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    I have a 40% hearing loss in my left ear thanks to a 300 win mag with a break on it, and a cues buck a couple years ago and a bear the year after. I have shot that rifle maybe 3 times without hearing protection, and everytime I say "never again" and everytime I have had protection in my backpack; just did not take the time to grab them. Now I tie the ear plugs on the back of my ball cap so I have no reason not to put them in...

     

     

    But to answer the question asked....... If I had to take a quick shot at the right buck without hearing protection------I probably would.

    -Whitey_

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    I need some input as to what bullet I should reload in a 30 cal. rifle. Here is my dellema; I want to reload 30-06, 300 Win. mag and 300 wsm. (I have several hundred empty brass of each). I want to load one bullet that will work well in all applications. (I realize I should experiement with different loads, different bullets and see what works best in each gun.) I am looking for an all around hunting bullet.

    I am considering The Berger vld, the CT silver-tip,and the Nosler Accu-bond.

     

    Give me some input ..................................

     

    Thanks,

    Whitey

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    I am pretty new to this forum, but thought I would share my buck with the rest of you.

     

    I just returned from my Dec. Coues deer hunt in Southern Arizona. (I have been informed that some members don't like you to list the unit that a buck was harvested in, so let's just say it is pretty close to Mexico) At anyrate; we hunted for 10 days with a 3 day recess for the holidays. We glassed a ton of bucks, but nothing over 100 inches. My best buck todate was 94 inches so I was set on a 100 incher or nothing. We found 8 bucks that scored 92 - 99 ish but I just could not put that extra couple inches on any of them. I think my buddies that were helping me glass were getting a bit peeved that I was passing on some really good bucks, but once again, I had my sights set on a 100 incher or nothing!

    On Saturday moring I found the deer I was looking for, but he disapeared about 10 min. after the sun came up. I was temped to hike up the canyon and try to find him bedded, but decided against it in fear of blowing him out of there for good... Long story short on Monday morning we glassed him up again in the exact same spot he was feeding in on Saturday. This time I waisted no time starting my stalk! We was about a mile from us and feeding in some occatillos. I ran across a series of drainages, and started up hill. After what seemed like a lifetime I thought I was in possition to top out and find him. Three times I topped over the finger I was on to try to find him. Three times I was looking at what appeared to by the occatillos he was feeding in, but It did not look just the same, so I would back out and climb higher up the finger.

    They say (who ever "they" are) that three times is a charm, and it was. The third time I topped over the finger I knew that it was now or never because I was at the top of the knob I was climbing. I topped of the finger again and sat in some tall grass for cover. It took about 30 seconds of glassing off my shooting sticks to find him! He was bedded 148 yards across the canyon behind some occatillos. All I could see of him was his RACK, his face, and a small portion of his neck! After months of practicing at 3,4, and 5 hundred with my rifles, (and buying a new rifle a month before the hunt, but that is a whole other story), my 10 day hunt, and search for my first 100 inch buck was completed with one 148 yard shot across a small canyon. I was forced to shoot the buck in the neck, but it worked out well.

    The buck gross scores 105, and I could not be happier. ( Well, maybe with a 115,but that will have to wait for next year; I hope.....

    Thanks for reading.

    Whitey

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