Well, I didn't get the draw this year, so I bought a tag for the second open hunt for coast elk. It's in the free-fire zone. As usual I'm taking the Krag. There are some clearcuts where I may have to use the 7 mag. It's a sporter made up from a Kar 98. Six day season ... man there aRE times I regret moving out of Idaho, and elk season is one of them. The Siuslaw unit where I will mainly hunt is spike-only. The Neighboring Alsea Unit allows you to take any bull elk and has a lot more USFS land, but my brother Eric lives in the Siuslaw and knows it pretty well. He's kind of gimped up but we can work together, him on a stand and me trying to move the animals.

If I have to drag a gun through brush and timber, it will definitely be the Krag.

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