Shady, I didn't mean you can only own a single gun, but you usually hunt with one gun. Like you I "need" a bunch more guns, but also like you I have a sand habit. I wasn't ripping Minn. as an eastern state. What I meant was, I watch a lot of shows on the outdoor network and the whitetail guys usually sit on a food plot, shoot inside of 150 yds, generally out of "blinds"(cabins) with dead rests, shooting smaller deer(non canadian whitetails), and yet it seems they rarely kill dead, telling me they either can't shoot, or are not using enough gun. So my point was to these types of guys, if you can't dump a little whitetail, you have no buisness talking about elk guns. I shoot a a-bolt 30-06, shooting 165 boattails, on public land, no guides, no "blinds", in order to get your elk you have to be a hunter. Your also after opening morning hunting spooked bulls, which means you will not get a 300+ yd shot, more than likely your in tight cover shooting 75yds or less so long range ballistics mean nothing.

 

Catterman, I do have to give it up, I have no moose(9 bonus points) and no caribou. I meant no real disrespect, just having some fun anyway!! Damn good looking kid, love the camo!!!

 

Recently found a good site that covers a lot of what has been discussed here. For your reading pleasure take a look at "GUNS AND SHOOTING ONLINE". Maybe I consider this a worthwhile site because it follows my general line of thought.