Hoehand79
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Whose with me? What are you hunting and what are you shooting with? And most importantly where is the game at???
This is going to sound stupid I am sure to most or all of you seasoned hunters... but I gotta ask. How does a guy go about learning all of the ins and outs of hunting if he was never raised around it? I have no family or true friends that hunt but I am very interested in it. I have acquired my pal and have also started building my gun collection with the hopes of one day being able to harvest my own meat. I was just looking at some decent rifles last night chambered in 7mm Rem mag and there are some decently priced arms that seem like they would be able to harvest all that I would need, but I would still have no idea where or how to even get started. Is there any information any of you vets can share with me?
thank you all in advance, and sorry for hijacking the thread.
Did you take the hunter safety course portion of the PAL?
there was no option for a hunters safety course when I took my pal and rpal. I ended up doing my course in a reputable gunsmiths basement (classroom) and all that was offered was pal or rpal. I opted for the rpal as well as I also had interests in handguns.
There is regs online probably for your area ...i always quiz up conservation officer's on particular s and i even stump them but you definitely want to learn about the safety stuff or you can get yourself into some hot water with the fish an feather s...This is going to sound stupid I am sure to most or all of you seasoned hunters... but I gotta ask. How does a guy go about learning all of the ins and outs of hunting if he was never raised around it? I have no family or true friends that hunt but I am very interested in it. I have acquired my pal and have also started building my gun collection with the hopes of one day being able to harvest my own meat. I was just looking at some decent rifles last night chambered in 7mm Rem mag and there are some decently priced arms that seem like they would be able to harvest all that I would need, but I would still have no idea where or how to even get started. Is there any information any of you vets can share with me?
thank you all in advance, and sorry for hijacking the thread.
This is going to sound stupid I am sure to most or all of you seasoned hunters... but I gotta ask. How does a guy go about learning all of the ins and outs of hunting if he was never raised around it? I have no family or true friends that hunt but I am very interested in it. I have acquired my pal and have also started building my gun collection with the hopes of one day being able to harvest my own meat. I was just looking at some decent rifles last night chambered in 7mm Rem mag and there are some decently priced arms that seem like they would be able to harvest all that I would need, but I would still have no idea where or how to even get started. Is there any information any of you vets can share with me?
thank you all in advance, and sorry for hijacking the thread.
This is going to sound stupid I am sure to most or all of you seasoned hunters... but I gotta ask. How does a guy go about learning all of the ins and outs of hunting if he was never raised around it? I have no family or true friends that hunt but I am very interested in it. I have acquired my pal and have also started building my gun collection with the hopes of one day being able to harvest my own meat. I was just looking at some decent rifles last night chambered in 7mm Rem mag and there are some decently priced arms that seem like they would be able to harvest all that I would need, but I would still have no idea where or how to even get started. Is there any information any of you vets can share with me?
thank you all in advance, and sorry for hijacking the thread.
Thanks for all the info fellas!
This is going to sound stupid I am sure to most or all of you seasoned hunters... but I gotta ask. How does a guy go about learning all of the ins and outs of hunting if he was never raised around it? I have no family or true friends that hunt but I am very interested in it. I have acquired my pal and have also started building my gun collection with the hopes of one day being able to harvest my own meat. I was just looking at some decent rifles last night chambered in 7mm Rem mag and there are some decently priced arms that seem like they would be able to harvest all that I would need, but I would still have no idea where or how to even get started. Is there any information any of you vets can share with me?
thank you all in advance, and sorry for hijacking the thread.
This is going to sound stupid I am sure to most or all of you seasoned hunters... but I gotta ask. How does a guy go about learning all of the ins and outs of hunting if he was never raised around it? I have no family or true friends that hunt but I am very interested in it. I have acquired my pal and have also started building my gun collection with the hopes of one day being able to harvest my own meat. I was just looking at some decent rifles last night chambered in 7mm Rem mag and there are some decently priced arms that seem like they would be able to harvest all that I would need, but I would still have no idea where or how to even get started. Is there any information any of you vets can share with me?
thank you all in advance, and sorry for hijacking the thread.
Taking the hunter training course will give you a lot of the information you are looking for, at least if you get a good instructor.
7mm Rem Mag is a fine cartridge and will make clean kills on anything you can hunt in Alberta. One thing to note though is it seems to be the cutoff point for tolerable recoil for a lot of people. Many shoot it and larger rifles just fine, but there are also many that develop a flinch or other bad shooting habits from the recoil and accuracy suffers as a result. I have a friend that has this problem, incredibly avid hunter, yet he traded his 7mm mag for a 7mm-08 because he developed a flinch he couldn't shake when shooting it.
Reality is most hunters will be making shots within 200 yards and the higher velocity of magnum cartridges isn't required within the range, the ability to make accurate shot placement is however. Being the reason cartridges like; 260, 7mm-08, 308, 25-06, 270, 280, 30-06 are frequently found amongst hunters in Alberta. All will take game in Alberta with the correct bullet selection and proper shot placement.