55 , 275 Rigby, Pre 64 M70 7X57 carbine and whatever else I feel like taking. It's good to have choices

Hard to improve on perfection. I’m taking this time proven 50 for something bigger than gophers…

Using my longbow for archery elk and my 300wsm for rifle hunting. 165 gr bonded bullets and 66 gr 4350.

Already did. 300 grain A-Frame out of a 9.3x62mm aimed at a Cape Buffalo.

Actually, it was 3 A-Frames...

I'll play around with the 6 ARC and 6.5 Grendel a bit since they are new additions. Will roll through several different rifles/rounds during the season.

Very likely……nothing!


We failed to draw on elk, many deer areas nearby have extensive CWD, didn’t even try for “goats” because of the winter kill off.

We have a freezer full of meat, if we hunt …..it will be elk on a General! Or, maybe to just get out in the country…..buy some bear tags! So….it will be be my usual old rifle or my handgun! memtb

A fast twist .280AI. with Hornady's 175-grain ELD-x bullets.

For deer in the northern part of the state:

Seekins PH2 in 6.5prc
Weatherby accuguard in .257bee
Hopefully a Win95 in .405

Below the restricted line:

Ruger 77/44 in 44 mag

Took an Oregon cow elk in January this year with my 30-06 Rem 700 CDL and the 178 grain Hornady ELD-X.

Hunted Idaho spring bear without filling a tag. Was working with a nicely built 7 PRC on a Bergara action. Also had the 45-70 Marlin along as well. Opposite ends of the spectrum right there. Had two bear tags, didn't take a shot. It was still a nice week in the Magruder Corridor.


Next up is Washington bear, opening soon. I'm thinking that the new-to me Winchester Model 70 in 7mm Rem Mag with handloaded 140 gr Barnes TTSX bullets will be the choice.


I've got an archery elk tag for Washington, may not have much time available for that hunt but a walk with the bow is always nice anyway. It's a Hoyt take-down recurve, 62" and 53# that I've had since the 1970's. Still enjoy shooting it.

And for Washington deer in October & November I may turn to the same 7mm magnum Winchester Model 70. Maybe. Nice to have options.

Regards, Guy

About the same as I use every year...

For deer and if I draw a Montana antelope, I'll use my .257 Ackley with 117 gr Sierra GmeKing bullets.

For elk I'll use my .300 Wby Vanguard shooting 180 gr TTSX bullets, or my 7mm RM with 160 gr Accubonds.

And for an Alberta moose in September it will be my .300 Wby Vanguard shooting 180 gr TTSX bullets.

Man is that a great looking rifle Guy...