JasCald02

You gotta tell us what it was like when you found out you drew! That is awesome! Is your tag for 44/45 or 53? Beautiful country in both places......good luck and keep us posted!

Amanda, Maybe a bit random....but how do you find owls? I have only seen one in the wild (Northern New Mexico above Taos). Are the less reclusive than I am thinking they are?

Sweet pics, was timing the shots hard?

Red Rabbit, Is the '06 a 300 - 350 yard rifle with those loads or should I take the other's advice and strap up with the .270 again? The whole reason for the switch comes from the fact I traded in my "basically" brand new Remington 700 BDL 300 Ultra Mag for this "actually" brand new Remington 700 BDL 30-06 because I hated the recoil on the 300 ultra mag and I figured than owning a '06 was American as apple pie and as practical as algebra. The crux of this so called "dilemma" is that I was misinformed that my October landowner's cow tag was a rifle tag. Needless to say I was planning on using my new rifle for it's first cow elk (the cow tag ended up being a muzzle loader tag). Now I have a brand new rifle with no where to go.......except maybe my Couse hunt........270 or '06......'06 or .270....decisions decisions.....

used a .270 130gr last year with great results. using a 30-06 this year. Should I go with 150gr or 165gr or something else? Thanks for the help!

Seems like everyone has a little bit to say on this topic. I don't want to ruffle any feathers out there regarding which caliber is superior over another......but I will offer a small piece of advice (as related through my own personal experience). I purchased my first rifle 3 years ago from our "warehouse" here in Abq. Please note that this was the first rifle I purchased. I have been shooting guns on and off throughout my whole life prior......but they had always been my fathers or grandfather's weapons. I settled on a Remington 700 BDL in 300 Rem Ultra Mag. This caliber decision came through many excel calcs and graphs of various ballistic performance. Hindsight is always 20/20 and one thing that I learned after my first range trip was that my calculations failed to factor in recoil. Having said that let me protect myself and everyone else on here from the harsh judgment of the manly men police by saying that none of us would ever flinch, or admit to flinching, even from the results of firing a 500 nitro express.....but the truth of the matter is that this particular ultra mag came at a cost.... I was never comfortable shooting the rifle and I realized after my third trip to the range that no matter how munch I tried to convince myself; I just wasn't having fun. I traded in the gun last week for a '06 which is something I should have done a long time ago. Above all else make sure that you will be comfortable shooting the gun for long periods of time at the range (and off the range). If you find yourself this fall spotting a monster buck @ 350 yards while carrying a "standard" caliber, just get closer......we are "hunting" after all.

Great post! This is something that I have been trying for three years now. Out of four seperate trips I am yet to stay the entire time that I had planned. I bailed on two trips early becuase Jason and lightning don't mix well at 12,000 feet.....I had to get out of there! And for the other two....... I just lacked the "mental toughness" to make it to the end hopefully this is my year!

Congrats, looks like you know what you are doing. Keep it up!

Nice deer!

I know that we have all done it, but for some reason I have to fix my typo in the first post......I do know that it is spelled "Los Lunas" not "Las Lunas"....sorry 'bout that. Jason, unit 17 huh? Closer but pretty popular (mule deer) and hard to draw, but something to think about......thanks for the heads up! Finally bought a home in Abq last week, and took over the family business last month so it seems that I am here for a while.......at least the Tundra gets better mpg than my old F-250!

I've wondered for a while......am I the only one on here that lives north of Silver, Reserve, Las Cruces, Socorro, Belen, and Las Lunas? It's an effort for me to get to coues country, but well worth it! Where is everyone else living?

Nice buck, nice buck, nice buck.....

The season never ends........great dog! What do you (or any of y'all out here) do with the animal? Tan the hide? Mount? I want to get into the game, just don't know what to do with the animal if I shoot it with my .270 - will the hide be ruined? (I am yet to buy that .223) Again, congrats!

Great, simply great. Congrats!

That is awesome, if he grew thumbs he could eat peanuts inbetween kills