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MileHighShooter
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MileHighShooter
Posts: 4,997 Senior Member
A spot caught my eye yesterday while driving around scouting as good elk country. We hit it up this morning (later then planned). Started heading up a hill and I told CHIRO "go up easy over this ridge, we might see something" At the same moment JB looked at me and pointed at a bull! I gave him a quick look, gave the thumbs up for legal animal and told him to shoot. A few seconds later this happened
And then about 30 minutes later after a near vertical stomp uphill this happened
JB put down a real nice 5x5. Granted he busted a tip when he rolled over on his way down, but we found the tip. I gave him about 600 pounds, a good mature Colorado bull.
We'll fill in the details on the 6 hour pack out later. For now, its time for chili, more craft beer, and some Jamison to toast JB's first elk!
And then about 30 minutes later after a near vertical stomp uphill this happened
JB put down a real nice 5x5. Granted he busted a tip when he rolled over on his way down, but we found the tip. I gave him about 600 pounds, a good mature Colorado bull.
We'll fill in the details on the 6 hour pack out later. For now, its time for chili, more craft beer, and some Jamison to toast JB's first elk!
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300 RUM w/200gr Accubonds.
That was the fastest I have ever seen an elk go down. It was probably 30 seconds after the bullet hit and traveled about 4.5ft of solid elk, when he kicked his feet up in the air. For the cheap C&C basic bullet lovers....lets see a core-lokt do that lol
Adam J. McCleod
And for good measure, a pic of me! JB was about 20 yards horizontally behind me, but look how fast the elevation changes. We dropped the truck off at 8900ft and the elk was down at 9400ft....50 yard horizontal distance. Talk about STEEP
;-)
Oh, and for the uninitiated, that .300 RUM has the distinction of being the most painful rifle I've ever shot. Kills at both ends. He asked me at the SE shoot, after I'd fired it once, did I want to fire it again...
I was done.
Magnum mark and all.
Oh yes, good brakes are very cool- No cosmetic surgery required:jester:
"The Un-Tactical"
I wouldn't go that far. Some could benefit from the surgery. Regardless the brake. :tooth:
That, or a paper sack.
Or an unorthodox shooting position.
"The Un-Tactical"
Hey Pot....look who's speaking... Your's truly...Kettle :tooth:
If it fits.....................
Didn't say it was bad to do so. Just that some unorthodox positions lend themselves to a kiss. I've been tapped by a 16 pound .308 rifle in some positions. No blood, just tapped.
A gun of his chambering and design will assuredly get you from alternate positions.
Well you and I and Ernie know well enough.....shooting at elk is done on the fly....terrain dictates a funky position sometimes......
Maybe he was diving and rolling to shoot around a tree. :guns:
Beautiful country too.
Reuters, Dec 2020.
Details, soon, I hope.
Even with the scope bite.