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Republic of Alberta said:
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I got this guy with pure luck.

I would be tagging along with my Dad on a moose hunt. I was not planning on shooting anything, perhaps a big white tail if one jumped out. I did have an elk tag but had been concentrating on getting one with a bow in a different zone. So at 400am that morning I grabbed my deer rifle, a 7mag with 162 SST's and jumped in the truck for the drive down to the Old man's place.

At 830Am I found my self standing on a cut line in heavy timber a few hundred yards from a bugling bull elk. He was moving away from some other hunters (who were bugling) and was pissed off to the Max. By the sound of his bugles I knew 2 things, he was in the open and he was on the move. I headed down the cut line to a open cut block where I thought he was. A few cow chirps and he responded. Again by sound I could tell he was in the open cut block and he was facing me. Having been in this situation before I know that there is a good chance he would hold up, scent me, and run off. Looking at the cut block I realized it was perfect for this situation, the trees were grown up enough that I could sneak right in to him.. but not so tall and thick I would not be able to see or shoot. So I closed the gap.

As I closed in he bugled, I pin pointed him and saw antlers rising above the trees, he was in a gully and coming out towards me. I crouched down. I chirped, he bugled and moved closer. As he closed in to 50 yards he bugled and I realized I was shaking- BAD, REAL BAD. He came in to a shooting lane, I tryed to shoot but my safety was on. I had full on Buck Fever and I had it bad. At 35yards I had a quartering toward shot and took it, hitting him 1/2 way up and through the shoulder. This is not a good shot on a adrenaline filled bull elk. Some times they can go along ways on a shot like this and I immediately knew it. So I jumped up and redeemed my self by making a perfect brain shot as he ran away, dropping him in mid stride.


The first 162g SST impacted at 2900fps. It passed through the near shoulder, both lungs, and came to rest in the far shoulder. I did not butcher this animal my self, so did not get the bullet. The second SST entered the skull at the base of the antler post and blew up about 1/2 of the brain. I found only the base of the bullet in the cranium.
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Great... stuff. wish something like this happened to my my partner got a whitetail and myself a mule deer. didn't make it to the east kootenays this
year... but hopping to next to get one like yours... good strategy

Darren
 
Neo,
This time my excuse is that I was looking at the wrong camera, but liked the background of this picture better.;)
The guide had an observation though. He half jokingly said that "your enthusiasm makes it all worth while:rolleyes:," He commented that only a couple Canadians could shoot a couple close range grizzlies and shrug.:confused: We tried to cheer him up by high-fiveing each other, but missed. A man just can't fight his nature.:redface:
 
I'm mildly curious about the calibres but more interested in how you get a beast that big home, a Buffalo ffs! The deer you have are big enough!
 
TimC said:
I'm mildly curious about the calibres but more interested in how you get a beast that big home, a Buffalo ffs! The deer you have are big enough!
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I shot a moose yesterday morning and had to retrieve it myself. I took my quad and a sleigh drove it into the bush. I used the winch on my quad and pulled him as close to the trail as possible, back up extend winch and do this over and over.(im in a polplar tree run.) Once i had him close to the trail, i put the sleigh as close to him as possible.I grab ahold of a leg and using mechanical advantage( his long legs for leverage). I roll him into the sleigh. I then hook sliegh to Quad and drive home!:canadaFlag: I shot him with a .308 marlin one shot and dropped him.
 
I'm serious about that, when I think that the worst I've done is drag 100 pound of Fallow doe 1/4 mile in a drag bag or carry 200 pounds to the truck about 300 yards its obvious I have an easy life. When in the Highlands I let the Ghillie do the work whilst I clean the contents of his whisky bottles.:cheers:
 
speaking of empting bottles, Im doing that right now. I started deboning my moose today. i got the whole thing cut and wrapped along with 80 pounds of hamburger in a mere six hours. I m begining to think im a meat cutting machine!
 
I like that, goes to show you dont need stealth cam to get close enough to pop a slug into the engine room!
 
Got a muley buck in southwest Alberta yesterday morning around 09:15. I am always happy until we have to do the drag or carry out the 3 kms. I used a 1952 Sav 99 in 300 Savage with a Weaver K4 and weaver pivot mounts at 110 yards.

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