My 2010 hunting season

[x-HUNTER-_2]

This was only my second year hunting Ian only 16 and I filled all of the tags that I was going for. I got a bull elk thats not to big but in Alberta they are hard to come by. I also filled my white tailed deer tag they are alot easier to comby unless you want a big buck then it gets tricky

[powderburns]

Good for you, i'm glad you had a great season. Any hint as to what part of Ab your from? Were you hunting with your dad. If so, I bet he's real proud of you.

[x-HUNTER-_2]

I hunt just west of rimby and I was hunting with my uncle. i would have been hunting with my dad but my dad died in a ski-doo accident 2002

[powderburns]

Sorry about your dad. Then your uncle must be proud of you. What caliber of rifle do you hunt with?

[x-HUNTER-_2]

He was proud and surprised thay I got my elk on my second year hunting. There was 80 head where I shot it. They where stretched all the way across the field. I shot my deer with a 308 with a 150 grain and I shot my elk with a 30-06 with a 180 witch I will not use no more because it put such a big hole in it.

[the rifleman]

Actually a 180gr out of a 30-06 is a good combo for elk. Perhaps it was the bullet construction that caused all the damage, or where you hit the elk with it.. What bullet were you using.

Every shot will be different, I wouldn't rule out the combo you used.

[x-HUNTER-_2]

It was a boat tail I can not remember what brand but In a piece of ply wood it made a hole twice the size of the bullet. We load our own bullets and the load was pretty big to.

[Cariboo]

Even with a "big" hole you only lost a pound or two of meat.

Big holes on elk and moose are good as they let the blood drain out quicker.


As you hand-load try a 180 grain Nosler Partition in your 30-06. It is a great all-round bullet that will work good on anything you want to hunt.

[Cariboo]

Originally Posted by x-HUNTER-_2

IIn a piece of ply wood it made a hole twice the size of the bullet.

It is hard to judge the performance of a bullet by shooting it into plywood.

If you really want to see what a bullet will perform like on game shoot 1 gallon milk jugs filled with water. Line up 3 or 4 jugs at the distance you expect to be hunting at.

[x-HUNTER-_2]

Ya I am not really loosing to much meat thay have alot on them. But if you set up a bunch of milk jugs than they is not hard enough to let the bullet expand fully?

[x-HUNTER-_2]

Just wondering do you have to draw for mulie's and moose in BC????

[CanuckShooter]

Originally Posted by x-HUNTER-_2

Just wondering do you have to draw for mulie's and moose in BC????

Nope....you don't have to draw for them in BC.

[the rifleman]

There is a general open season (GOS) for mulies and whitetail, which is pretty liberal, although in many areas it is for bucks only, with does being under LEH.
Moose is also available in a GOS, but are very limited as to the open dates, and areas allowed. (Cows are by LEH only). In some cases there are further restrictions on Moose GOS, as to the age of the bull allowed, immature spike fork only, for example.

Many hunters in BC still apply for LEH moose, rather than depending on the GOS due to the restrictions it imposes, or areas that it is limited to. The GOS for moose in some areas, can also make for a less than perfect hunting experience, as there are so many hunters crowded within a limited area. It's often referred to as the ZOO..

[the rifleman]

Originally Posted by x-HUNTER-_2

Ya I am not really loosing to much meat thay have alot on them. But if you set up a bunch of milk jugs than they is not hard enough to let the bullet expand fully?

If you line up 3-4 jugs in a row, one behind the other, a bullet should expand quite fully as it passes through them all. Better still is a box full of wet phone books. You can really track the expansion as it passes through, and usually if you use enough books, you will be able retrieve the bullet, for inspection, and checking weight retention.

[x-HUNTER-_2]

The 150 grain bullets that I have been using I think worked the best. We took two of our three elk this year with them and they expand awsome. We found a few of them in some of our deer and elk we shot this year and last year. But I am going to have to try the wet phone books I like that idea.