Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Much appreciated. I’ve been an avid hunter since I was about 7 years old shooting ground squirrels on the family ranch here in Idaho. My Dad was an outfitter in the 1960’s and I killed my first deer in one of his camps. I was an outfitter and guide myself in the Frank Church Wilderness Area here in Idaho for about 25 years, mostly for deer, elk, and sheep with a few cougar and bear hunts. I’ve hunted elk and deer primarily in Idaho and Montana, elk in New Mexico, deer in Nevada, Colorado, and Utah. I’ve taken a nice Rocky Mountain Bighorn here in Idaho and a beautiful Dall sheep from Alaska. I had a great Red Stag hint on the South Island of New Zealand a few years ago.
I primarily hunt with the Winchester 30-06 my dad bought me when I was a teenager but have an older 300 Weatherby Mag I use as well. I also have the usual .22’s, .223, etc and several handguns, one an old S&W Model 29 .44 mag I inherited from my Dad. I used to handload a fair amount, but have moved around a bit the last many years and am in the process of getting set back up. I’ve been primarily archery hunting the last 15 years or so, not very good at it but sure have a lot of fun. Did kill an awesome bull this fall tho with the help of my brother and nephew and his boy. Looking forward to a trip to Africa just to see the country and wildlife and if I could harvest a couple nice critters, that’d be pretty nice too.
