Thanks for this. I am on the wait list for Ghost Point to get my first bird dog. I just finished reading How to Help Gun Dogs train themselves and I got a lot from that book as well.
I grew up in the Black Belt region of Alabama and go home to hunt every year in Pickens and Perry Counties. I'll retire in a few years and head back that way. Love the land down there to hunt everything from rabbit to deer.
I don't have the Accura, but I own 2 Optimas and my sons' shoot the Wolf from CVA and we have no complaints from CVA for the last 5 years or so. The guns are more accurate than we are with the right loads. We shoot BH209 and Barnes bullets out of all the guns. Although I did set one of the...
I felt the recoil was more manageable and I felt more accurate when shooting the 460 out to 100 yards. The 500 is a good friend of mines and I shot it at a few different range sittings and felt I could not get accurate enough for me. Also, I found 460 ammo more locally than I did the 500, so...
Savage rimfires are awesome. I have a 93R17 and have no complaints.
I have heard nothing but good things on the CZs and Tikkas. I hunt with a Tikka 270
Working on my physical fitness, reading Bowhunting Modern Elk and Bowhunting Pressured Whitetail (read a little from both each day), and researching some state forest lands in VA. I'm currently deployed so limited in what I can do for now.
I bought a set off of camofire that I've used locally in Va, but will put them to the test in Montana this September. They seem to be sturdy and get good reviews.