Back in May of 2024, my brother sent me a text that read, “Ummmmmm????” with a screenshot of the tag he drew and then I responded with “No way dude. You already took a dream bull. Good thing I know where all the elk are. That’s a governor's tag unit.” My brother just beat the odds for the second time and drew a very coveted nonresident elk tag in a state where not man …

Back in late January, I had the opportunity to take the Barnes Pioneer on a bison harvest here in my home state of Montana. I felt using this line of ammunition would be the obvious choice to show its effectiveness against these large animals. My pick for this would be the .45-70 Govt. loaded up with the 400 grain Barnes Original in the Pioneer line.  The Barnes Pioneer line of a …