As long as you have all your parts, you've missed the point...

pun intended too :D

Lol guy...

Now where is the war story with scars to charm the babes with in that?

TR

You're right. I guess Drone Warriors charm babes with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. :D

And medal chafe, which if you neglect for long enough, qualifies one for the Purple Heart.

lol Well, at least you had the balls to go after the cat yourself.

I've seen two panthers in the boonies, and each time the adrenaline cleaned my heart out like chrome.

Wow, you got the point of why someone would have an apex predator hunt them...no stories....just a damn fine experience...one on one. Just ask anyone who crawled in cave after one how it compared to any other hunting experience they had.


BTW: Cougar back straps are very good

Back to scopes. I have bought a few over the years. I use Nikon Buckmaster 3-9X40's on my .270 and .308. For hunting these do the job fine, durable and clear. I have a Leupold VX2 on my .22-250, it also does its job quite well. I recently added a Schmidt and Bender to one of my rifles. Definitely in a class of its own.

Are you using it for more than 500yrds? If so how does it compare to Night force or the leupold for distances beyond? (I.e. clarity, accuracy, adjustments..)
Looks good on paper...

Side note: 22-250 is a great caliber

Yes, I bought it for over 500 yards. I haven't seen the Night Force but I did consider it. The S&B replaced a Leupold Mk IV 3.5-14X30. The Leupold is a fine scope, I took an antelope at 500 yards with it but the Leupold glass is not in the same class as the S&B.

Thanks, will take a close look at these, they are very highly rated.

You may know this but...when scouting or hunting for pronghorn wear a bright white shirt. Many times they'll come over to ya. It's pretty funny sometimes. Works better if you're on all fours moving a bit.

I was in Wyoming for the antelope. If you are on all fours where I was hunting, you had better be wearing heavy gloves and shin guards. Lots of stickery things on the ground...

You get used to getting stuck after awhile.

They are special animals...how they float over sage and oak brush that's rocky at amazing speed without skipping a beat.

If you ever stay awhile kangaroo leather gloves last much longer then regular or kevlar aviator gloves in mt and az, get stuck less too...:)

ROTFLMAO

Hunting in South Africa
 

Here is an email I sent off to Denmark today for a quote on a weeks plains game hunting. The trophy prices are for what was wanted by the client and the hunt tailored to those trophies. I can get less expensive Zebra elsewhere, but when the client wants to hunt all the species at one location, you find some species are more expensive there that at other places. The Gemsbuck dictated that we hunt near the Kalahari, which is not the best terrain for some of the other species.

Hi Erik,
Here are the prices for the father and son pair who wish to hunt in July. We have two accommodation prices, on at a luxury camp about 40 km from the hunting grounds ($300 per person per day) and the other more basic accommodation at the hunting grounds ($150 per person per day). The daily rates quoted both include transport from and return to OR Tambo Airport Johannesburg to the hunting grounds, all meals, drinks (soft drinks, SA wine and beer) and the services of a hunting vehicle, Professional Hunter, trackers and skinners and the use of skinning and salting facilities. Rifles can be hired @ $10 per day and ammunition charged at cost for the desired calibre. Gratuities and tips to staff are excluded from these daily rates.
The trophy prices are: Gemsbok or Oryx $875, Kudu $875, Zebra $1095, Blesbuck $220 and Impala $165.
I attach the taxidermy price list in a separate file. The skull mount option is usually what Danes prefer.
I hope this meets with your satisfaction and we await your earliest reply so that we may book the hunt. If the clients would like to take this further, I can obtain some pictures of the accommodation choices.
Best regards

Naturally, we can reduce these prices somewhat for fellow soldiers if any of you are interested.

Different scopes and their value
 

I have a theory that much money is often spent needlessly on rifle scopes in Africa. I am interested in what the rest of you feel.
Most of the high priced scopes that are available here in Africa (Swarovski, Leica, Zeiss etc) make great play on their lens coatings and light gathering qualities.
These qualities are very desirable for Northern Hemisphere hunting, where the winter days are very short and the light really poor for much of the day. In Africa, especially South Africa, our winter days are extremely bright with swift dusks and dawns. We seldom have rain or even clouds for all the hunting season, so the only time low light hunting occurs is on baited leopard, when the norm is to shoot at times of minimal light. So, my theory is that we generally dont need many of the costly features that are so desirable for European hunters. What we would prefer is a super-robust scope that can take a bashing on bad roads and from heavy recoil that we tend to get with our bigger calibres. Comment?