quote:Originally posted by battaglino
Nog, ... I do like the 4831 powder and the nosler partion bullets but what caliber are we using?
... Nog I though you where just a fisherman a man of many talents?
That was my elk load for the 300 Weatherby (German produced oldy with a new custom barrel). A tad excessive for seals perhaps??
Just a Fisherman? Is there any such thing?? LOL!
Yes, I fish. The chuck, the lakes and the flows. As much as anyone I know. But my first calling has always been hunting, it's just that they only let us do that a couple months of the year you see, whereas fishing... Well, you get the drift.
Also an IPSC competitor, and have been involved with long range target shooting and black powder for many many years.
If any of that makes me
'many-talented' in anyone's mind, I guess I'll have to wear the label
As for the seals and sea lions, I don't think you'll find any bio-type that would openly suggest there isn't a current problem (of course excluding those in the direct employ of the Greenies, or who have their hands tied - mouth zipped is a better phraze - by their Governmental employer). Perhaps the best example is the California Sea Lion. Afforded blanket protection for a considerably long time period, they are now colonizing areas in which they have
never</u> had a historic presence. This at a cost of course. Our indigenous sea lion (Stellar's) was already in trouble when the legislation was introduced to protect the 'Merican imports. Now, with an ever increasing population of the latter, the Stellar's are in much more serious trouble. They are being outcompeted for food sources and habitat at an unprecidented rate. Fact. And I guess no-one needs to paint a picture of just how much fish needs to be consumed on a daily basis to maintatin an individual's bulk (400 to 700 pounds), let alone the impact of a rapidly bugeoning population of these rats of the sea.
Time for a cull on the California Sea Lions is looooong overdue in my mind's eye. But I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for any of our duley elected to grow the intestinal fortitude to Make It So!.
Cheers,
Nog