OT Rifle Scopes

[Austin_Bill]

The elk draw is pretty safe, there are only a few hundred in the whole state and if you get a draw in the area you want you are running up and down mountains and see very few other hunters. The key is to wear safe colors, keep in mind that a good portion of where I go the Elk are in the open but the shots are long generally you set up a base camp and trek out from there on foot. You might see a few hunters but I've never had anyone shoot at me.

Watching EIU/SIUE bb game. They just ran an ad for elk hunting in KY. Any of you tried there?

I have never hunted East of the Mississippi river. I stick to Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Texas and Canadian Rockies.

I’ve hunted only private land before. I once went on a paid hog hunt on private land were they released hogs trapped elsewhere onto that ranch. 350 acres. Hunters just walked certain areas looking for hogs to run out. I felt that business/ ranch was creating extremely unsafe environments for the public to hunt in. I won’t go back. Someone’s going to get killed there. I am sure that does not depict a national park, but my answer to how expensive hunting has become is buying cheaper land to hunt on. It’s out there. If you hunt on 30k - 300K acres in a national park or wildlife management area your probably safe if you wear the blaze orange vest and hat. Finding affordable hunting land public or private is tough.

Never would I ever do a hunt like that. I would however do a hunt like that if it was dogs and knives only, that is a thrill. But a bunch of drunk idiots running around shooting guns at hogs running every different way is far too dangerous.

 

[LazyHorn]

Hunter's Orange is a big MUST when hunting National Forests

 

[AC]

The elk draw is pretty safe, there are only a few hundred in the whole state and if you get a draw in the area you want you are running up and down mountains and see very few other hunters. The key is to wear safe colors, keep in mind that a good portion of where I go the Elk are in the open but the shots are long generally you set up a base camp and trek out from there on foot. You might see a few hunters but I've never had anyone shoot at me.




I have never hunted East of the Mississippi river. I stick to Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Texas and Canadian Rockies.




Never would I ever do a hunt like that. I would however do a hunt like that if it was dogs and knives only, that is a thrill. But a bunch of drunk idiots running around shooting guns at hogs running every different way is far too dangerous.

that’s why I warned you. I think it’s called Independence ranch.

 

[AC]

Have been picked for Texas parks and wildlife draw hunts. Those are pretty safe.

I may try that out in West Texas for Mule Deer or Aoudad, pronghorn.

 

[KillerHorn]

I sighted in my Tikka 300 Win Mag yesterday
Used Winchester Ballistic Silvertip 180 grn
3/4” MOA at 100 yds
Still dead on at 200 yds
Now if I can just draw an Elk tag
Flights to Wyoming are super cheap now
But CV is making things iffy and oil at $26 a barrell is hurting my bank account

 

[AC]

Buy physical gold and bitcoin, BTC. By October, you’ll be good!