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Post by mart on Oct 17, 2018 19:58:19 GMT -5
Dick,
Congratulations on your hunts.
You have inspired me. Though I have a substantial accumulation of handguns, I've always carried them as more of a weapon of opportunity and as a back up to my rifle or shotgun and have not been a handgun hunter. I did deliberately take one whitetail doe 25 years ago with a S&W 57 at 20 yards and a cougar incidental to my winter trapline with a Ruger Blackhawk 41 mag. I've always been a rifleman first, and still am, but I'm leaning heavily toward making one of my handguns my primary next year for moose. I'm thinking either the 480 or the 500.
After I called in my moose this year and took him at 30 yards, and I'm certain he would have come closer, I realized of the 5 moose we've taken in my family, the longest shot has been 75 yards. The rest have been 50, 35, and two at 30. And I can't begin to count the number of sub legal bulls I've called or still hunted under 50 yards. Some well under 50 yards. With the exception of the 75 yard moose, all have been within what I consider my maximum handgun range. With a freezer stocked with a couple of years worth of moose meat now, I don't feel pressured to get meat. I can work toward the goal of a handgun bull. The only thing that might throw a wrench in the works is if I get drawn for the Ft Rich, muzzleloader moose hunt, a highly coveted tag and one I've applied for 15 years running without being drawn.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Mart
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