I have a winchester model 1300 with the rifled barrel and I put weaver mounts on it . The bases stay and the rings come off with the scope . You can change barrels and when you return to the rifled barrel the scope will mount with no issues of accuracy.
Many people use these mounts on their ...

If you are asking about Big timber you are going way back and I highly doubt there is any dogs with any amount of that in them right up close . there is a girl in W,V, that has cascade in her dogs but not pure cascade , If yuo want her number P.M me .. I am not sure where you are and W.V. may be a ...

In Good old Ontario a hunter is required to wear blaze orange WHEN HUNTING ... other than bow hunting ... So a hound guy really should have it on or may be fined ..
I never heard of a houndsmen being fined for not wearing orange but I believe the ministry could fine you .
But I believe in what Cab ...

If you see a tracking collar around here IT WILL be a johnson .. I have seen a couple of woildlife collars and a couple of quick track but I would say 90% of people use Johnson ... And the blue box 1000 or 2000
And almost all 217

There are thousands of coon caught with those little buggers every year in the farming areas of america. I know of single hunters in Iowa that catch several hundred coon every year with them hunting barns once the coons den up and the fur is excelent prime. The Jacks are prefered over the Jadgs ...

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I was at the funeral of a hunting friend. Asked my husband, who didn't know the guy, to walk the hound up the street to keep him from bawling during the service. Someone came inside and said someone was stealing a redbone from a truck out back. Half the room ran out to check their ...

Bow ::: That jed dog ::: Did it come from John Eddington's dog ""HAWK : from N.H . If this is the same JED I have a brother to him up here In Ontario . Never had this blue on a bear by himself but he IS A BEAR DOG.

Shot placement is VERY important for sure . And just for the record I am VERY comfortable in my shoot abilities . I grew up in a car scrap yard and can shoot a key lock at 100 yards . I have a 308 heavy barrel rifle and shoot groundhogs at 400 plus . I have shot deer with it at close to 600. ONE ...

Bill you are most certainly correct about accurately>> But as a guild I am sure you have met the guys that BELIEVE they can shoot 500 yards with a 30-06 and still have enough energy to kill a moose or bear . They may cause it to die , Just not today or tomorrow .
The bear I said I shot with a 300 ...

That is my point .... ALL the gun you can shoot .
A few years back I seen a bear shot with a 30-06 . Text book shot but it did not kill the bear as fast as buddy thought it SHOULD and when he went over the hill to find it ; the bear was standing there looking at him . He shot it again at about ...

Well for what my opinion is worth.. A 30-30 is certainly not a bear gun and a 30-06 is bare nuts minimum in my opinion anyway .
A gun in 338 win mag is more like what I call a bear gun .
A 30-30 is a deer gun :; a 30-06 will kill a moose but when you are dealing with a bear ... and over dogs to ...