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MountainWalk
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care to share your set up for these critters? what works for you?.... i used to hunt with all manner of guns,,, but now i pretty much rely on "mad max", my savage 116 338 win mag. dovetail rings and a burris 3x9.. for elk i use a 225 fail safe, too bad they dont sell em anymore, but i hoarded 3 boxes.......bear,,,,200 grain power points.. for deer 180 grainers....imo... the 338 win mag is the ultimate do it all gun
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Win. .270 for deer, elk, bear and the occasional grouse.
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Longbow and a sharp stick.
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For years it was my trusty Remington Model 600 in .308. 150gr for deer and bear, 180 for elk. It is now my wifes gun.
I now use Tikka T3 SS in .300 WSM. Used 165 gr last year for deer. Not usre what I will use this year. For Elk it is my Hoyt with Beeman ICS Hunters and Slick Tricks.
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Elk= Hoyt ZR200 with pointy sticks...
Bear/Deer= .300 WSM with 165 Vital Shocks....Leopold VX-III 3.5-10X40 Boone and Cockett
although...so far the Elk have been safe...
.45 mag for anything that gets too close.
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Ruger 77 .243 for bear and deer
Hoyt HavocTec for elk...and sometimes deer, turkey.
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Quote from: billythekidrock on March 10, 2008, 12:55:46 PM
Win. .270 for deer, elk, bear and the occasional grouse.
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Mark V Ultra Lightweight 257 Wby Mag, Ziess 4.5X14, 100 grain hornady factory loads, for bucks,and speed goats, coyotes,etc.
Browning Composite Stalker 338 Win Mag, Ziess 3X9,225 Hornady Heavy Mags
Custom Model 88 Winchester, 358Win, Nikon fixed 4X, 225 Sierra Gamekings handloaded. The latter I had built for a re-prod/rattlin gun.
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I don't hunt big game too much anymore, mainly preds. I do keep a couple of rifles around for those times I get the urge.
Rem 721 35 Whelen synthetic stock Weaver V-3
Savage 99 375 Win Weaver K-1.5
Rem 722 300 Sav custom stock Leupold VariX-II 1x4x20mm
Savage 11 25-204EDC wildcat Nikon Monarch 1.5x4.5x20mm DGS
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Primary- Model 700 Remington 7mm Mag, Pacific Research "Rimrock" composite stock, Leupold Vari-X II 3-9X40 scope, Federal Premium 160 gr trophy bonded bear claws for Deer, Elk, and Blackbear.
Back up- Model 70 Winchester (pre 64) 30-06, original wood stock, Leupold Vari-X II 3-9X40 scope, Federal Premium 150 gr Nosler Partition Ballistic tips for Deer, Elk, Blackbear.
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Remmy model 700 bdl 30-06 165 grain Nosler partitons
Malrin 336 s.c gets broke out a few times during deer season usually too.
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I use "meat". 300 rum with 200 grain accubonds. 4.5-14varix-III BC.
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.300RUM / 185gr scirrocco
used to use my handmedown Rem 721 in .270cal.
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Remington 700 BDL in .300 win-mag....been thinking about getting a Tika though...
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browning a-bolt stainless stalker, leupold vxII 3x9-40 in 30-06 shoots 165 barnes triple shocks and a savage model 10 in 243 with a simmons whitetail classic 3.5-10-42 shooting 85grain barnes triple shocks.
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.300 Win Mag in a Steyr Prohunter; it is topped with a Leupold 3.5-10 X 50 VariX III. I have a Mod70 Winchester in .300WM and Leupold VariX II that hasn't made it out of the safe in the 8 years that I have had the Steyr.
I use 168gr Barnes TSX for deer, elk, bear, grouse, antelope and coyotes.
I also use a .54 cal TC Rengade muzzleloader for elk, but I bought a new ML last year and now the Renegade is a backup. The new ML is a Austin & Halleck .50 cal.
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I use a Winchester M70 action with a fluted stainless ultramatch barrel in .300WM, jewel trigger, Mcmillian stock, talley rings, Leupold 4.5-14, sims recoil pad. This thing has been to the gunsmith a couple of times
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I have a 300 Win Mag (the real one) that my Brother built for me. Its a Whitworth action, trued and blued, Douglas barrel, glass bedded, timney trigger. On the floor plate it is engraved, "Custom Built for Carl E. Durham with a Brothers Love 1972" with that rifle I have taken many head of game, I have shot one animal twice, I made my longest deer kill, longest and largest Elk kill, biggest bear kill, with that rifle. but I dont play with that rifle, unless its down and dirty, gonna kill a big or bad, know I gotta shoot along ways, or something else demanding, it stays home because I cant replace it.
For every day kinda big game, I like my Tika T3 lite stainless 270 (the real one) with a good 130 grain bullet around 3000fps. Other than that I got lotsa guns like em all!!
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Savage 7mm mag ,buckmaster scope, Ammo is weatherby 154gr.
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Browning A bolt, 270 Win. with whatever bullets I am shooting at the time. Lately I've been using 140 grain Barnes TSX. Scope is a Leupold Vari-X III in a 3.5-10x40.
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30-06 with a little 250-savage on the side.
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bOWTECH Tribute 70# beman arrows,slick trick 100,got all three last year.
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for deer and bear I shoot a Remington 700 CDL SF with a Monarch 5-20 scope chambered in the 300 wsm. I use 180 gr. federal vital shock loaded with the Barnes triple-shock x bullet. Very accurate combo.
For elk I shoot a Diamond Black Ice at 65 lbs. with a Shuttle-T 100 gr. broadhead.
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