Getting ready for 2010 !

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6pt-sika posted this 09 June 2010

Well it's time !

Last couple years some of the local farmers have asked another fellow and myself to help them with Damage Control Permits for both deer and bear .

Typically the guys with orchards want us to start the last week of july and then the guys with corn etc are more mid august .

So with that being said this is an excellent way for me to “field test” quite a few guns and or bullets !

So at the moment I have no less then THIRTEEN 444 Marlin's set up with 16 different bullets ! A nice old Marlin in 45-70 set up with two bullets and a Marlin in 375 WIN set up with another bullet !

 

Of which all are cast !

 

Kinda got a hankering to shoot a bear with my newest 444 shooting my Mountain Molds 433-400GC bullet or maybe my 45-70 with the BRP 462-465GC bullet !

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6pt-sika posted this 09 June 2010

"Hunting season” for me the last couple years has started some time in july and runs all the way thru late january or mid february !

It gets a little old about mid November and I may take a week breather before going at it again for the rest of the season !

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6pt-sika posted this 13 June 2010

To be totally honest I would really like to blood all the 444's and the 45-70 during the DCP hunts and hunt with uhm regular guns during hunting season this year !

 

Be kinda nice to just have the Savage 10ML-II out for the ML seasons !

The Savage 220F out for the annual Blackwater NWR Sika trip .

And hunt whitetails during the regular seasons with my Mauser 6.5-06 and a couple Ruger #1B's in 25-06 , 280 and 264 WIN MAG !

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hunterspistol posted this 13 June 2010

   So, um, Craig, where is this blog of hunting stories?  The report on different bullet types is going to be extensive, that'd be deep reading too.

     I love hunting stories, I love non-fiction.

Ron

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hunterspistol posted this 13 June 2010

   :D    Okay, maybe that isn't fair, but.... 

     Have fun, enjoy.  And as Georgio taught me : In bocca la lupa!

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6pt-sika posted this 13 June 2010

hunterspistol wrote:    So, um, Craig, where is this blog of hunting stories?       I love non-fiction.

Ron

It isn't late july “yet” .

 

And to the best of knowledge I've never said anything that was related to FICTION .

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6pt-sika posted this 25 July 2010

Well we finally got our Damage Control Permits on friday !

 

We're allowed FIVE black bear this year and unlimited antlerless whitetails !

 

Went out yesterday afternoon around 4PM and the temp in town as we were going thru was 104 !

At 7PM where we were the temp reading on my watch said 103.7 . Needless to say we didn't see a bear or deer !

Gonna try her again monday !

 

I took a 444 Marlin loaded with a 207 GC bullet pushed with XMP5744 and a Ruger #1B loaded with a Hornady 129 SST . Next time the #1 stays home and will be replaced by another 444 with a 375 grain Mountain Molds bullet .

I have 2 stands set for myself and the longest shot on the one yesterday was a ranged 83 yards , my second stand maybe has a 70 yard shot . When I hung the stands in march you could see a bit further obviousely :cool:

 

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hunterspistol posted this 28 July 2010

   Sounds great, five black bear and antlerless will keep you busy.  If you get the chance, post a pic of the 444 gc round.  Yessir, it sure is hot.

 Ron

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Ranch Dog posted this 29 July 2010

We will need pictures too!

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6pt-sika posted this 30 July 2010

The bear have yet to show themselves !

And about the only deer I'm seeing are a decent 6 point in vlevet and what I think will be a nice 8 point also in velvet !

Also see a couple fawns running around buy mama deer is staying well hidden at the moment !

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6pt-sika posted this 03 August 2010

Well got my first damage control animal this year tonight at 20:00 !

Shot a 125 pound live weight female black bear ! This is the first black bear I've ever shot at in my 49 years !

She walked up to about 15 yards of my tree so I shot her in the head and that was that !

Used one of my 1974 Second Model rifles with a Weaver K2.5 60B on top and I was shooting my Mountain Molds 433-375GC WQ WW bullet pushed by 41 grains of H322 !

Took 3 pics that will follow on thursday (my old desktop here at home doesn't allow me to download pics and my laptop the modom is fried and we have dial up ) so I'll get them on at the shop thursday morning !

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hunterspistol posted this 04 August 2010

  Wow, congratulations!

