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Posted by Buffalobob (Member # 825) on October 28, 2006, 04:56 PM:
I would have got my limit and tagged out but I ran out of bullets
[ October 28, 2006, 04:58 PM: Message edited by: Buffalobob ]
Posted by onecoyote (Member # 129) on October 28, 2006, 07:09 PM:
I think I see 18 of those critters. Did you do it on a weekend night hunt? What kind of call sounds did you use to call em in? Maybe you howled em in?
Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on October 28, 2006, 09:29 PM:
Where the heck are you allowed to shoot that many critters?
Nice shooting Bob. Those are fast moving critters. Running shots? Aim for the first one and hit the third one?
Posted by yuccabush (Member # 582) on October 28, 2006, 11:20 PM:
Looks like you will be having goat for dinner for awhile.
Posted by NASA (Member # 177) on October 29, 2006, 05:58 AM:
OK, we've been baited long enough. Whats the story behind the pic? ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on October 29, 2006, 10:49 AM:
licensed herd culling?
Posted by Buffalobob (Member # 825) on October 29, 2006, 11:32 AM:
There were four of us hunting near Cal Taylor's place about 20 miles west of Gilette, Wyoming and we each had a buck tag and four doe/fawn tags. There are actually twenty heads there. I had them take this photo in the old browntone style because I thought I would be funny.
My best shot was a buck at 686 yds and my longest shot was 860 yds but the wind got the bullet and so it was not a one shot kill.
The gun is a mauser action with a 30 inch barrel in 240 Wby with a minimum SAAMI chamber. Shoots a 115 berger at 3200fps.
Even though I spent 7 weeks in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana I never got a shot a coyote.
Posted by NASA (Member # 177) on October 29, 2006, 03:29 PM:
Wow, now that's an antelope season that will be hard to top! Were you guys hunting from blinds, stalking, or what? I'd love to hear some details.
Posted by Buffalobob (Member # 825) on October 29, 2006, 06:18 PM:
Here is teh story of the Antelope Buck @ 686 yards
It was the second day of the antelope season in Wyoming and Jimm, his son, friend and me were in Gillette. About a quarter of a mile onto our hunting area we came over a rise and spotted two small herds of antelopes. We stopped the trucks and got out and determined that there were several bucks involved with the two herds and so we moved to a place where we had a clear line of fire over the sage brush. The herds were initially at about 600 yds but two of the bucks got contentious over being so close to each other and the does started moving slowly away. About that time a third band appeared out of the draw and we now have one long strung out herd of antelope on the slow move.
I had the 240 Wby with the Joel Russo thumbhole stock on front and rear bag rests and Jimm was calling out range and wind and I was clicking the dials on the V3 6.5-20X50. Wind was about 3-5 mph and nearly a head wind. Range moved out to 780 yds and the crosshairs settled in on a nice buck only to have him move. This stop and go continued for nearly 15 minutes with the range progressing up to 850 yds and the buck finally got still but the wind picked up and was shaking me so much that the crosshairs would not stay on target. The buck moved again and stopped at 900 yds and we had only a little head wind, so I clicked the elevation up and the crosshairs settled in nice and steady as the buck lowered his head. The trigger broke and the cross hairs never even quivered as the 115grain Berger departed. To everyone’s disappointment, the shot cleared the buck’s back easily. We had all worked for nearly a half an hour trying to stay on this buck and wait for him to get still and turned correctly. The thirty or so antelope kicked it up to a run and began a semi circle around us. I ran a new round in the chamber and then it appeared that all of the animals were gone and none were left. I extracted the round, except for the long Berger115 gr match bullet which decided to stay jammed in the lands and all I got out of the chamber was a primed case full of powder. Being aware that I was hunting with jammed bullets, I was very careful to have a cleaning rod handy which was quickly procured to tap out the bullet. About that time 5 animals came over the ridge, apparently having dropped out of the large heard as one of the bucks wanted to isolate his does from the rest. Jimm called out a range of 686 yds and I clicked back down and then for good measure dropped another 0.5 MOA more out of it than the range called for. The buck stood there broad side on guard duty and the cross hairs got steady behind his shoulder. I eased the slack out of the Timney trigger and once more the 240 Wby sent the 115 gr Berger screaming out of the Spencer barrel. The impact knocked the buck over as the Berger hit the spinal column and blew bone out the far side. Still a little high obviously. We checked the dialin in on paper the next day at 700yds it was exactly 1.0 MOA high.
Posted by Buffalobob (Member # 825) on October 29, 2006, 06:21 PM:
BBQ antelope loin can be pretty tasty.
Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on October 29, 2006, 06:23 PM:
Isn't long range fun!
I can't count the times I got everything all dialed in, only to have a LR coyote get tired of waiting and just wonder off. Once you get past 600 yards, that wind can sure kick your butt.
What kind of portable rest do you use?
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