6.5-06 claims it's first, a speed goat

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220Swifty

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After scouting with my dad (a non-hunter and his first time out with me) yesterday, we woke up to thick fog. As the fog started to lift we spotted a herd at 8:00 am. After a half mile belly crawl, i found myself in a position where the tall grass wasn't interfering with the shot. The rangefinder told me 3 times in a row that it was 340 yds, so i believed it. I shot off a bipod in a sitting position and i thought i had missed. The recoil took my eye off the target, and when i reaquired the sight picture, the herd was on the move, none of them appeared to have damage. I watched them for a couple minutes, when one started to sag in the rear end. I thought she was about to tip, but then realised she was just having a ****. I thought about the situation and knew that i had heard the telltale whack of a high speed bullet finding the sweetspot, so i stood up and the herd vanished. I walked to the last know location of the antelope to see if i could spot any signs of a hit, and found one big one. A doe antelope, dead right there. A 129 gr Hornady SST at 3000 fps did the trick. First hunt with my first custom rifle, a remington 700 based 6.5-06

This was the second kill for this rifle, as I also took a 320 yd coyote while scouting the day before.

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Congratulations on your rifle break-in!

The two longest shots on big game that I ever took were with a 6.5-06 that Bevan King had barelled up on a 98 Mauser. Two undisturbed barren ground caribou with one shot each, using 139 gr Norma HP BT ahead of H450. Both hits were at 500yd+ in the lungs, and both animals went down within ten yards.

It is a really fine long range cartridge.

Ted
 
I have been thinking of building a 6.5-06 as well on one of my Rugers. Would make for a nice deer rifle for northern B.C. and Alberta. not to mention elk and moose.

Nice speed goat.
 
Nice antelope! Definitely one of the animals I'd like to try for someday. It's would be hard to resist the temptation to throw the whole thing in the barbecue :)
 
Congrats on your antelope. Pronghorn hunting is a log of fun, I just wish the opportunities for it were greater here. A trip to Wyoming might be in order someday!
 
Scott_N said:
Congrats on your antelope. Pronghorn hunting is a log of fun, I just wish the opportunities for it were greater here. A trip to Wyoming might be in order someday!
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The way my draws are working out, i may be able to hunt them for 5 years in a row or so, including my wife's hunts. I still may have to work in a Wyoming hunt if time and money will allow it.
 
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