also check tomake sure the scope is not contacting the barrel

i like grouse for birds and gophers and coyotes for small game

i wouldnt be afraid of using a 117 grain bullet as long as its well constructed and the shot and placement are good i see no problems with it

for sure it is my friend has shot several bears with a 6mm and a 7mm-08

i agree the 06 is great i have used it on whietails muleys elk moose and coyotes and its is wicked. i use a barnes tipped triple shock handload in 150 grains i dropped all of the animals mentioned before with one shot this year.

this year i was drawn for my first ever moose hunt. complete success. all the vitals are the same as a whitey just in bigger proportions as they are a biigger animal. i used my 30-06 with 150 grain bullets. one shot and the moose tipped over without taking a step. i think shot placement is just more important than anything.

part of hunting isnt just shooting its always good to rifle hunt as it gives you great experience and practice for such things as bowhunting. i would do both as to get you possibly more time in the field depending where you are, and you will learn twice as much. p.s.e Hoyt Mathews Alpine Archery Darton Bear and lots of other companies makes great bows for a not bad price.

your an idiot you know the answer would be a definite no. this is a hunting and fishing website. you wouldnt be getting answers such as hunting should be outlawed on a website such as this

illegal in canada

i would take alaska in a heartbeat. moose big bears mountain caribou and dall sheep what more could you want?

you could make them into a boot dryer like where you slip your boot onto it when your boots are wet. i think thatd be cool

try to spend as much time in the woods as possible. youll learn from eperience. also talk to experienced hunters and go on sites such as O.L to learn tips and tricks and that sorta thing. it will all come in time

pse stinger is a good bow and its cheap as well

i have both and use them both about the same for some reason field and stream seems to have more feedback on everything but some articles not as goood and ol has better articles but not as much feedback

seven point is royal and 8 point is imperial

120 grain remington core lokt

well almost ammunition has copper on it. barnes bullets used to leave lots of copper reisude but now they dont as they have the rings on them(that also reduces pressure). but if you have a bullet with lots of copper fouling you can get special liquids and cleaners that remove the copper and keep the bore of your rifle clean

if i were you i would get the rcbs rock chucker supreme reloading kit it comes with everything you need except the dies powder and bullets. this kit is exceptional and i have had good products with it. i would try the barnes triple shock bullet. they are wicked i have had tremendous success with them.

i have a frontier water straw (purifies water) waterproof firestarting kit. space blanket. poncho, and multi tool

i dont think so at all i started hunting at 11 and used a 30-06 and im by no means a big kid

aim low yes but always have the first shot on hair

if it is just for coyote hunting i would use the 22-250 less pelt damage and they will have better ballistics. also cheaper to shoot and you can get really nice coyote guns in 22-250

yeah i would use the 125 grain broadheads and use a 350 grain arrow

yes you can easily take down an elk witha 30-30 but only under good circumstances range the shot placement will greatly affect this but with a good shot and the distance being around 100 yards i would not be afraid to shoot an elk

i would use a 30-06 with reduced loads when i was 11 i started with an -06 and i was a pretty little guy. the recoil with reduced is no more than a 30-30 but i would just do exactly what sucngas said

12 guage

try tracking or find a travel route and sit yourself down and get ready for the long haul. away from roads is good to.

i have a 30-06 and i love it. its a really cheap savage rifle the 111fcns it came with a scope and was really cheap about 500 in canada. it kills elk deer and i would have to say lots of the animals in north america. a 270 .308 or somethings along the lines of that owuld be plenty enough to kill elk deer and most animals

i would also get a savage as you can get packages in your choice of calibers that include scope sling rifle and clip for just around 500 bucks and the scope is a 3-9 so it has more than enough vairation of magnifictain for whatever you will be hunting in

is that the semi auto one?

Browning makes a good take down in the browning lever rifle. also sako makes the sako quad which comes with four barrels (.22, .22 mag, .17hmr, .17hm2) and there is also a survival gun i think by marlin that has a hollow stock in which the barrel and action fit into

No in canada you do not NEED these types of guns but lots of people use them. i find them to be maintenace free and in most cases lighter. wooden stocks and blued barrels are also pretty maintenace free but say if you put your stainless away for lets say 6 months you could come back to it having rust. also lots of poeple like the looks of stainless synthetic guns as well

yeah i use them in my 30-06 but only in 150 grain i loaded them with 59.4 grains of imr 4350 and they worked amazingly they had excellent penetration and expansion. i shot a moose elk muley and whitey and everyone of the animals dropped in its tracks. one bullet i pulled from the moose weighed 149 grains

i would do what shoot bo said shoot first ask questions later

federal fusion

i would probably go with the .270 it ha sbetter velocities and flies a bit flatter but not by much. jack o'connor swore by it and thats good enough for me.

good load antelope and deer.

you can still get the wsssm's like the 25wssm and the 223wssm but they are really tempermental to load and are just not worth the extra work for almost no ballistic advantages.

the accutrigger also makes shooting alot easier by eliminating jerk it is a 2 stage trigger and makes the second stge a hair trigger

do you mean the copper is oxidizing on a softpoint?

