Dodger

Scott, Thanks for sharing your daily adventures. Its almost like be there. I'm unable to go until January since I shot one in November in 32, but I sure would like to be able to go right now. I've never really spent much time out in the field in December/January, maybe I need to change that. Thanks again Dodger/Matt

Just wanted to wish everyone good luck!

Falls, I just got a 7mm WSM this summer and used it this fall on my coues hunt. I don't have any experience with a regular 7mm rem mag, but I will say the recoil isn't that bad in the 7mm WSM. It still kicks. I shot about 15 rounds through it before my shoulder got pretty sore while sighting it in before my hunt. It was pretty sore the next day. I was debating between the 7mm WSM and the 300 WSM and decided to go with the 7mm because I don't really hunt anything except deer with a rifle and it did its job this fall with a 400+ yard shot with a 139 grain bullet. The 300 WSM will give you more bullet selection than the 7mm WSM, but I would suspect the recoil will be greater. I have shot a 300 win mag and I didn't care for the recoil. Muzzle brake might be a solution. Just thought I would add my two cents. Dodger

I've worried about the full moon on all my hunts. It seems like there is a full moon every year I go. So I hunt almost all day (break for lunch) and get back at or after dark. However, when I think about it, all the deer I have shot have been around 3:00 in the afternoon. Go figure... Maybe I should just lounge in camp until 2:00 and then head out

First time coues, In my experience anything from a .243 to a .300win mag will work. I shot my first two coues with a .243 and they both dropped right there on the spot using 100gr BTSP. This year I bought a 7mm WSM. I took the new gun this year and the deer I shot took about 5 steps before falling and I hit him right through the rib cage. I shot him with 139gr BTSP going about 3100fps. So go figure, with the smaller caliber they dropped right on the spot and with the larger one he took a couple of steps. However, I deer I shot this year was over 400 yards away and the 7mm carried more kinetic energy with it. The larger calibers will allow you to take longer shots (not that I'm advocating that) since they will carry more kinetic energy. The important thing is to practice your shooting and know what you and your gun can do. Just my two cents. Dodger