Bill Cochran is a Roanoke Times outdoors columnist.

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Bill Cochran's Outdoors

Recent columns

• Less freedom at Hatteras for surf casters
• Here’s the scoop on hunting shed antlers
• Want more grouse? Get used to hearing chainsaws
• Sunday hunting bills aplenty, but some hunters hold out
• Column archive

Bill's Mailbag

• Hunting for a book on rabbit hunting
• More comments on Sunday hunting
• Mail archive

Bill's Field Reports

• Winterize your boat? Heck no! Keep on fishing
• Senator gets attention of DGIF
• Field reports archive

Resources

• Trout stocking schedule

BILL: I read your article about ammunition being scarce (last week’s Cochran Column) and that put me on the hunt. I deer hunt with a .30-30 and was in need of another box of shells. Fortunately, Dick's and Walmart were well stocked with .30-30s as well as .30-06s.

Dick's was much cheaper than Walmart and even had a mail-in rebate with Remington. I was shocked at the sticker price at Walmart, $18.99. Wow!

I may have timed my purchase just right, the cost may change in another month.