computerguy
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LAST EDITED ON Aug-12-16 AT 04:12AM (MST)[p]Jagerdad has graciously introduced me, and you folks have very warmly welcomed me. Thank you all.
I don't want to reveal too much personal information, but I have to let loose that we live in the SoCal area. I've been thinking for awhile that guided hunts are the way for us to get started--sort of paying a guide for the education I never got when I was a kid. Even though I was a midwest small town and country boy and I got my first gun when I was 12, my dad was not a hunter. I still got to grow up wondering country dirt roads, fields and creeks plinking with a BB gun.
In my military career I served with guys who were hunters that I could have learned from, but when I wasn't deployed, I was focused on cars and girls, and later on completing my formal education.
I have so many questions, but I'll limit myself to just a couple here:
1. How can I evaluate a particular hunting guide, and does anyone have any experience with or knowledge of the guy whose company is listed here on MM when I search for guides? (Western Wildlife Adventures, http://www.monstermuleys.com/guides/caguide.html)
2. If ten guys answer I suspect I'll get ten different answers to a question like this, so I think what I'm really looking for is food for thought. I am wondering what rifle would be appropriate for a 13 YO boy for hunting deer and possibly elk? He's no wimp after several years of different martial arts (kickboxing, Ju Jitsu, Karate, Kung Fu). But he is getting soft from too much time playing video games!
I wouldn't put a Mosin Nagant, Mauser or a 30-06 in his hands just yet. He can handle an AR very well, but that's too small for deer.
Along with this, is there anyone here who may have such a rifle for sale, or that you just realized you might want to sell?
To this I will add that I have been looking for an excuse to add a lever gun to my safe since I don't own any yet. I had a 30-30 in mind, but I have been torn over .357, 30-30 or .44 Mag. Jagerdad suggested a .44 Mag. Of course one LGS owner here says "Get all three!" I have quite an assortment of rifles and handguns and shotguns and more calibers than I can shake a stick at, but I don't have anything in any of those calibers.
Thank you
"Darth Vader was a sap"
I don't want to reveal too much personal information, but I have to let loose that we live in the SoCal area. I've been thinking for awhile that guided hunts are the way for us to get started--sort of paying a guide for the education I never got when I was a kid. Even though I was a midwest small town and country boy and I got my first gun when I was 12, my dad was not a hunter. I still got to grow up wondering country dirt roads, fields and creeks plinking with a BB gun.
In my military career I served with guys who were hunters that I could have learned from, but when I wasn't deployed, I was focused on cars and girls, and later on completing my formal education.
I have so many questions, but I'll limit myself to just a couple here:
1. How can I evaluate a particular hunting guide, and does anyone have any experience with or knowledge of the guy whose company is listed here on MM when I search for guides? (Western Wildlife Adventures, http://www.monstermuleys.com/guides/caguide.html)
2. If ten guys answer I suspect I'll get ten different answers to a question like this, so I think what I'm really looking for is food for thought. I am wondering what rifle would be appropriate for a 13 YO boy for hunting deer and possibly elk? He's no wimp after several years of different martial arts (kickboxing, Ju Jitsu, Karate, Kung Fu). But he is getting soft from too much time playing video games!
I wouldn't put a Mosin Nagant, Mauser or a 30-06 in his hands just yet. He can handle an AR very well, but that's too small for deer.
Along with this, is there anyone here who may have such a rifle for sale, or that you just realized you might want to sell?
To this I will add that I have been looking for an excuse to add a lever gun to my safe since I don't own any yet. I had a 30-30 in mind, but I have been torn over .357, 30-30 or .44 Mag. Jagerdad suggested a .44 Mag. Of course one LGS owner here says "Get all three!" I have quite an assortment of rifles and handguns and shotguns and more calibers than I can shake a stick at, but I don't have anything in any of those calibers.
Thank you
"Darth Vader was a sap"