Caribou
So weekend before last I finely got the time to go hunt for a caribou. It was a beautiful day. I was a couple miles outside Cantwell when I spoted three caribou about half a mile off the highway. It was a crystal clear day. The temperature was -25f with a 15-20 mph wind out of the north. I snowshoed to within 200 yards and shot the biggest one which turned out to be a mature bull. My rifle was a Ruger M-77 in 7.62x39. I was shooting Corbon 150gr soft points.
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Took that with a Ruger scout? Nice!
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Cool. I also have a Ruger M77.
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Nice shooting...and good eating.
Gotta luv that. Nice. What kind of gloves are you wearing? I can keep everything warm in winter but my hands. About the only thing that comes close is military trigger finger mitts.
Congrats....Good job.
What's the weight on an average caribou?
My go to is a Ruger M77 in 7 mm mag.......
Love that rifle..
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The gloves in the pic are fleece lined rubber gloves that I put on for field dressing. The gloves I wore for the stalk were fleece and thinsolate lined leather gloves.
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It's not a scout rifle. It's an M77-II.
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2. If you can't reach your kit when you need it....Its useless.
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Where I hunt them they range between 300 - 500 lbs. the one in the pic was about 350lbs I'm guessing. I didn't weigh it.
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2. If you can't reach your kit when you need it....Its useless.
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As somebody always wants to know. The knives I used are both custom made. The smaller one with the black handle is my own design and made with Elmax steel. The larger is by Three Dog Knife and is made in N690. The larger knife is only sold by Northern Knives in Anchorage. It is available in several different steels.
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1. If it's in your kit and you don't know how to use it....It's useless.
2. If you can't reach your kit when you need it....Its useless.
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If you still had your Crashblade you would only need one.......but noooooooooo - you had to leave it at the bottom of the river.
It was in the ocean and if I still had it then I'd still be in the ocean with it. That Crashblade was an awesome knife. It was one of your first wasn't it?
1. If it's in your kit and you don't know how to use it....It's useless.
2. If you can't reach your kit when you need it....Its useless.
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It was one of my very early ones. I like to think they've improved some since then.
nice Caribou! Good work...
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What's this? Klkak and Dogman both back? Dang, it's good to see you.
Cheers! Glad to have some time to catch up
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