We'll be hunting tomorrow afternoon! The high temp for Friday is only forecasted to be 39 degrees!
Chris
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Montreal.....enroute
Dad and I drove to Montreal last night and spent today exploring the city. We took the subway to downtown "Old Montreal". It's a pretty amazing place. If you didn't know it, you would definitely think that you're standing somewhere in France! We ate lunch in Chinatown and then headed back to our hotel to get ready for our flight to the north country tomorrow morning. This will be my last post until we return to Montreal next Wednesday night.
We'll be hunting tomorrow afternoon! The high temp for Friday is only forecasted to be 39 degrees!
Chris
We'll be hunting tomorrow afternoon! The high temp for Friday is only forecasted to be 39 degrees!
Chris
Friday, August 30, 2013
Sighted In
I went to my gun club yesterday to get my .300 Win Mag all sighted-in for the hunt. My dad loaded up a couple of different loads for me and I had some Federal Fusion 180gr ammo as well to try.
Basically, the Fusions were 150 fps faster and shot much tighter groups than the 2 different hand loads. Dad loaded up some 180 gr SST's and some 180 gr Partitions. Neither of them shot particularly well out of my gun so I'm going with the Fusions.
Right now, I've got it shooting 3.5" high at 100 yds, which makes it 4" high at 200, 2" low at 300 yards and 10" low at 400. I would say that its shooting the Fusions at about 1.5 MOA which is plenty for a hunting rifle. I did shoot all the way out to 400 yards and feel comfortable with a top of the back hold at that range and will shoot that far if the wind isn't too severe.....which is an issue up there. The wind blows a LOT!
Getting closer.................
Chris
Basically, the Fusions were 150 fps faster and shot much tighter groups than the 2 different hand loads. Dad loaded up some 180 gr SST's and some 180 gr Partitions. Neither of them shot particularly well out of my gun so I'm going with the Fusions.
Right now, I've got it shooting 3.5" high at 100 yds, which makes it 4" high at 200, 2" low at 300 yards and 10" low at 400. I would say that its shooting the Fusions at about 1.5 MOA which is plenty for a hunting rifle. I did shoot all the way out to 400 yards and feel comfortable with a top of the back hold at that range and will shoot that far if the wind isn't too severe.....which is an issue up there. The wind blows a LOT!
Getting closer.................
Chris
Monday, August 26, 2013
Caribou Hunt Preparations
We are 2 weeks away from our Caribou hunt in Northern Quebec with Ungava Adventures. This is a hunt that was on my Dad's "bucket list", so I told him last fall that if this is something he wanted to do, we better start "doing it"!
Ungava Adventures
We are in the final stages of preparations and are both really excited for this hunt! We both have to get our rifles "dialed in", but I plan on going to the range on Friday morning to get that completed. I'll be hunting with my Howa 1500 in .300 Win Mag shooting 180 grain Hornady SST's. I got a sweet deal on a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40 scope last spring that is now on that gun and I did a basic, tan with black webbing paint scheme on the black synthetic stock that came on that gun. I really like the way it turned out. I used a textured spray paint as a base coat that really gives a very positive feel to the stock. I will get it sighted-in to be dead-on at about 250 yds which should give me a point blank range of about 350 yds and a top of the back hold at 400 yds. I can shoot all the way out to 500 meters at my range but will only shoot out to 400.
My Dad will be hunting with his pre-64 Winchester Model 70. I don't know what load he's shooting yet though. Caribou aren't typically a very tough animal so any quality bullet put into the engine room should do the job.
He and I will also be taking along an ultra light spinning rod/reel to do some fishing in the lakes and streams around camp. They are very well known for the Atlantic Salmon, there are Arctic Char and large brook trout and I believe there are some grayling as well. We debated about taking a shotgun along to do some ptarmigan hunting but have decided against it. We can each shoot 2 caribou so between that and the fishing, I'm sure we'll have plenty to do. We could always buy a bear tag in camp too for only about $150! They have quite a lot of black bears up there.
My Dad is going to drive to Zeeland on September 10th and then he and I will leave on the 11th and drive to Montreal (700 miles). On the morning of the 12th we take a commercial jet up to Kuujjuaq, Quebec (also called Fort Chimo). From there, we'll take a float plane to our actual hunting camp. We won't know which camp we'll be hunting out of until that day because its all based on the caribou migration and where they're seeing animals. Once we leave Montreal, we'll have no cell phone or internet access, so it will be fun to be "off the grid" for a week! Will try to post as frequently as possible and I will be taking lots of pictures and video to post as well!
Map of Kuujjuaq Quebec
Chris
Ungava Adventures
We are in the final stages of preparations and are both really excited for this hunt! We both have to get our rifles "dialed in", but I plan on going to the range on Friday morning to get that completed. I'll be hunting with my Howa 1500 in .300 Win Mag shooting 180 grain Hornady SST's. I got a sweet deal on a Zeiss Conquest 3-9x40 scope last spring that is now on that gun and I did a basic, tan with black webbing paint scheme on the black synthetic stock that came on that gun. I really like the way it turned out. I used a textured spray paint as a base coat that really gives a very positive feel to the stock. I will get it sighted-in to be dead-on at about 250 yds which should give me a point blank range of about 350 yds and a top of the back hold at 400 yds. I can shoot all the way out to 500 meters at my range but will only shoot out to 400.
My Dad will be hunting with his pre-64 Winchester Model 70. I don't know what load he's shooting yet though. Caribou aren't typically a very tough animal so any quality bullet put into the engine room should do the job.
He and I will also be taking along an ultra light spinning rod/reel to do some fishing in the lakes and streams around camp. They are very well known for the Atlantic Salmon, there are Arctic Char and large brook trout and I believe there are some grayling as well. We debated about taking a shotgun along to do some ptarmigan hunting but have decided against it. We can each shoot 2 caribou so between that and the fishing, I'm sure we'll have plenty to do. We could always buy a bear tag in camp too for only about $150! They have quite a lot of black bears up there.
My Dad is going to drive to Zeeland on September 10th and then he and I will leave on the 11th and drive to Montreal (700 miles). On the morning of the 12th we take a commercial jet up to Kuujjuaq, Quebec (also called Fort Chimo). From there, we'll take a float plane to our actual hunting camp. We won't know which camp we'll be hunting out of until that day because its all based on the caribou migration and where they're seeing animals. Once we leave Montreal, we'll have no cell phone or internet access, so it will be fun to be "off the grid" for a week! Will try to post as frequently as possible and I will be taking lots of pictures and video to post as well!
Map of Kuujjuaq Quebec
Chris
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