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I like brown, and as light as I can get. Polarized makes all the difference. If the lenses are too dark it is hard to see into the shadows. I like brown for hunting as well, it brings out the brown and red in aoudad, mule deer, and elk. Not much help for Coue's deer.

I don't know about you guys, but I still get excited when I'm taking a shot. I've been known to calm down by pulling the trigger without cocking the gun. The simpler you can make it, the better it works. My buddy had a shot on a nice bull elk at 60 yards and figured he should aim low because...

I love fishing for cutthroats. In high mountain lakes, they stay near the shore, so it is perfect for a Tenkara rod. I bought my 10' rod on eBay, and it was inexpensive and works great. For trout fishing, there isn't any more fun way to catch them. So easy, an 8 year old could do it...

Pacific Rockfish are orange. At Lake Powell they're called stripers and there is no limit. They don't want you to throw them back. They overpopulate and wipe out the shad. Back in the 90's, I'd catch some where the head was wider than the body. When they get a school of shad up on the...

Bronko220002, I try to make sure my meaning is clear, but just because it is clear to me doesn't mean it is clear to others. ExArcher, with lots of special lube and a sizer, it can be done. Actually, I don't recover many of those bullets.

I am a big fan of heavy bullets for elk. I shoot 405 gr. .45-70 bullets in a sabot or size them down to fit my .45 cal guns. Many people find you get better accuracy with conicals by putting a felt wad or vegetable wad under the bullet. The FPB's shoot well in my .50 cal., but I don't...

I always use Loctite medium on my scope screws. That holds them securely. Different sabots can make a big difference in accuracy. Many folks have good luck with Harvester Crush Rib sabots. I find that if i call in an order, they give me a better deal on shipping. NM just made us go to...

Wow, no answers? I guess no one on this site likes Powerbelts. I met a guide this fall that uses 250 gr. green tipped powerbelts for elk and swears by them. I've also read multiple posts about them blowing up without adequate penetration. I have the same question. I'd like to know how they...

We all will reach the age when we can't do the hunts we want to do. So my plan is to do as much as I can while I still can. I went on a NM ibex hunt last spring, and it kicked my butt. I won't put in for that hunt again. I fell once and bent my knee so my heel was touching my butt. I didn't...

Congratulations. I always like to hear what load and bullet you were successful with. If I were you, I think I'd carry a small saw and do a little trimming to widen and lengthen my shooting lanes. Especially since it seems you have a great location. I've dragged a couple of deer, and found...

If you want the deer to be DRT, use a heavy soft lead bullet. I've used 350 and 400 gr bullets on deer, and never had one go more than feet after a shot. PRBullet sells the Dead Center bullet at 340 gr. It will expand to over an inch and generally won't exit. It isn't my favorite bullet...

I went for a hunt down in southern NM (Unit 34) last week. There was lots of elk sign, and some areas had grass stalks as high as my chest. The second day we were driving up the road in the dark and spotted 7 bulls feeding in a meadow next to the road. We parked about 1/4 mile further up, and...

I was looking at old posts today, and realized I never updated this one. Thanks to all of you who helped me figure this out. Badger Ridge sent me some Savage vent liners and they worked. I lowered my load down to 80 grains of Black MZ and shot some home cast 405 gr. bullets, and got a cloverleaf.

I have an Accura .45 LR. Sabotless bullets sized to .4515 fit nicely. I did send it back because the first barrel was inconsistent diameter. It shoots .40 caliber bullets in a light blue sabots just fine. I killed an elk with it two years ago. Send me a PM if you're interested.

NM Game & Fish doesn't want to give up the revenue from license sales, so they want to reduce the success rate. It isn't scope technology that has increased the success rate, it is primers, powders, inlines, and quality barrels. They could have outlawed guns without exposed hammers without...

I bought a can a couple of years ago just to try it. It was nice not swabbing between shots, so I shot more. So it cost even more to shoot. That is the beauty of capitalism. If the price is too high, you don't have to buy it. I'm not driving a BMW either. The good news is that 777 is...

If I pretend I'm still a kid (my wife says so) will you take me hunting?

Now I'm curious. IIRC the Arrowhead video shows him running through the sizer 3 times.

Thanks for the replies. So, Idahoron, you use pure lead? What is the weight of that bullet? How much powder? Do you get full penetration on elk?

Thanks. Was it something we said? He will be missed.