Large Game Pics - Deer, Moose, Bear...
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The situation: First year hunting on my new woodlot. I was hopeful looking at all the tracks and remainings but didn't expect so much!
The hunt: I'll spare you the buck that didn't come to my call and rattling and stood 15 minutes until the neighbor came and shot it.
I was hidden in the power line the first morning. 15 minutes before sunrise 2 large cows came in the power line to flee the neighbor's shot at their buck. Coming from 500m I had time to range landmarks, lay my rifle on the big rock hiding me and adjust my Aimpoint brightness. They came to 170m before turning uphill toward the forest. I stopped them with a bark and pulled the shot in half a second. Killed on the spot it rolled on it's back and stopped moving in 2 seconds.
The shot: I didn't get time to prepare my rifle so I grabbed the one I prepared for my girlfriend. .308win 16" barrel with an Aimpoint Micro, light and handy. Zeroed at 100m with 180gr SP.
At 170m I overcompensated and aimed 10" over the heart. Actual drop was closer to 4". Bullet entered behind a shoulder and exited in front of the opposite shoulder. Heart looked nice but must have stopped from the shockwave since it died so quick. Proud of my shot considering I had no magnification and pulled it so quickly.
The work: My partner working that day, I mostly gutted it alone before he could get replaced and meet me. I was lucky to drive the trailer just below the cow, pulling downhill went well.
When all was done, we hung the cleaned quarters in the butcher cold room 4 days later and it weighted 510lbs! With skin, head and guts it must have been a 900lbs cow!
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Opening evening 2017
Tagged this buck opening evening with my Hoyt Rampage XT at 22yards. Doubled lunged him. First time seeing him in legal hours. Trail cameras in the area had showed him moving mainly between 10pm thur 3am. But he stepped out at 6:50 opening night only three hours after setting up the ground blind in that location.
Tagged this buck opening evening with my Hoyt Rampage XT at 22yards. Doubled lunged him. First time seeing him in legal hours. Trail cameras in the area had showed him moving mainly between 10pm thur 3am. But he stepped out at 6:50 opening night only three hours after setting up the ground blind in that location.
Nov 13/17 WT Deer. Taken in Alberta WMU 500.
Taken with a 308 at 250 yds. Single shot through the shoulder blade, spine, top of both lungs and out just behind the opposite shoulder. I was a little surprised at the effectiveness of the lowly 308 with plain Winchester 150grn, this buck just folded up and didn’t move.
Taken with a 308 at 250 yds. Single shot through the shoulder blade, spine, top of both lungs and out just behind the opposite shoulder. I was a little surprised at the effectiveness of the lowly 308 with plain Winchester 150grn, this buck just folded up and didn’t move.
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- Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Its funny, my freezer isn't even full. I got a mule deer doe, buck, moose and wt buck and we've been going through it like crazy. Both mule deer have already been turned into sausage and are disappearing fast
Got 2 this year in Area 62 in Ontario. First afternoon after getting to the camp within an hour of sitting out I got a 6 point at about 45 yards. The next morning in -13C weather, within the first hour thankfully, I got this 5" spikehorn at about 55 yards. Nothing the rest of the week at all. No one even saw anything else. It was like the bush cleared right out and was creepy quiet! Barely any birds or squirrels.
Robinson Arms XCR-L in 7.62x39.
Robinson Arms XCR-L in 7.62x39.
