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« on: January 13, 2013, 08:47:53 PM »
I've killed with 223, 12g, 45-70, 30-30, 30 carbine, even 22lr, from inside 100 yards, so really anything you can shoot effectively will work. Obviously if your taking long range shots, which I usually don't because of where I hunt, you'll need something like a 308, 30-06, 270, or what not.
I like my M1 carbine and my lever actions because where I hunt is in brush, sometimes heavy brush, and usually involves a lot of climbing and crawling. A light, compact, medium caliber rifle is in my experience the best tool for the job.
Also, I've received some calls lately about the guided hunts. I made a posting earlier, though I now feed I should address this situation in a little more detail.
These were being held on private land which I had permission from the landowner to shoot and run the dogs, as well as set up feeders. I made several ads, one of which was on this site.
Soon after I posted here, the guy got into it with one of the neighbors over something trivial and a theft occurred on the property as well.
Not too long after that, the police showed up to a report of several "heavily armed men" in the bushes near the property line. You can have 1 guess on who those guys were. My cousin and I and some others.
Long story short, things are starting to settle down over there and the guy is starting to warm up to the idea of allowing the hunts again.
I will post again if we can make it happen. Mahalo.