Recent content by DLSJR

Neither is a preferred cartridge for an elk or moose. Period. End of discussion.

When will more of your bullets become available? I just tried to order .338 semi-spitzers and they show “Out of Stock”. I’d like to be your customer, but you make it difficult.

I don’t think elk and kudu are all that comparable. I enjoy hunting both greatly; but I can’t imagine any kudu, anywhere, comparing to hunting elk in a quality unit during September into October. Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada have incredible early season elk hunting for old, big bulls...

Monroe is a pretty special place. I drew the only non-resident random archery tag in 2008, which was the ‘Spider Bull’ year. I hunted the last 12 days or so of archery season and it was ridiculous how many good bulls that unit held. Bugling activity was incredible! I called in several...

I’m a big fan of 225 grain bullets for my .338. They just shoot very, very well in my rifle. I mostly shoot Barnes’s TTSX or Federal Trophy Bonded Bearclaws and both perform wonderfully on anything I’ve ever shot with them.

@bwanamrm , I had an opportunity to join a couple local hunters who were looking for a 3rd hunter to join them on a grand Mongolian hunt back in the mid-80’s. It was going to be about 30-35 days, hunting from the Gobi Desert to High Altai, taking both Argali’s & both ibex. Cost for the entire...

This is a problem many of us will be facing one of these days. I’ve largely stopped mounting trophies, other than a few special animals. I’ve still got room for more, but not a lot more. The bigger issue is the cost of shipping & taxidermy compared to spending that money doing more hunting...

You hit the nail on the head. The cost for sheep hunting has simply gotten ridiculous. I’ve only hunted the various North American sheep and mostly when sheep hunting was reasonable. My first Dall Sheep hunt was $4,100 (yes, it was a long time ago, 1978) and I did four sheep hunts in the...

Who is hunting U4? It should be a great block I’d expect. I know Raoul Ramoni has U3, but I’m not sure who has U4. You’ll find Turkish Airlines to be very good, especially if you’re in Biz Class. I’ve only hunted MA1 in the Selous and it’s a wildlife paradise. If U4 is anything like...

I don’t do my own loading these days but rather I have my gunsmith load for me. He does custom loading for over 100 shooters, and produces really good custom loaded ammo. So, even though I didn’t do it, I just picked up 125 freshly loaded rounds of .375 H&H for practice and my upcoming...

Have you ever actually shot a Cape Buffalo? Based on your comments, I’m curious.

I had a friend, Dr. William Pritchard of the University of California at Davis, who hunted Africa very extensively after World War Two ended. Bill was the Dean of UC Davis’s veterinary medicine school, widely regarded as the top veterinary medicine school in the USA, and that afforded him some...

The very unfortunate death a couple weeks ago bears this out. No rifle for the hunter or PH, both were carrying shotguns. It may not have mattered if a rifle had been present but with only shotguns, they had no chance at all.

Try it and let me know how it works out for you. As to the comparison between a shotgun slug and a sharp broad head tipped arrow, that’s a really bad comparison since a broad head slices it’s way through and a slug is simply brute force. The two are not a valid comparison at all. And...

No. A 1 ounce slug weighs 437 grains. Bigger frontal area, lower sectional density, much lower velocity of 1,200-1,400 fps vs. a 500 grain bullet .45 caliber bullet at 2,150-2,400 fps. It’s not even close. Penetration from a shotgun shooting slugs sucks compared to a proper medium to...