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first, the last thing i need is another gun. have safes(plural) full of them. its been an addiction forever. hunting and/or shooting goes hand in hand with whatever endeavour we go for in the outback since i was a little grasshopper.
now my plan of attack is once again the mcmillian .338 win mag from hell which shoots az. custom ammo black molys ONLY and groups right at .559. owned this 26" barreled flame breathing louder than hell muzzlebraked monster for quite a few years now. louie-polled(leupold) 4.5 x 14 scope with sniper come-up knobs and come-ups plastered on inside(cheek side) of stock w/waterproof tape.
very effective long range "elk putter downer" but that story was flambayed a few years back for the unethical? 876Yd lasered witnessed documented shot i made one very cold morning in unit 4a wiggins canyon on my poor helpless innocent cow elk.
but anyway my regime will now include daily/hourly survelliance of my property for rats. why? because there is nothing better than pulling either the RWS .177 rifle model 54 or the RWS .177 pistole out and nailing moving targets from a distance.
when we go scouting we will sit and sit drive and drive walk and walk and go for any small game we see to add to the din din table in camp. once again more practice.
my back up will be one of my .308s. on each scout .22's will be employed as well as .177's pellets all around camp. when buzzing around either by quad pick em up walking .308s will be employed for booby kittys. mtn kittys, coyoteros(the trickster), coons,wolverines,porky-pines etc. once again more practice.
with steiner 6x30's, doktor 15 x 80's, bushnell spotting scope we gots the optics game down pat.
snow in late november will have to be up to mr elks chest before they move from three sisters mtn range north above williams or mr. elk to move off of billy willy(bill williams mtn) mtn. south of williams. those elk will cross I-40 to the north and some will be hit by semis cars etc. obviously where this occurs, there wil be leftover meat and crows ravens. obvious spot to set up for shot.
if snow really deep they will go out on to flats north of "salad bowl express" burlington northern santa fe tracks. this is where the juniper "islands" are.
juniper "islands" are kind of like going door to door room to room in bagdad hunting. we prefer to stand off in opposite juniper island separated by bunch grass areas and nail them early when they leave safety of "islands" to feed early or late.
by the way these "islands" of juniper extend for miles in some cases and a very easy place to get lost since it all looks the same.
another trick is to get up on railroad canyon fills and glass. also the el paso natural gas pipeline offers some good vantage spots.
we also patrol the grand canyon railway bed for evidence of rail kill, crossing areas from red mtn or just look for plain old fashioned ELK POOP!
once those bastids move into juniper yer screwed unless they come out to move or feed. the forest areas are a hell of alot easier to hunt/see.
literally you will see them for a brief moment and they will be GONE!
funny.............my TRIGGER FINGER ITCHES TODAY!
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