Recent content by Doug Hamilton

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    This. This is why,

    But Disney taught us that wild animals only eat the old and sick. My aunt believed this and a mountain lion killed and ate one of her horses. I showed her the tracks and told her that mountain lions (cougars, pumas, panthers, etc.) do not eat carrion so the cat had killed her year and a half old...
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    Wish me luck gents

    Good luck, and bring us back a good story!
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    This. This is why,

    You're right, and I'm okay with that. I just don't like it when they take their kids with them.
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    This. This is why,

    But we learned all about the outdoors by watching Bambi!
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    POLL / You are going on a cape buffalo hunt in Zimbabwe... which caliber do you choose? And Why?

    I have taken two buffalo bulls in Zimbabwe. Bother taken with my .458 Win Mag. I used 500 grain Hornady solids on both. My PH prefers solids for buffalo. The first shot on the first bull was a little low in the heart and he took exception to it. Things got kind on "Western" for a little while...
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    270 Wsm or 270 Wby

    Sorry. I couldn't translate all.of this. MI Espanol es muy malo! I think.you said that you use a .270 WSM, with 150 grain bullets which compares well to a 7mm Rem Mag.with 175 grain bullets on big antelope up to eland. The problem is .270 WSM ammo is harder to find. I hope I wss close! In...
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    "Lighter Politics" Humour

    It makes you wonder how it is that people on the.left do not realize that President Trump along with.most other Americans do not object to immigrants. They object to ILLEGAL immigrants. Not the same thing. Simple concept, but then no one accuses lefties of being all that bright.
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    270 Wsm or 270 Wby

    Sorry. I hit the wrong button. It was supposed to.say 3250. At 3450 the rifle might blow up!
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    270 Wsm or 270 Wby

    I've been shooting a 7mm RM since 1981. Since then I have killed a great many blacktails, a couple of mule deer and two pronghorns with it. I started shooting 150 grain Corelockts then started hand loading. I finally settled on 140 grain AccuBonds at about 3450 fps. Ammo, brass and other...
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    270 Wsm or 270 Wby

    I would be far more inclined to go with a 7mm Rem Msg. Loaded ammo and components are much easier to.come by and will.be for years to come.
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    The Anatomy of a bang flop

    A shot to the spine will drop any animal in its tracks. A broken neck will kill any buffalo DRT. I broke the neck of my first bull when he got up and went after the PH. DRT. low through the heart didn't do it. The next bull took the bullet through the shoulder and completely smashed the top end...
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    New to Everything

    Hi, and welcome! Whether you want to hunt in Africa or anywhere else, the first thing you want to do is decide which animals you most want to take. If you want to try Africa, do you want to take dangerous game? Buffalo, leopard, elephant? If plains game, which animals interest you the most...
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    Moral dilemma - to rebarrel an old custom, or sell intact?

    As you already have a .375 H&H it seems to me that keeping the rifle and memories and just rebarrel it to 404J as you thought. That's the way I would go.
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    "Lighter Politics" Humour

    Liberals tend to live miserable lives. Harvard in particular is well known for its antisemitic stand and failure to protect Jewish students. Liberals in general will support any idea that opposes common sense. The result has been DEI foolishness including the willing mutilation of "trans"...
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    "Lighter Politics" Humour

    When one specific political party leans against everything I believe in, I fail to see any choice but to oppose them.
 
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