The Hunting Thread

#254
#254
I've used a .243 a few times but mostly a .270 or 7mm

Professor Nono said:
Yes but my 7mm kicks harder - I guess because it is smaller. I have some 250 grain rounds for it. It is a beautiful gun.
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first deer I ever shot was with a 7mm with no scope. Still one of my favorite guns
 
#256
#256
Professor Nono said:
Anybody hunt with a weird caliber rifle? By weird, I mean not that common. I've got a .358 and a 250/300 savage.
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I've got a .340 Weatherby. It's a paradoxial caliber for me in that if I had to grab ONE rifle to go anywhere and hunt anything (other than heavy African dangerous game) this would be the guy BUT for most specific chores my 30-30/7mmMag/.308 are plenty for the job with less pomp and circumstance.

Still a cool rifle and caliber.
 
#257
#257
Good night of coon hunting, treed a big mama coon and a smaller kitten coon.
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#260
#260
Had a few talking to me opening morning but not since then. Gettin frustrated.
 
#261
#261
At this point it has been kinda like waterfowl season. I see them but they are hundreds of yards away and will not respond to anything we try.

Did have a friend kill a bearded hen in west TN.
 
#262
#262
Last sunday morning went with a buddy to just see if any were around (south Knox County). We walked almost right under a roosting gobbler. He'd gobble, then one to our left would gobble then one down the hill would gobble. Of course, we didn't have a gun. SOOoooooo, on Thursday morning went back loaded and ready to rock. Crickets. Silence. Nothing. Typical.
 
#265
#265
justingroves said:
Got one this morning.

10 and a half inch beard and right at an inch spurs
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Very nice!

Was it not in the 30's where you are this morning? I went out and had ice on my truck and didn't hear the first gobble.

Was sneaking up a creek this afternoon to a open field where a tom and couple hens were feeding but either the hen saw me or the deer that ran out in the field ran them off.
 
#266
#266
VOL_FAN_in KY said:
Very nice!

Was it not in the 30's where you are this morning? I went out and had ice on my truck and didn't hear the first gobble.

Was sneaking up a creek this afternoon to a open field where a tom and couple hens were feeding but either the hen saw me or the deer that ran out in the field ran them off.
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It was 39 degrees this morning and they gobbled their heads off.

I was shocked they did as much as they did.

They flew off of roost, he gobbled one time and strutted 15 yards in front of me. I was home by 7:20 this morning.
 
#267
#267
justingroves said:
It was 39 degrees this morning and they gobbled their heads off.

I was shocked they did as much as they did.

They flew off of roost, he gobbled one time and strutted 15 yards in front of me. I was home by 7:20 this morning.
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Now that is how turkey hunting is suppose to be!
 
#269
#269
justingroves said:
I've worked my ass off for that turkey though.

I've spent the first 3 weeks chasing him and I finally got him.
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I hear ya. Turkey hunting can be more work than any other hunting IMO. But that is also why I love it.

We hunted a bird for 3 years hard. He would never come off the side of a ridge and always gobbled in the same spot. He always busted us working our way to him no matter what way we came toward him. Finally the 4th year I was able to get him with a little crawling, different strategy and luck.
 
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