Never have been involved in predator hunting for the furs-never have trapped in my long life, no plans too. But as some of my fondest boyhood memories afield with Dad involved watching him vaporize fox, coyote, feral cats and woodchucks with his M70SG .220 Swift (Lyman 10X scope) and handloaded 50 grainers, I suspose that ordnance and my SakO 759 BA in .243Win with Leupold Vari-X111 4x12 might not be the best choice if one wanted to make $ in the wild fur trade today. So, I guess son-in-law and yours truly will be looking at another spring-summer evening season, this time with my 16 year old grandson, of vaporizing critters. He gets the .220Swift (his Dad is a Leftie), so he shoots a plastic stocked Rem 700 custom BA700 LH series with, surprise, surprise, another Vari-X 3 Leupold. I would rather have a week in late summer near Sturgis SD with unlimited ammo and hunting opportunities than a week in MT in Oct for mule deer and elk-RWTF


"The field is the touchstone of the man"..