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View out of my front window of 150 or so elk in the field across the road and BozAngeles in the background. A winter sunset out of my front window. Some turkeys out of a window in the lower level of my house. More turkeys out of my kitchen window... Looking out of my Sister's kitchen...

I've hunted antelope most of the last 50 years in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. All DIY or DIY solo. My longest shot was 351 yards, and on most of my antelope hunts I've had my Golden Retriever with me. Much of antelope country has prickly pear cactus so leather gloves and knee pads are...

Many small caliber cartridges will kill an elk or moose, but there are much better choices.

My .223 Vanguard is one of my favorite PRACTICE rifles that I shoot almost every week. My .300 Wby and my 7mm RM rifles are my elk and moose rifles. I'll be using my .300 Wby for my Montana mountain goat this year.

Depends on the temperature. Sometimes shorts... Sometimes jeans...

I used a 168 gr TSX from my .300 Wby on my leopard. He died 19 steps from where I shot him. Before my leopard hunt I was considering a lion hunt and worked up a moa load with 300 gr Partitions for my .375 RUM.

I have recoil reducers in the stocks of 2 of my competition shotguns and in one of my hunting shotguns, along with reducers in my .300 Wby and my .375 RUM. One of my recoil reducers is mercury, the others are mechanical. I don't remember which one is mercury. They all help to reduce the felt...

I've been fortunate enough to have taken the GSCO Super 10 North American big game animals plus 9 more. I took 7 of my Super 10 animals here in Montana on DIY solo hunts that each only cost me a $25 resident tag and a tank of gas for my pickup. I've literally turned my house into a wildlife...

My Dad wasn't a hunter so I didn't go on my first deer hunt until 1965 and 1966 when I was in college with one of my roommates. I used borrowed rifles on those hunts. Then in 1967 I decided that I needed my own centerfire rifle so I ordered a .30-06 barreled action and semi-inleted stock blank...

To the OP's original question, I wouldn't hesitate to hunt a leopard with either a .308 or .300 Win. shooting any 150-180 gr expanding hunting bullet. Most leopard hunts are short range at a stationary target. Bullet placement is most important! With a shot through the chest, I wouldn't worry...

Beautiful stock! It's almost a twin to my .300 Weatherby that I built and checkered from a Richards semi-inleted blank.

I shot 300 gr Barnes TSX bullets from my .375 RUM on one African hunt. They completely penetrated the plains game that I shot with them. This picture is of of the one that I shot my buffalo with. It went in the near shoulder, throught the chest cavity, and stopped in the off shoulder. It's...

The first special tag that I drew after moving to Montana was for a Mountain goat. One of my co-workers was from Phillipsburg, MT and told me where in the Pintler Wilderness to find one. I waited until late season for the goats to get their long winter hair. When I finally went, I drove as...

I thought the day you resigned and put your bow down was the day in Mozambique when you killed your Roosevelt Sable with my .300 Weatherby. :LOL: (y)

I've only done two African DG hunts, both one shot kills with rifles that I custom stocked. A Zimbabwe Cape Buffalo with my Remington 700 in .375 RUM with a Leupold 2-7x scope and a Barnes 300 gr TSX handload... and a Mozambique Leopard with my Weatherby Vanguard in .300 Wby wearing a...