What was your last big game taken with

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This guy with my Grandpa's Ithica 37 and Remington Sluggers.

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the best and with some history,
 
October 3rd of this year, bull elk, NW of Grande Prairie, Alberta. Sako 85 Finlight, 30-06, 165 gr Hornady Superformance SST at about +- 180 yards. He was responding to other bulls bugling and also to my sons bugling. My son was bugling and got some responses, so he moved about 600-700 yards to the north, then entered westbound into the bush to try and intercept a bull. I moved to his spot and shot the bull as he crossed my front about 5-6 minutes later, he entered the field just seconds after my son went out of sight. I had to wait until he crossed out of the canola swaths as we were hunting private land, the canola was combined a few hours later and was gone by the next morning. Beautiful crisp and sunny day at about 8:15 in the morning. We had harvested a bull moose two days previously, my son used his Tikka T3X in 6.5 PRC, his second moose in two years with this rifle, both were single shots, broadside. He also took a mule deer doe on the 4th, we had about ten of them in front of us, I also had a tag but chose not to use it.
 
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Counting back from most recent September this year to March:
Brown phase black bear Sako M85 Kodiak .375 H&H 270 gr. RN Remington factory load, approx. 80 yd Dead on the spot
Cow elk Sako M85 Kodiak .375 H&H 270 gr. RN Remington factory load, approx. 120 yd Dead on the spot
Impala ram Win. M70 Safari .416 Rem. 400 gr. Swift A frame approx. 100 yd. Double lung shot, ran about 120 yds.
Wildebeest bull Win. M70 Safari .416 Rem. 400 gr. Barnes TSX approx. 110 yd. Double lung shot, ran about 150 yds. required finisher
Elephant bull Win. M70 Safari .416 Rem. 400 gr. Trophy Sledgehammer solid approx. 5 yd. (charging) head / brain shot, dropped on the spot but missed brain and required 3 more shots to hit brain
 
another whitetail

under 50m with the 25-06 again, 110grn Nosler Accubond and I found the bullet this time 60grns retained weight, face on shot, 4 broken ribs on the way in and ended up in the hind quarters.
 
My last deer was taken in 2021 with a CVA Wolf ML. 250gr hornady sabot with 2x 50gr pyrodex pellets. Had my 7 year old son with me as well.
 
November 1st 2023, bull moose. Taken with Merkel side-by-side double rifle, 9.3x74R, 250 grain Nosler Accubond.
 
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Bull Moose with a 9.3x66 using factory Sako 286gr Hammerhead bullets. Broadside at 70 yards, took 4 steps and tipped over, I couldn’t ask for better results!
 
Whitetail, Mossberg Patriot Revere in 270 Win, 140 gr Hornady Interlock BTSP. Was so close to the blind I could have almost put the barrel against him. Died 5 yards behind the blind...the Whitetail the previous year was 12 yards from the blind and died within 15 yards of it. Same rifle and bullet...
 
Took a decent white tail doe today on season opener with a Sauer 202 in 300 Weatherby. It was a DRT at 305 yards. I have not shot this gun in some time so I surprised myself with how accurate it was with the flawless set trigger and its ability to deliver a 180 grain projectile at distance with definite authority. Its my new favorite, at least until my next forgotten favorite pops up, lol.

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Mule deer @ 418 yards, Savage 110 ultralight in 6.5CM. 140g SST. Slightly quartering away, bullet passed through both lungs and nestled in the opposite shoulder.
 
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