i would do dthe smae and check out the reloading manual of barnes or even other reloaders with same bullet designs it will give you ball park at least

aweomse gunes they are real nice shooting and are reliable. my grandpa had one forever and that thing accounted for who knows how many deer elk and mule deer.

it was hoax, never the less the bear was huge but it was not as big as the story claimed it to be. and as for the hikers and that stuff i am not knowing

i was going to say what ggnyc said leupold has some great versions but most scope compaines will have a scope like that. some wont have such a generous eye relief though

i have no idea but recnetly on a different question another member aslo said that pure vanilla will be a curioustity attractnat for deer

pse x force hoyt alphamax and that is far as i know of top hunting bows. lots of other bows are good those ones are just real fast with no recoil

they miay be catching on your arrow rest

a spike whether it be on a bull moose or elk or deer is just a young animal that does not have bigger sized antlers which follow in years to come.

well personally i would use the savage they are incredibly accurate and if you get the new ones they have the accustock and the accutrigger which benefit the rifles shooting and the accutrigger elimnates trigger creap and makes it so you wont jerk the trigger

i have lso heard it was delicious cutlet are supposed to be greatt. go on the internet or buy a wild game recipe book

i would use leupold or bushnell in the 3-9 range. if you have some extra money i would try zeiss or swarovkski but i think pretty much all quality scopes would work good as long you dont skimp

well the 17 hmr is a necked down 22 magnum and a 17 mach 2 is a 22lr necked down to 17 caliber. only the 17 hmr fits in a 17 hmr rifle. and the 17 varmint express i have no knowledge of it as a caliber but i know that hornady makes a brand of .17 hmr ammo called varmint express and some gun companys have guns called the varmint express.

arc distance is the measure of how your bullet or arrow reacts when your shooting at steep up or down angles. the arc feature in some rangefinders make it easy to shoot up hill or downhill because it tells you where your bullet or arrow should be aimed to hit its mark. bullets and arrows dont need to be aimed as high when your shooting steep up or down

you could try using differnet rings. is the objective 42 or 50 if 42 you cant mount lower but if thats not the problem and your scope is just not going down then you may have a problem

my uncle taught me by not letting me see whether he put in an empty or a full cartridge. this meant thata i would not know if my gun would shoot and it was vry weird when it didnt but greatly helped me. also try using a lead sled or a another recoil reducer such as reduced loads or muzzlebreaks.

i would never shoot at another animal after i just shot at one i would always go and try to find sign of a hit whtether it be hair or blood.

lots of people still use wood stocks. but they are heavier whether worse and scratch easier. i love wood stokcs to but synthetic perform better. lots of gun companies still make wood stocks. usually they are higher priced as well

my dad has taught me almost everything i know about hunting he got me into it and provided me with knowledge to be succesful. magazines and books also greatly helped me be succesful and other people such as my unlce and my dads friends helped me out

i believe mature bucks because not only are there less of them but the does where i am are not hunted very hard and rarely get killed

that is pretty small i wouldnt think the barrel should hit the scope but hey why take a chance it only costs 30 bucks for some weaver rings

i would sight it in at 200 yards with a real flat shooter like your .270 it will be barely off at 100 and you should have no problems shootiing close

a lot of hunters use differnet calibers for differnet types of hunting. while the 30-06 is agreat cartridge (its the only guni hunt with as well) it is the nest best for some types of hunting. some guys like intensely flat shooting guns for shooting game 400 yards where some like bigger for more power and some guys use smaller guns in places where there are only coyotes and whitetails. the 30-06 does all of these just fine but some guys want a gun made for what they want to do with it

i side with the 30-06 you can go from 110 tto 220 grain bullets and it will kill anything in north america. so will the .270 but i just prefer being able to shoot heavier bullets if i want to. i shoot barnes tipped triple shock handloads and they are going just at 3000 fps. it will kill anything anything i point it at.

i own a savage 30-06 and man does that rifle shoot and its the least expensive gun they sell! the website is www.savagearms.com they have all the prices models and calibers on the site and lots of info on the guns and theyre specs

i would just plant your normal food plot so the deer find the plot get used to it and start to favor the food so when th ehunting season starts theyre waiting for you

im not sure what combination guns are but i think they are the rifles with a shotgun and a rifle on top. if so savage has some pretty nice ones that are farily cheap brand new. you can look at them on www.savagearms.com

i would trust it i use the scent killer brand i leave it in the truck when its -30 in the winter and it still works fine i had a 2x3 whitetail come and bed down beside me 5 feet away

i hear alot of mossberg comments i am happy to hear that as i quite like mossberg i am also a young hunter its good to learn some new stuff about slug gun hunting

i have shot three elk so far with my 30-06 and it does just fine i would feel comfortable shootinng any bull with it. if you hand load u can come up with some pretty wicked loads but if you dont federal remington winchester hornady and nosler all have nice factory loads for it in alot of grains like 150 165 or 180. i use 150 barnes tipped triple shock and have them going at 3000 fps.