run into the problem of deciding which gun to take hunting?
I have at times been very tossed at this :Fire:
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run into the problem of deciding which gun to take hunting?
I have at times been very tossed at this :Fire:
oh ya, before deer season im like, im taking the 44 revolver, no im taking the 44 rifle, or maybe the bolt gun with a scope incase I need a scope. also with about 3 different loads for each I decide im using, then deer season comes and I don't see a deer anyway. then repeat next year.
Every time I go hunting. I have ten to pick from for deer not counting handguns or blackpowder.
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All year in prep for season....all year.
Do I want to take the 06? Do I work up a new cast load for it or stick with what I have worked up? What about that new 300 blk cast load I want to try...
Then I start strategic planning.."ok I'll get meat for the table with the trusted loads, try what I'm confident in but haven't hunted with yet, then finish up my tags with the new new stuff I'm itching to try (powder coat load, paper patch load, different load)"
I hunt in heavily populated (deer populated) very close range...I'll 100% fill my tags...so it comes down to what I want to use to harvest. Mostly conservation of the herd (can't eat antlers)
The struggle is real...too many good options
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When younger say 15, I would take 12guage autagetem and 30-30. 12 for running like with dog hunting, 30-30 for longer shots.
I feel your pain, brother!Quote:
Originally Posted by John McCorkle
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I'll usually narrow it down to two or three. I'll hunt with one in the morning and another in the afternoon. Sometimes I just take whatever tickles my fancy at the moment.
Surely
But for dove hunting I have a remedy, I take a different gun every time I go.
For ducks and doves, I may use a steel shot capable gun more than once
That way they do not get jealous!
01 Sept 17 15 doves, L.C.Smith Q3 1892 20Ga Briley
02 Sept 17 12 Doves, Ithaca Flues 20ga
04 Sept 17 11 doves, Remington 3200 20ga
05 Sept 17 10 doves, Browning Superposed Skeet 20 ga tubes
09 Sept 17 02 doves, American Arms Brittany 20ga
11 Sept 17 02 doves, Miroku 20 ga IC/Mod
12 Sept 17 03 doves, Charles Daly Superior 20ga. Skeet&Skeet
18 Sept 17 01 doves, Superposed IC/Mod 20 ga
02 Oct 17 02 doves, Zamacola 12 ga
09 Oct - 11 Oct 17 Mission trip to Juarez
16 Oct 17 15 doves, American Arms Royal 20ga.
17 Oct 17 15 doves, Remington 3200 12 ga. IC/Mod
19 Oct 17 05 doves, Citori 12 ga. SHORT morning hunt
26 Oct 17 00 doves, Morning hunt,COLD north wind no doves seen
28 Oct 17 08 doves Rem 1100 20ga. Steel shot
04 Nov 17 07 doves Browning Citori 16 gauge Herter’s #6
06 Nov 17 12 doves Rem 11-87 Premier #6 shot Mod choke
Mike
Every time.
Nope ! Only been a handful of times 4 I think since I was 12 yrs old that my ever faithful little deer killer model 600 in 35 Rem hasn't been with me in the woods , it's never let me down and is just perfect for how and we're I hunt . Me and that ole rifle logged a lot of miles and killed a pile of deer over the years . For small game it's similar my paps old win model 12 20 ga. It's just tradition . Brings back lots of good memories toting those old family guns .
Skeetx- no love for the 28 and .410? Surely you have some nice ones. I envy all that hunting with those classics!
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It just depends on how I'm feeling at the start of the season. I generally hunt with the same gun all season. Caliber and cartridge are really irrelevant in my area. Thick woods and rocky hills limit the potential range of your shots, so there's no advantage to using a long range shoulder buster vs something like a 44 mag or 30-30. The deer aren't monsters and can be cleanly taken with a .223 and the right bullet.
I'm probably going to take my Husky in 9.3x57 Mauser this year. I almost ALWAYS take a 6" S&W 629 in 44 mag with me. Mainly for protection, though I will use it without hesitation for taking a deer if the opportunity presents itself.
Hunting or just going to the range I can’t decide which firarms to take, once that’s done the next issue is which loads to take. Should thin the herd but I can not do it, like a junkie looking for next fix
TBG, well up here on the North end of the State, the cold front drives the
doves away quickly, so you have to hunt hard and often in Sept.
Here is the year before.
