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I've been hunting with Steve (a.k.a. Grumpy) for 12 years. My parents wouldn't allow me to own a BB gun. When I was 10, Doug Tucker and I took his BB gun out to raise some hell. He tossed over a pallet in an empty field and a mouse ran out from under it. I hip shot the poor bugger and...

Pretty interesting. He said that neither he, nor any of his fellow agents are seeing all this 'training' ammo, that their department is buying for them to train, trickle down to them. He was in my store buying a SW Shield, and all the ammo he was allowed to have because the agents are having...

I work for a large retailer of outdoor sporting goods... think Cabelas, Wholesale, Bass Pro, Gander, etc. Not sure what my employer would feel about me discussing this, so I need to protect myself. I manage the dept. where ammo, firearms, etc are sold. As most of us know, the ammo...

I've gotten the impression, as a newer AK owner, that one of the allures of the platform is cheap, readily available ammo. Alas, that is not so much the case any more. Moreover, it seems AK owners don't reload as much as, say, .308 semi-types like me. Still, I decided to try and see how cheaply...

I have a son who is 22. He went elk and deer hunting with me (and helped me carry out a bear once) for 5 straight years. I started hunting at age 21. My parents were opposed to it, and never even allowed me to own a bb gun. So, I joined the Marines at 17 so I'd get a chance to shoot lots of...

MARYSVILLE, Calif. – Rocker and celebrity hunter Ted Nugent will have to pay a $1,750 fine after pleading no contest in California to baiting a deer and not having a properly signed hunting tag. California Department of Fish and Game spokesman Patrick Foy says game wardens saw Nugent kill an...

Did you all see this? I thought this matter was settled... guess not. http://www.rmef.org/NewsandMedia/NewsReleases/2010/ESAReform.htm

OK, ok, all you smarty pants rabble rousers, I'm not talking about the efficacy of shooting an elk using glass polarized lenses vs. plastic...I'd think the crush cavity of glass would be greater, anyways... But last year on day two or three of our hunt it snowed, and snowed. The sun came out...

For some 'unknown' reason, when I hunt at six or seven thousand feet in Idaho in October and November, it gets cold (go figure). This last year I thought I'd try to keep myself a little better hydrated, and bought a Platypus bladder to put into my pack. I liked it right away, until about an...

Binos, binos everywhere. Geez! Seems everytime I pick up a hunting magazine they are extolling the virtues of high quality optics. The most recent F&S suggested not spending less than $400 on a pair. These rags make it sound like the panacea of hunting, like I HAVE to have a great pair of...

It's my fault. I was using reloads, and everything seemed to fine, but apparently there were 3 rounds at the end of the magazine whose primers were not seated deeply enough. I always check, but must have gotten lazy. It was quite exhilarating firing .308 full auto again, haven't done it...

While hunting blacktails over the weekend, my truck was broken into, some stuff stolen, and a note left "OUR mountain". Really uncalled for, ruined my hunt, my day, my weekend, and my wallet. Maybe it really is THEIR mountain. Doubt I'll go back. Tom

An unsuccessful elk hunt this year, sad to say. An Indian Summer in Idaho made for some of the most unfavorable conditions ever. Dry, hot and noisy. We could've killed a hundred cows, but the bulls were sly and sneaky as ever. My hunting partner and I me up under a large rock face for a...

I was bear hunting in the Cascades over the weekend, more scouting for deer sign than anything else. I'm pooping and snooping in the woods and I see a bear standing on his hinds checking me out from about 75 yards away. There was a serious glare. There was some branches in the way, and I...

I have a very nice pair of hunting boots made of kangaroo leather. Probably, some of you are familiar with them. Designed as upland boots, the shallow soles aren't going to work for elk hunting. But the leather is so strong and light, I want to find a deep sole, but one that's light as well...

I did my research and bought my stuff for my first batch of once fired LC brass. Bought an RCBS swager and a Lee universal decapper. Brass arrives and I'm ready to rock. After 30 or so rounds, I'm thinking, this can't be this hard. It was taking kind of long. Impatient, I just lubed up 50...

From the Seattle Times Rockport, Skagit County A woman hiking on Sauk Mountain near Rockport was shot and killed Saturday morning by a boy who was hunting for a bear, Skagit County deputies said. The 54-year-old woman, of Oso, Snohomish County, was hiking with a friend and stopped on...

That was a very disturbing title to post... Recently, my daughter's loser boyfriend (no steady job until a couple months ago, too early to tell on that) who has been arrested for driving on a suspended license, driving without insurance, turned the tender age of 21, waited his 5 days or...

I've been kicking around using one of these bullets for elk hunting, but they seem so very similar in design. Is one truly better than the other or are they so close in design that there is no appreciable difference between the two?? Nosler is WAY cheaper. It'd be for my boring ole .308.

My hunting buddy called me this morning and said his sister hit, and killed thankfully, a wolf while driving to work south of Star Idaho, just a hop, skip and jump from Boise. IF&G came out and said they suspected a pack nearby, as people near that area are complaining about pets...