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Spring is the best time if you are planning on eating them, especially if you are in an area in which they actually hibernate. The fat is just about gone at that time of year. The coats are a little sparse, but that's the trade-off.
The similarity to a human, once you can see what they look like under all that fur and fat, has got to be one of the most unnerving sights in all of hunting. This guy looked like Ah-nold hanging from the meat pole. Pretty damn gruesome. I get the creeps every time I see one hanging.
.257 Roberts, huh? I shot my first deer with a borrowed sporterized surplus '98 Mauser so chambered. 117 grain round nose from a factory Remington load. Great little cartridge. When it was time to get my oldest son his first hunting rifle I just about got him a Ruger M77 so chambered. I wound up getting him a M70 Featherweight in 6.5x55 instead, only because a buddy made me "an offer I couldn't refuse", knowing it was going to my son. A Ruger #1 in .257 Roberts has been hovering at the top of my "must have" list for some time...
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"God invented whiskey so the Irish wouldn't rule the world"
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