410 and others in 2016
01 Sept 16 15 doves, Superposed Cordy 410 2˝ #9 skeet loads
02 Sept 16 15 doves, Win 1912 20 gauge use 2˝ ammo
03 Sept 16 15 doves, Win 42 410 2˝ #9 skeet loads
05 Sept 16 15 doves, Citori 16 ga RGL and Herter’s ammo
06 Sept 16 15 doves, L.C.Smith Q3 1892 20Ga Briley
07 Sept 16 No Hunt RAIN and cool
08 Sept 16 15 doves, Zamacola 12 ga
09 Sept 16 Velero Sporting Clays Shoot Camp Don
10 Sept 16 03 Ducks Citori 12 3 BW Teal #4 Steel
10 Sept 16 15 doves, L.C.Smith Trap Grade 12ga
12 Sept 16 11 doves, L.C.Smith Specialty Grade 12ga TOO HEAVY
13 Sept 16 00 doves, Kreighoff Drilling 16 gauge, cold and windy
14 Sept 16 No Hunt RAIN and cool
15 Sept 16 No Hunt RAIN and cool
16 Sept 16 01 dove Charles Daly Superior Skeet 20 gauge
19 Sept 16 09 doves, American Arms Brittany 20ga
23 Sept 16 00 doves, American Arms Royal 20ga. Haygrazer cut WINDY
24 Sept 16 00 doves, Geco 16,
26 Sept 16 00 doves, Brittany 410
17 Oct - 19 Oct 16 Mission trip to Juarez
I take a model 70 Winchester, I just can’t decide wich one!
The gun is dictated by where I will be hunting. I use the one that is best suited to the most likely shot.
I have one rifle that always makes the trip 1898 Springfield 30-40 Krag been making the trip sence 1971. the other is up for debate depends on where I am going.
For me it is what ever I am in the mood for unless it is just a season for one thing only like early muzzle load season.All other seasons for firearms the mood.
EVERY YEAR... The struggle is REAL.Quote:
Originally Posted by white eagle
CW
why i never!!!!! its the 270 for....oh...500 linebaugh.....no, um.....45-70??? .......ah......30-40 krag???.....oh i got it, the 444 marlin.....no?.....its got to be the 7x57 or my 7mm-08 or 30-30..........
i have a problem.[smilie=b:[smilie=b:[smilie=b::veryconfu:veryconfu:veryconfu
Oh yeah, the worst was when I made a last minute change in caliber and forgot to take the correct ammo! Good thing I keep a small stash of different calibers at the cabin.
Nope, I have caliber specific guns for what I hunt. My deer gun is a.308 and it will be used for bear when I get a permit. If I draw an elk permit, it will be the .300 Mag. Varmints get the .223. I do so little hunting that working up hunting loads for every gun I have is not something I wish to do. Many guns are just shot for fun.
KISS. One gun/one load/one scope setting. Know the trajectory if a long shot is needed.
Oh yeah, having that debate presently. Generally ends up being something I am the most interested in playing with. All my guns are for hunting, in general, few exceptions but most all get a hunt in. Same issue when I go squirrel hunting, quail, doves.... I have trouble with commitment .
Right now it's between 2 revolvers and a Ruger #1 in 7.62x39.... the 94 Big Bore always hunts!
Is there a support group for this.LOL
Nope, safe and a half full of firepower and the same 7600 30-06' goes out on opening day every year loaded with reloaded 180 gr core-locts since 1984. Cheated in her once and shot a nice 10 point opening day with my 4.5x14 leupold target optic 300 rum straight below my tree stand at a about 15'. All I saw was brown blur in my scope and got lucky n tagged it behind the shoulder on a dead run.
I think this year it's going to stay at home since my special order 7600 35 whelen carbine came in two days ago.
Same with my 12 gauge shotgun for coyote hunting and 19 gauge for turkeys.
I started small game hunting last year for the first time since the early eighties and rotate rimfires.
That rite there for deer hunting, and I ONLY own a 28ga shotgun.Quote:
Originally Posted by pworley1
BUT, I run into the gun issue squirrel hunting. Do I take a semi auto, ok which one, or a bolt action, wait a T-bolt, ok which one, I know, I'll go irons only and take one of the BL22, subsonic or HV, what about a suppressor? Most of the time it's the suppressed T-bolt synthetic with ELEY SSHP.
