pwrguy

Great spot, congrats

Cool bucks, good luck finding them.

I'll give him 88, cool lookin buck

Wow, I think that deer may still be up in those trees

Goats are tricky. They get a lot of their score from mass, that one looks like he's lacking mass and length to be a "good" one

You didn't mention budget That would effect a lot of the decision making. Hard to beat remington 700 actions, but there are some other customs out there for just a little more money. For me, I would look for a good stainless action, and then go from there as you can afford it. If it is a remington you want and you are on a budget, start with a used factory rifle and then spend the money as you can afford it. It is real easy to put 5 grand into a rifle, but it doesn't sting as much if you do it little at a time. I'm still trying to decide myself on caliber, I'm going to stay away from barrell burners in the future. I like the bullet selection in 30 cal, but .284 is pretty good as well. I am interested in building a 280AI or a .308 I think for my next custom. Ask me about the.338 edge at the end of September, hopefully I will be using 308 nuts to put down a moose That's my 2 cents worth.

+1 on the Leica. I have the 1200 and love it. Small, compact and very reliable.

I don't know about a name, but nice choice on the rifle. I would like one just like it except in southpaw. The 280 AI looks very interesting to me, I think that it might just be an excellent balance between recoil and flat shooting for the dispatching of whitetails. Please keep us posted on your load development and the groups you are getting.

I love the fighting elk, what a great shot.

Shot placement, range and bullet construction/velocity alway's enter into the picture. I have seen a water buffalo put down with a 22LR, but I wouldn't make that my first choice. Just sayin.....

+1 You are at the bottom end of the scale there. At some point, you are going to have to limit your range somewhere far below a larger caliber to be fair to the deer. No matter how accurate you are, you will quickly run out of energy with that light bullet. That being said, the best rifle to use is the one you are deadly with

Cool pics man, keep em coming

That's great to hear. I have alway's heard they are good that way, but I have never had to send one back. Thanks for posting

Well put.

sorry to hear that Mike. Problem is you can be as carefull as you can be, but can't control the other guy.

Whadaya me "you can share"...are you holdin out on the good stuff man?

you have to have consistent brass for consistent groups. Once fired is usually the best bet, although a lot of guys full length size and swear by it. I would start with 100 pieces of quality brass and fire form them. Also, you might try some of the other powders out there, although I have used 4831 extensively in 7mm and .300 and had pretty good luck with it. Another thing that could be an issue is the scope and the mounting system for the scope. Maybe 308 nut can give you some idea's if you have any suspicions about that. I don't know what your personal experiences are, there are so many pieces that need to fit together for a good system. There might be other bullets that would fly better with your particular twist etc. Velocity is over rated when it comes to accuracy. I had a custom 300WM for a while and it seemed to like 180-200 grain bullets. Good luck!!

This should be a good year up here. Lots of food and water. Like everyone else said, stay away from the roads and be prepared to hunt the whole hunt. A lot of the hunters head home after the weekend. Hiking into wilderness areas can be productive on those crowded opening weekends. Good luck

Nice lookin critters for sure. How many different ones do you think there are?

Thanks for posting, I love seeing those trail cam pictures. You are hooked now

your'e killin me man

yeah right..if nothing else, I could use all that money back

That's funny right there. Carefull, some might think you are serious....are you?

harrrr looks like the cactus monkey likes apples

harrrrr