Category: Hunting
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Alberta Gopher Shooting – May 2014
This post is about shooting gophers. If you’re not into that, I’d recommend another post. Way before I was “into” guns as a hobby, I was definitely into shooting gophers. For a young boy with a cracked bolt action .22 that got ran over by a tractor and a pocket full of 22 shells, it…
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Hunting for Meat and Dealing with Anti-Hunters
Personally, I haven’t run into many people against hunting. We’ve got to an interesting a point in time when I think many of the people who would have been against hunting in the past are now interested in knowing where their food is coming from, and can see the appeal in hunting simply from the…
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Trophy of the Month 3 – August
Name: Adriel Michaud Location: Two Hills, AB, Canada Game: Whitetail deer Firearm: Browning BLR 308 Winchester Short story: First day of the season. Made all sorts of noise getting to my stand, talking, etc. Got there, rattled and this guy peeked out of a bush 20 yards away. Not fantastically big, but easily the fastest…
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Trophy of the Month 2 – July
Name: Lou Maffret Location: Ft. St. John, British Columbia Game: Elk Firearm: Browning X-Bolt 338 Win Mag Short story: I ended up borrowing my son’s brand new X-Bolt and scored a 280 Bull Elk.
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Trophy of the Month 1 – June
Here in Canada, we’re just getting into Summer, and hunting season seems so far away. Alex (Hunter on a Budget) suggested that we run “Trophy of the Month” to share some of our successful past hunts and get amped up for hunting season and I thought it was a great idea. So if you want…
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Hawg Wild Ranch Review
Recently my wife’s entire family and I went for a vacation in Orlando, Florida. Before we left, us guys decided, instead of only going to the expected amusement parks, we would like to do some hunting. Alligator hunting was out of our budget and currently not in season, so we decided to lend a helping…