Twilight_Dave
New member
First of all I love the forum, there's a ton of info and a lot of really helpful people. I thought I could search through past topics and answer all my own questions but everyone's situation is a little different.
I live in Las Vegas, Nevada and I have no hunting experience. I've always been an occasional shooter but really stepped it up this year and bought a handful of guns, went out to the desert to shoot regularly and did a prairie dog trip in SD a couple months ago. Now that the weather is cooling down I'm itching to do a little real hunting. I thought about going on a guided trip or out to Texas for hogs but have decided that rather than spend money on a guide and travel I can stay closer to to home and give myself a little budget if needed to try and get some coyotes.
I have two questions... What should I buy and where should I go?
I have a Springfield Saint Edge AR15 with a red dot which is what I'd like to use, I also have a Ruger Precision in 6.5 but it's heavy and overkill. Is the red dot sufficient or get a scope? I've been looking for an excuse to buy a Trijicon though
I know I'll need an e-caller, I'll probably get a Foxpro.
Anything else that is a must? GPS? which brings me to the next question...
Where to go? For me this is the hard part... It's easy to buy a bunch of cool gun stuff but to get all loaded up and start driving requires a little more planning. I'll probably bring a friend out the first time but how do I pull the trigger on where to go? 2-3 hours out of town seems to be the answer. I've heard many people talk about scouting out an area but should I really drive 2-3 hours to look around, shouldn't I bring my gun and e-caller while I'm "looking around"? Should I just do some google maps research and settle on a spot and then go find it? I guess the more I type this the more I struggle with the answer which I guess would have to come from somebody familiar with the southern Nevada area. How far off a "main" road should I try to get?
I really look forward to your answers, I'd like to go out for the first time in the next week or two. Thanks!
I live in Las Vegas, Nevada and I have no hunting experience. I've always been an occasional shooter but really stepped it up this year and bought a handful of guns, went out to the desert to shoot regularly and did a prairie dog trip in SD a couple months ago. Now that the weather is cooling down I'm itching to do a little real hunting. I thought about going on a guided trip or out to Texas for hogs but have decided that rather than spend money on a guide and travel I can stay closer to to home and give myself a little budget if needed to try and get some coyotes.
I have two questions... What should I buy and where should I go?
I have a Springfield Saint Edge AR15 with a red dot which is what I'd like to use, I also have a Ruger Precision in 6.5 but it's heavy and overkill. Is the red dot sufficient or get a scope? I've been looking for an excuse to buy a Trijicon though
I know I'll need an e-caller, I'll probably get a Foxpro.
Anything else that is a must? GPS? which brings me to the next question...
Where to go? For me this is the hard part... It's easy to buy a bunch of cool gun stuff but to get all loaded up and start driving requires a little more planning. I'll probably bring a friend out the first time but how do I pull the trigger on where to go? 2-3 hours out of town seems to be the answer. I've heard many people talk about scouting out an area but should I really drive 2-3 hours to look around, shouldn't I bring my gun and e-caller while I'm "looking around"? Should I just do some google maps research and settle on a spot and then go find it? I guess the more I type this the more I struggle with the answer which I guess would have to come from somebody familiar with the southern Nevada area. How far off a "main" road should I try to get?
I really look forward to your answers, I'd like to go out for the first time in the next week or two. Thanks!