Author: William Luscombe
William Luscombe
Born and raised in BC, Bill has been fishing and hunting since he could walk; maybe longer but he can’t remember that far back. He has fished and hunted throughout British Columbia. Since moving to southern Vancouver Island in 1982, Bill has branched out into saltwater fly-fishing as well. Estuary salmon, both pink and coho have become a passion for his fly-fishing. Bill is a well-known fly-fishing instructor, firearms instructor and outdoor writer, having instructed and written for numerous fishing and outdoor magazines both in Canada and the US since 1988.
The 270 Winchester just crossed a milestone that almost no hunting cartridge ever reaches: a full century of real-world use. And there’s a reason it still shows up as the “baseline” in caliber debates (right alongside the 30-06 Springfield): it’s been putting venison in freezers for generations, it shoots flat in the distances most hunters actually take shots, and it does it without the punishment that makes people flinch. Born in 1925, the idea was simple—take a proven case design, neck it down to .277, and push a 130-grain bullet fast enough to flatten trajectory while keeping plenty of downrange…
So someone you know wants to learn to hunt; good for them! Or perhaps you want to teach one of your kids, or even your spouse. Well, here in the Pacific Northwest of North America, the best place to start someone is hunting grouse. Grouse hunting has been a staple of hunters all over the world for about as long as hunting has existed. And many, if not most, hunters will tell you that the first game their parents introduced them to when learning to hunt was grouse. Why is that, you ask? Because the very nature of these wild…