Just wondering ...... What's everyone's favorite side arm is when in the deep woods hunting ? If that big bear or cat or charging hog came in what would be in your box of tricks ? ....
Don't let them rifle shooters see this, the loads he used were not even close in power to a good castThat's a fine sentiment till you have to pack something.
I generally carry my S&W Alaskan Backpacker in 44 Mag or my Blackhawk. But occasionally I'll carry my 10mm or a 357.
I believe in the spare tire principal. If one breaks or goes empty get another one into action. My backup isn't necessarily as powerful or useful as the primary, just something to get by with. Just because my .38 Special S&W 442 can drop falling plates means I want to try deer with it.If two is one and one is none then you should carry another rifle to back up your main rifle.
When you handgun hunt, do you carry an extra handgun to back up the hunting handgun?
The good thing about bears is, they are so slow,
you will have time to use your bear spray
So true, those that have not hunted, and or witnessed what a large dangerous animal can do are naive. You will not have 6 shots at that charging animal maybe (2) let only 16, for those that cannot shoot under ideal conditions let alone duress, stay inside.The good thing about bears is, they are so slow,
you will have time to use your bear spray and if
that does not work you will have plenty of time
to use your fifteen round mag to stop it.
Here is some examples of how slow they are,
''For 50 or 100 yards a Grizzly can go faster than any horse, and keep it up indefinitely.''
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/yell/vol14-1-2a.htm
and they can't run down hill either,
''Bears can run up to 60 kilometers per hour, which is approximately 37 miles per hour.''
https://www.reference.com/pets-animals/explore/bears?qo=learnMore
Grizzly Mother Bear Chases Down Elk - Most Shocking Kill
I met many people there that will not go out intoThat's one of the areas I hunt !! Ocala national forest !! Beautiful woods an full of everything !!
That makes sense. I assumed it was creek fed.Not a stupid question, there is a 14000 gallon tank
that feeds the pelton wheel and it will run dry if we
don't.
The water running in it is slower than the water
running out of it, we are in the dry season now.
We run the pelton wheel from around six thirty
to 10 to 11 at night, it is a balancing act this
time of the year.
The solar panels power the batteries in the day
and the hydro power them at night, I just powered
up the honda gas generator as now there is no sun
and we are letting the water tank fill through the
night and the day for tonight.
We only get around 10 to 11 inches of rain a year,
when the fall comes the trees and plants go dormant they don't suck up the water and then we
have full hydro power and we will run from the snow runoff usually until July.
Right now it is very dark as there is no moon, my wife will not go out without a light, a 357 and usually me.
Are the elk bugling during the day?Last night around 7:30 we fed the steers, and saw
two elk, they are starting to bugle too.
When you are out at dark thirty in the woods and
an elk cuts loose it can startle you if you don't know what it is.
Last year my boy and I had two very large wolves
run with in thirty yards of us, they were hunting the
same herd of deer that we were. That was a first.
A rifle with a powerful scope is not much good when things get too close, I will take my hand
gun then.
Only sometimes, not a lot yet, these are earlyAre the elk bugling during the day?
Was on a moose hunt last September about ten miles East of Elk River, ID in an area with a decent elk population. Didn't hear any elk bugling at all during the day. Only at night. Saw a lot of wolf sign as well. Friend of mine claims that when wolves move into an area, the elk will keep quiet during the day.