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Negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full.

Hey kid, what I miss around here?

Just lots of speculation. I'm hoping 30338 puts the topic to rest this weekend with a big ungulate with lots of headgear.

Tanner

Thanks..

Uh, members here actually go hunting?

About a 1/3 hunt, is my best guess.

I don't need to hunt to know that Barnes kills game BETTER than Berger VLD. Oh, wait.

I think most here hunt for about 2 days, max, per year. Shoot the first dink that comes along, take hero shots, post them on the internet. Then spend the rest of the year talking about it.

Yep

Kent

Would it be brash to say that some of the comments seem along the lines of video-game mentality?

Up-grade your elk rifle by trading integrity points to kill elk with fewer bullets!

Next up-grade, warmer dryer clothes, better boots and an energy bar and power drink!

[bleep] this chit, I'm going hunting..

Bring the right bullets, and good luck!

I try to get all mine done in 1.5 days or less.

I recently read on the Internet that Berger bullets work far better if you shoot them boattail first. When shot backwards actually fly flatter, drift less in the wind, and act exactly like Barnes TSX's when they hot elk. Anybody here able confirm this from actual experience? I have a bunch of Bergers and want to use them on my one day of hunting this fall.

I'm pretty sure that TTSX's work better than Bergers when shot backwards. My dentist's ex-brother-in-law shot an elk with backwards bergers and the elk got away.

I too hunt almost one entire day a year, but I spend 8 days a week at the range testing stuff just like you heard. How'd you think that talk started anyway?

If you want the knitting needle entrance, shoot the Berger pointy end first, if you want the Black Talon/TSX multi-petal mushroom, shoot the Berger boat tail first.

Shot boat tail first, the thing looks like a friggin' comet on the way to the target

Looking forward to seeing what the score to beat this year is. Treat this week as a warm up and don't spot too many elk for the old guy

I heard you load the bullet backwards when you're planning to shoot the elk in the butt, is that true?

We don't hunt elk here in Missouri. Our ancestors killed them all with muzzle loaders 150 years ago. Buffalo too. Elephants and tigers, well, our remote ancestors wiped them out with flint-tipped projectiles.

I bet those were made of controlled-expansion flint, though they probably didn't have polymer tips.

Boattail!

Gotta go, packing for second day of elk camp.

Most usually pack for the whole trip! Never heard of packing for each day!