Hunting pictures
- Thread starter Billy
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Taken 2 days ago on my friend's property. I tried hunting it last season but things didn't quite work out. Hoping for better luck this year (if I don't draw one of my coastal cow tags).
Seems like some pretty heavy sparring for mid-march.
Seems like some pretty heavy sparring for mid-march.
Seems like playful stuff compared to the life or death of the rut. The old man is gonna have his hands full this fall. That younger one is BIG!Taken 2 days ago on my friend's property. I tried hunting it last season but things didn't quite work out. Hoping for better luck this year (if I don't draw one of my coastal cow tags).
Seems like some pretty heavy sparring for mid-march.
There's some years when they've lost their antlers by now. Maybe they do this to knock them off?? Cool footage!
charles sullivan
Life of the Party
Yes. March into April.
The smaller Roosevelts where I hunt still have their head gear. We rarely see the larger ones until August/September so I'm not sure whether they have theirs. Larger bulls drop their antlers earlier.
Pink Nighty
Legend
Pink Nighty
Legend
Hem
Life of the Party
For 30 years I have used a variety of 12 gauge shotguns. Few years back I had the urge to shake things up and try something entirely different, experiment i suppose.
I did some research and came up with an idea that has turned out to be cost effective( didnt want, or need, another thousand dollar plus scattergun), and highly effective. It also incorporated a twist of new age technology, something I have always pushed back on.
So I bought a Stevens 301, 20 gauge. This budget single shot is equipped with an Indian Creek choke and red dot sight.
I also wanted to play around with TSS turkey loads.
Admittedly, I'm in to it for around $800, and TSS is pretty pricey at $10 a shell.
Fun experiment, I like the lighter weight of the gun. But the performance has really been quite amazing. It flat lays birds out.
A little background...I've killed close to 70 gobblers. The point has always been to call in birds close. In the last ten years I've taken to hunting towards the end of our season, fewer hunters, but the birds can be more difficult to call in. Many times they wont commit to ethical shot range with conventional set-ups. The Stevens has flattened birds to 65 yards. I guess if I drive 5 hours and only have one or two trips a season, its important to come home with something.
maybe a little unfair, but boss gobblers are not as safe as they used to be, prancing around a little farther out.Large nutshell, but I had a bit of time.
Pink Nighty
Legend
You can see in the bird pic a youth model 20g 870, which my dad used here but I've grown very fond of hiking the chewelah woods with that instead of a 28" barrel 12.For 30 years I have used a variety of 12 gauge shotguns. Few years back I had the urge to shake things up and try something entirely different, experiment i suppose.
I did some research and came up with an idea that has turned out to be cost effective( didnt want, or need, another thousand dollar plus scattergun), and highly effective. It also incorporated a twist of new age technology, something I have always pushed back on.
So I bought a Stevens 301, 20 gauge. This budget single shot is equipped with an Indian Creek choke and red dot sight.
I also wanted to play around with TSS turkey loads.
Admittedly, I'm in to it for around $800, and TSS is pretty pricey at $10 a shell.
Fun experiment, I like the lighter weight of the gun. But the performance has really been quite amazing. It flat lays birds out.
A little background...I've killed close to 70 gobblers. The point has always been to call in birds close. In the last ten years I've taken to hunting towards the end of our season, fewer hunters, but the birds can be more difficult to call in. Many times they wont commit to ethical shot range with conventional set-ups. The Stevens has flattened birds to 65 yards. I guess if I drive 5 hours and only have one or two trips a season, its important to come home with something.
Large nutshell, but I had a bit of time.
Hem
Life of the Party
Ha...my daughter said she wasn't interested in hunting, so i repurposed her Tikka T3 .308 Youth rifle.
Put a longer butt pad on and voila, sweet compact.
Ryan Smart
Steelhead
Restocked some fly tying supplies last weekend, a neat day of hunting with both of us getting mature Toms.
Bob Rankin
Wandering the country with rifle and spey rod.
Did some brush cutting then went two for two. It was a Hell of a good day! Called them in a wire!!! 12 yards.
Bob Rankin
Wandering the country with rifle and spey rod.
Hem
Life of the Party
It can get a surprisingly tense in the final moments, trying not to get busted, but also take a good shot. No jitters in tight corners with my shotgun, it is very easy to miss with a fist sized pattern.Great pics Hem!
I was going to record my hunt with a pair of Meta sunglasses, but when three Toms came in on a string I forgot I was even wearing them…!
Bob Rankin
Wandering the country with rifle and spey rod.
Hem
Life of the Party
Ive killed one bird dead at 65 yds with my Stevens 301 single shot 20 gauge.
The Indian Creek choke and TSS is awesome.
