Bird Dog

Great points Josh, I have to agree. It seems we are luck to even have deer left with the current weather, grazing, and human expansion. Memeber the days of 2400 unit 8 deer permits. Now we have seemed to switch to leaning very heavy on the Whitetail populations to keep G&F in business. Lucky for us the does are so prolific and the southeastern part of the state has had a little better winters. I hope we don't over utilize the little deer!

Good job guys! Thanks for sharing the nice cliff carp photo! 11 points going in to the kitty next time for me and sheep.

She looks like a "Shanti" to me too as earlier posted.

Nice shirts to all and mike for the artistry!

It has been a good one for me and now time to thin the heard a bit.

hi Bird Dog,,, i have heard of a ruger no #1. what is a 1V. do you think it would be to heavy for a youth ?? my 3 sons. A 1-V is the varmit barrel with a target crown on a 24" barrel. It is not any/much heavier than a standard rifle but it is certainly no "youth" model. Lighter is not always better when shooting but packing could weigh a kid down or better yet keep them slowed up for their dad. Also, the heavier a rifle the less felt recoil no matter the cartridge. This 6mm is very pleasant to shoot and is what I started my wife last year on before elk. She did great. The trigger pull I believe is <13" "and has fit me well. I am not very tall 5'7"and average arm lenght. I personally have grown to love the Ruger no.1 because it is a single shot and extremely strong actioned fpr hand loading. Also, because it is a single shot it has slowed me down to make a better shot with a "single" shot. I grew up shooting bolt actions, but matured with a single shot! Although I say this I can make the old 6mm sing when needed and get off nearly as many shots at running coyotes as someone with a bolt. Another benefit I see is you get a shorter rifle over all with a longer barrel because the action length is shortened being a falling block. Here is a picture I was thinking of posting if you can see it. I do think it is easier to tell on a single shot when it is not loaded even though "a gun is always laoded" because there are less bullets involved. I have also heard that the Savage rifles are good shooters especially for the price. I hope this helps and I surely would love for this rifle to go to a family if possible.

I have a Ruger No.1V 6mm I was thinking about posting hoping someone would like it for a kid. It has a 3-9 Leupold VXII. It is in good shape if your interested send me a pm. I have taken many coyotes and a couple coues with it. It will shoot 85gr. speer at 3250+ and shoots good under 1".