Man Randy that is not what I was hoping to hear.
I will keep you guys in my thoughts.

How are you doing, as the care giver I know it has got to be rough on you

I've thought about a good red dot sight if I get another .44 Mag lever gun. My 30/30 has a 4x on it, which is plenty for around here. But my son uses that one, so I stay with my '06.

My 450 marlin (winchester model 94) has a ghost ring sight for a rear sight. Man that is sweet in the bush.
My 30/30, 44 and 450 are all glassless, some of the areas I hunt are temperate rain forest so it helps in the rain

Nothing like a fogged up scope when you've got deer in front of you, is there? I'd opt for open sights too, if my eyes were still good enough.

I can see a golf ball on the green 250 yards away, but have to have reading glasses to see this computer screen.

If I was only allowed to keep 1 rifle for hunting it would probably be my remmington 600 in 308. I love my model 70 in 338, put you can't beat the 600 in ease of carrying and accuracy out as far as I want to shoot.

I will admit though that a couple of times while hunting up north, when I've run across grizzly sign with just the 308 I have felt under gunned.

Pistol shooting is a challenge now too. Front sight on the target and go with muscle memory.

I feel the same way about my 30.06. Shoot one gun and shoot it well is what my dad says. He's got an old Winchester Model 100 .284 that he's carried for 40 years and shot over 100 deer with. You couldn't pry it out of his hands, even though he's got half dozen more deer guns in his safe.

I'd hate to run across a grizzly period. MAYBE a shotgun loaded with slugs or a 45/70 guide gun would be enough?

This is a true story and it happened around 83 or 84.
I went to Vancouver Island to go hunting with my cousin.
We hunted hard all day, but it was sleeting and raining and windy so we quit hunting about 2 hours before we would normally do so.
Driving down a logging road out pops this big (for the area) buck, Rocki slams on the brakes. I jump out, throw the clip into my gun and throw it up to my shoulder. This buck is 25 maybe 30 yards away, broadside and not moving. My scope is completely fogged, I say Rocki my scopes fogged I can't see it, Rocki hops out (the buck still hasn't moved) throws his gun up (while he is doing this I am flipping my scope over to use the sights). I've got the deer in my sights to back up Rocki's shot.
I hear "CLICK" then f*&^, I look over at Rocki, he looks at me, the deer is still standing there. We both start to laugh and un-load the rifles and watch the deer walk away.
Rocki was shooting factory bullets, and the one he chambered was a dud, it was the only time that rifle ever mis-fired on him.
We both figured that after that the buck deserved to walk away.

Todd for Grizzley, NOTHING less than a MINI-GUN!

Thanks Bill, I appreciate it. It's a little tireing at times but I'm doing ok. We just set around a lot reading or playing on the computer. She has became a Facebook Farmville Junkie! She signed me up but I just do it to help her out on her game.

LOL, gave him the free pass! I like that!

IMO if the 284 was invented today it would be called a short magnum of some description and would be a top seller.
Excellent round imo, but up here in Canada it is hard to get cartridges for it