| I recently purchased a Weatherby Mark V Accumark | | | | to the 28" barrel. I tested this in my current blind and |
| in 30-378 Weatherby Magnum. My intentions are to | | | | found that in the heat of the moment I could rip the |
| use it for deer hunting in Michigan as well as hunting | | | | blind right off the stakes and leave myself sitting in |
| game out west. My first attempt at hunting with this | | | | the open in my chair. I became quite frustrated one |
| rifle occured in the upper peninsula of Michigan. | | | | morning when I heard deer movement through the |
| Using this rifle for stalking in the U.P. is not advisable if | | | | swamp but could not determine which of three holes |
| your hunting in thick woods. The length of the barrel | | | | they would come through and had to sit there and |
| makes it difficult to quietly move sometimes due to | | | | wait before poking the rifle through the window. |
| its tendency to catch on everything around you. The | | | | Next year I will have a larger pop-up blind. |
| other thing I noticed is that the rifle is quite muzzle | | | | I did not test the rifle out of a treestand because |
| heave, which is nice when your shooting it but can | | | | the location we hunt is not practical for their use. The |
| be a pain after a while if your not using a sling and | | | | foliage is too thick to see through when your in a |
| going a long distance. | | | | tree unless your in the right spot and then the trees |
| Most of my hunting was done out of a pop-up | | | | are either spindly poplar or giant pines, and I don't |
| ground blind. If you are planning on using the Mark V | | | | have a ladder stand. |
| Accumark in this type of scenario I have one thing | | | | I'll update this article with new information after I |
| too say: Get a BIG pop-up blind. This rifle requires a | | | | test the rifle more in the field. |
| lot of room to swing it from window to window due | | | | |