I have way too many to choose from. In rifles I have .223, .243, 6mm, .270, .308, .44 magnum, .45 Colt and muzzleloaders in .50 and .54. In handguns I have 3ea in .357, 2 in .44 magnum, 1 in .41 magnum, 1 in .45 Colt and 2 .44 muzzleloader C&B's. Keep yer powder dry...…….robin
I may use the dash system this year. 30-30, 44-40,& 38-55.....
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I'm having that dilemma right now. For deer season do I take my 30-30 with cast, or 300 Savage with J-words. Elk season, .54 cal Hawken, or 35 Whelen. Sometimes you are in thick stuff, other times you may have to take a 2-300 yrd shot to fill the freezer. I will probably take all of them, and take it day by day.
When I hunt Allegheny County, it's shotgun or muzzle loader only, and I have both. Still working up loads for the Win 1200 12 ga, and the CVA 50 cal.
Wayne
Check the twist on your CVA 50 cal. that will help you on working the load up.I found out the hard way .Quote:
Originally Posted by WRideout
I used to struggle with that decision. Not any longer as it's become quite simple. I take a different rifle every time I head for the woods. However, opening morning ALWAYS finds me in my blind or stand with my 1870's era, E. Goldmann, German double rifle in 11.15 X 60R. After that I grab whatever suits my fancy for the next hunt. Might be my 8 X 56 Mannlicher/Schoenauer or my Shiloh Sharps in 45-90 or any of a myriad of old rifles in old cartridges.
My hunting buddy and me begin worrying about what rifles to carry next season on the last day of the current one. Pretty good problem to have.
Ever since I decided to go bullet casting for hunting I acquire that dilema or ‘multi-lema’ I should say.
I have killed deer with cast boolits in 44 mag and also with muzzle loaders. Those cast boolits were commercially purchased.
The day I started casting my own, the fun begin but I have yet to kill one with my own cast boolit with a rifle. I do shoot 98% of my rifle loads with cast boolits in calibers from 5.7x28FN to now the 45-70 Govt.
My 30-30 win, 358 Win, 7mm-08 Rem, 44 Mag, 444 Marlin, and 223 Rem have great accurate loads up to 2000 fps. The most accurate of all is my 7mm-08 t/c encore; but when it comes to pick which rifle to take, I get the same situation you guys have. I thought it was just me.
I had been thinking a lot on consolidating to one or two calibers and master them with a trusty load.
If I can keep the 7mm-08 for an all around hunt and the 358win for deer hunting. But then again, I will not get rid of all the other caliber either. So there you go.
Camba
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1) my old recurve bow; 2) my old shotgun, 12 or 20; 3) my old Abolt .270
I've got multiples of above that I shoot but when it's real meat time I know what to pick up.
[QUOTE=Texas by God;4436706]I may use the dash system this year. 30-30, 44-40,& 38-55.....
I like your train of thought, I'm thinking 25-20 for squirrels and sitting rabbits and 44-40, 38-55 and 30-40 Kraig for deer. Keep yer powder dry...…...robin
Nope, grab one and go. It’s a much better option then sitting at home thinking about it
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I just take all of em they enjoy an outing as much as I do
Type38 6.5X57 cause it has never been out of state.
Type 99 cause it has load with same point of impact out to 50 plus for Ranch Dog and NBT
Searschester 06 cause I have never shat a deer with it
7-08 CVA Hunter cause I got a load that shoot well out of it and I would like to see the 120 NBT perform.
At least that will take care of the trip for next week.
Hope to have some 200 grain 338 RCBSs for hunting the rest of the season in TN with some loads as suggested by winelover
I started a program to take a deer with every gun I have that is legal to hunt with I was working my way threw the safe until I got a 243. I am now on the second year of hunting with it but still have legal deer guns I have not use yet. Its light it low recoil so I can see impact even at close range and its a deer killer. I have a new 270 that has not taken a deer yet along with some I have had for along time but I keep picking up the 243 lol.
My son has stopped taking a rifle to the woods be wants pistol kills and if he has a rifle he uses it out of habit. He called me on the phone and you would have thought he just took a monster buck but it was a spike but it was taken with his glock 10 mm and a cast bullet. I asked him why not the 45 lc I gave him he said that would have been to easy I was thinking not at my age son but kept my mouth shut and let him enjoy the kill.