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Bucksnort1

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If you've seen this TV show, you have seen the cast member by the name of Glenn Villaneuve. He hunts with a large caliber rifle and carries it for protection. Does anyone know what the device is attached to the muzzle of this gun? It looks like a silencer. If it is, it's a darn large one and why would he need a silencer?
 
On his Facebook page, Glenn Villeneuve states that he uses a Ruger 77 in 30-06 with a Leupold 2-7X scope and a SRT Shadow XL Ti suppressor.
 
Suppressors made for large caliber rifles (308 and above) can be quite long. I have a 762SDN-6 from AAC. Its rated 308 and below and is fairly long and heavy.

Some of the cans made for 300win and up are even bigger
 
I have not seen the show and I do not know what I'm about to say to be fact.
However I've heard it said that large bears will come to where they hear a shot, hopefully finding an easy meal, not wanting to attract large bears to his location may be why he uses a suppressor.
 
He has stated that before after killing a caribou I think, that bears come running after a shot. It was either him or the kid that guides/traps/hunts.
 
I'm with Kraig's wife.
It may not drop the sound to a level that will cause 0 damage without hearing protection, but will reduce significantly. To the level one shot or two would not be much concern. On the big boomers it will combine with hearing protection to reduce to levels that will cause little damage.

OSHA starts hearing damage at 85 db for long-term exposure(busy range)
OSHA starts damage at 140 db for impulse exposure(hunting)
Many firearms produce 160 db
The best earplugs reduce 35 db
The best earmuffs about 30 db
A suppressor reduces about 25 db

So, for hunting a suppressor alone drops noise level to just around safe for no hearing damage. Probably less than most music events.

At a busy range one really needs two or even all three items to cancel the noise to non-damaging levels. I'm not sure what the effect of a shooter and both adjacent lanes firing at once would be.

A lot of ranges are getting shut down because of "noise pollution."

The limits on suppressors in the US are simply irresponsible
 
OSHA starts hearing damage at 85 db for long-term exposure
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The OSHA level is for occupational exposure, 8hr day, 40hr week exposure. 85DB is the limit that hearing protection must be worn if exposure exceeds a few minutes. (such as walking though the pump room, vs. working in the pump room)

And, yes, guides and outfitters in the north have been reporting for years that bears have learned the sound of a gunshot means food. SO anything that makes it harder for the bears to hear the shot increases hunter safety.
 
I'm with Kraig's wife also. I was chasing antelope a few weeks ago and got excited as I set up and forgot to put in my earplugs.
That was a mistake that i'm still paying for.
 
And, yes, guides and outfitters in the north have been reporting for years that bears have learned the sound of a gunshot means food. SO anything that makes it harder for the bears to hear the shot increases hunter safety.
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This is my guess, along with the fact that a suppressed shot may not spook a unalarmed animal and allow for a second shot at the same animal or another one with it....i.e., Caribou.


I don't remember Glenn having a suppressed rifle when he first appeared on the show.
 
So Glenn has a Face Book page. When does he have time to update his page? I know almost nothing about Face Book so bear with me. A couple of seasons ago, he made the 60 mile trek to a highway so he could hitchhike to Fairbanks to see his family for the summer. Is this when he updates or does he have the ability from his palatial 10' X 10' summer cottage?

One other point about Glenn. Last year, he built a 10' high cache for his game meat. I want to know how he hauled the 20' extension ladder the 60 or so miles to his cabin. He used it to install the cache flooring.
 
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