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My very first big game rifle was a 30-06 03 military Springfield made in 1927 my Grandfather got from the NRA in about 1950. I still have it and use it as a backup. My primary deer/antelope rifles is a tang safety Ruger M77 in 25-06. I use a custom .300 Wby for elk & moose. This is the fully...

Been getting a lot of PMs from people not registered and no posts on the Forum asking for information. I usually won't give them anything until they are officially a Forum member and have introduced themselves. Even then I keep pretty closed mouth, it just kinda irritates me. Just wondering...

My Dad and I on my first backcountry horseback deer hunting trip, 1954 when I was 12 years old. Dad and I in Wyoming hunting antelope.....many, many years later.

I love to fish, camp and do some hiking. I also am a car nut. Built several street rods and love car racing(all types). I am alos a competitive shooter. I shoot Bulls Eye Pistol and Cowboy Action. I shoot all winter in Az, NM & Calif. My 1957 Ranchero...before and after. Has a 351 Cleveland...

Monte Carlo raises your sight plane. Depends on how the stock is designed. If you have a scope that is mounted high (like to clear a 50mm objective lens) then it will probably help. A lot depends on the makeup of you body eg. short neck, long arms, etc. I made custom stocks for 40 years and...

I just got this back from my local Taxi, it is a reconditioned mule deer mount my Dad shot in 1946. Pretty unusual as it was shot in the Malibu Mts. near LA by my Dad. After the War, my Dad bought 10 acres in Malibu (wish we had it today!) and we were going to move there. He built a cabin and we...

Picture of my Grandfather hunting ducks & geese at the Salton Sea in California. Taken about 1950. He is shooting his old Winchester M97 12 ga with a Cutts compensator on the end of the barrel. Had different choke tubes that could be screwed in...way ahead of it's time. He used to call it his...

Let me add a little more about our annual family High Sierra deer hunting trip. My Grandfather, Dad & Uncle started hunting this particular area right after WWII, having Red's Meadows Pack Station near Mammoth Mt pack us into the backcountry, always to the same camp. My first trip was in the...

1954, I was 12 years old. My first wilderness, backcountry deer hunting trip. Rode horses into camp. I didn't get a deer. I am shooting my 03 Springfield, reworked military stock and iron sights. I still have the gun and shoot it today. 63 years later, still shoots sub moa.

Just returned from a scouting trip for 4th season elk in SW Co & SE Ut. Condition have sure changed a lot since I was there in mid July. Most of the snow from a couple of weeks ago is gone and it is pretty dry. What is the most shocking thing is the lack of feed. Grass is gone, there are no...

5 years ago today, I lost my Dad. He was 94 and lived a full, productive life. I miss him a lot, especially in the fall during hunting seasons. We hunted and fished together all his life from Canada to Mexico. He taught me how to be a man and all of the values and responsibilities that came with...

I was just checking the published drawing odds listed for antelope (doe/fawn) on the Wyoming G & F website. I was really shocked at the number of tags listed as sold for the unit I want to hunt. here are the numbers: year-2010-200 tags;2011-287 tags; 2012-219 tags; 2013-5t tags; 2105-5 tags...

Been hunting Wyoming for years and have never done this: Apply for reduced price Doe/fawn antelope tags WITHOUT applying for a buck tag. I have always added them to my buck tag application. I know you can do it, but will they take my pref points that I have accumulated for antelope? I am...

I am still loading a 30-06 load my Dad and I developed 50 years ago. 53 gr 4895 - the key here is it is military surplus powder! 150 gr Sierra Spitzer (Now Called Game King) Shoot it in my 03 sporterized Springfield. About 10 years ago I exhausted my supply of military 4895 that my Dad got in...

Duck hunting is ok, but goose hunting a lot better. We have 1000's of resident nonmigratory Canadians. Lots of area for field hunting and fairly easy to get permission. I have shot as many as 100 in a season.

Here is camp setup last year antelope hunting here in Colorado.

I don't tent anymore. I have a self contained utility trailer that I converted for hunting. I carry everything in it. Unload it, setup tables, eazyup, stoves and utv. lay the bunks down and we are ready. I almost always camp on BLM in the unit I'm hunting.

Saw lots of hunters coming in the last few days. Today was opening of Archery and no one I know did much....too hot! It was 90 today and is forecast to be that or 88/90 all next week and just some clouds, no rain. Pretty damn hot here for sure!

I have a 10 ga coach gun that I shoot in some cowboy action shoots. We do some exhibition night blackpowder shoots at state matches. Here is a shot of me pulling both triggers at once. I load 125 gr of BP and 2 1/2 ounces of shot and it does go bang!!

I remember in high school science class we looked at the sun using exposed film. I got out some exposed 35mm film strips and doubled them up. WOW...really got a great view of the eclipse here in SW Colorado. Probably 80 to 85%, definitely got darker and cooler. Pretty cool..............