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6pt-sika posted this 04 August 2010

hunterspistol wrote:   Wow, congratulations!

Thanks but be aware when you see the pics tommorrow this bear weighs about half of what I do !

So a 125 pound live weight bear ain't that large !

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6pt-sika posted this 05 August 2010

Okay here's the bear I got 2 days ago with the 1974 Second Model with a Weaver K2.5 on top shooting the Mountain Molds 433-375GC pushed with 41 grains of H322 ! I originally said the bear was shot at 15 yards , but I actually ranged it last night and it turned out to be more in the 9-10 yard range !

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hunterspistol posted this 06 August 2010

      That's a good black bear, even at 125, he's still got teeth and claws! You must have steady nerves, don't know if I'd want to get that close to them in the brush like that.   That's really good for levergun hunting too.

    Congrats,

    Ron

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6pt-sika posted this 06 August 2010

hunterspistol wrote:       That's a good black bear, even at 125, he's still got teeth and claws! You must have steady nerves, don't know if I'd want to get that close to them in the brush like that.   That's really good for levergun hunting too.

    Congrats,

    Ron

It isn't that bad I was 16 feet off the ground in a ladder stand with two fully loaded 444's .>

 

To be honest I thought she was a German Shepard at first . I kinda had remorse over shooting that bear after I pulled the trigger . But the guy that owns the place said “nonsense we have 5 permits and use them , just don't shoot any sow's with cubs ” !

There's another bear up there he has pics of recently that's in the 350-400 range !

I would really like him to come buy :cool:

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gunarea posted this 07 August 2010

Hey 6 pt

   Varmits is varmits. Excellent humane kill. Down here in central Florida, my pest eradication program includes much smaller and much less dangerous prey. Hunting in 100 degree weather with 99% relative humidity, is a challenge with problems not understood by most. Cleaning critters in the middle of swarming, biting insects is the chore that makes trigger pulling a carefully considered action.  My hat off to you.

    Now back to my air conditioned cave to reload some more ammo for this evenings sweat fest. Thanks for the pictures, we like pictures.

                                                                                                          Roy

Shoot often, Shoot well

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delmarskid1 posted this 10 August 2010

I like head shots! No guess work or blood trailing involved. People around here won't shoot a squirrel any where but the head but they wreck shoulder roasts on deer shooting them at same distances.

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6pt-sika posted this 24 October 2010

ABout two weeks ago I got 3 whitetail slicks one evening on my neighbors vineyard using his DCP's !

 

Had 3 of last years slicks walk up to about 20-40 yards . Was using a 444 with a Castboolits 434-207GC bullet . Shot the first doe at 19 yards in the neck and she dropped right there . Worked the action and caught the brass and stayed silent . In about 30-45 seconds a second one walked around a tree at 27 yards , shot her behind the shoulder and she was dead right there . The third one eased back around the tree the way she came and stopped to look back , shot her at 36 yards and she tipped maybe 20 yards and crashed in the brush .

Been kinda s slow year so far . I think the heat on july and august took all the wind out of my sails as I haven't hunted much at all even though I have more permits then ever this year .

 

Did the early ML season up on the Blackwater NWR in Cambridge MD this past friday . No luck with the Sika Deer , but there's still the shotgun season and I drew a very good location for that one !

Early ML season starts here next saturday so I suppose it's time to get in full swing again !

Sorry boys but there will be no more pics posted by me ! Had a little run in on another forum so I've deleted every picture I ever posted on any forum !

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gregg posted this 24 October 2010

Sorry to hear that. Still hope to learn much from your CB kills.;}

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6pt-sika posted this 24 October 2010

I failed to mention I was pushing the Castboolits 434-207GC with 50 grains of H322 and setting it off with a CCI200 primer . To be perfectly honest I wouldn't be afraid to use this light bullet in my old 1966 rifle out to 150 yards on deer . I have an old early 60 vintage Weaver K4 on top and it does very nicely .

 

You know I used to think the older outdoor writers were nuts when they said a 2.5x was great for woods , 4x for general work and a 6x on the plains . But after shooting a good many of the old Weavers in just those powers it isn't as difficult as I had originally imagined .

Now on a jacketed bullet rifle I have sighted in for 300 yard shots I still plan to use a 3-9 , 4.5-14 or something of that nature . But for my old lever rifles the old Weavers work just fine !

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