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<blockquote data-quote="Timnterra" data-source="post: 1365571" data-attributes="member: 55944"><p>I'm going to try and keep this story brief, but no guarantees. I was blessed with 5 big game tags in SD this year. One west river any whitetail and two antlerless, one Black Hills any whitetail, and a cow elk tag. Elk season starts Friday but I just tagged my last doe. </p><p>It has been a difficult season, with the rut starting about a week and a half later than usual. It also seems like the drought from the last two years has caused a significant decline in deer numbers. </p><p>But it has been a great hunting season none the less with several firsts! I have played the role of guide to several first time SD deer hunters and they have all been successful. In the short two week season I took four guys hunting. Two was their first time hunting South Dakota and one was the first time hunting period. I also made the longest shot of my life this season and probably the deer I'm most proud of. To keep it short I'll spare the stories and just give the details with the pictures. The first guy I guided shot his first SD whitetail at 200yds with his first rifle a tikka 270. At the same time another buddy of mine shot a doe that was with the buck at 200yds with his AR15. The next guy, I have been working with on shooting long range at steel. He took his first SD whitetail at 400yds with his savage 308. The next week he took his wife back and she got her first deer in the same spot with the same rifle at 180yds. Next I took a preacher friend of mine with a broken ankle to shoot his first deer ever. I had to coach him to shoot before the shot and he used my rifle to shoot his first deer with his first ever trigger pull on a scopes rifle. The distance was 670yds! He made a good shot and then we hobbled over to the deer with his crutches. Finally I killed a doe yesterday with the longest shot I've ever taken at an animal. I think I'm prouder of this doe than any buck I've ever killed! The shot was 980yds with a 6.5x47 lapua! It required 28.25 minutes of elevation and three minutes of wind correction. The round hit a little further back than I would have liked, it clipped the top of the left lung and went through the liver. The doe took a step while the bullet was in flight for the 1.4 seconds after I squeezed the trigger. I couldn't be more proud!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Timnterra, post: 1365571, member: 55944"] I’m going to try and keep this story brief, but no guarantees. I was blessed with 5 big game tags in SD this year. One west river any whitetail and two antlerless, one Black Hills any whitetail, and a cow elk tag. Elk season starts Friday but I just tagged my last doe. It has been a difficult season, with the rut starting about a week and a half later than usual. It also seems like the drought from the last two years has caused a significant decline in deer numbers. But it has been a great hunting season none the less with several firsts! I have played the role of guide to several first time SD deer hunters and they have all been successful. In the short two week season I took four guys hunting. Two was their first time hunting South Dakota and one was the first time hunting period. I also made the longest shot of my life this season and probably the deer I’m most proud of. To keep it short I’ll spare the stories and just give the details with the pictures. The first guy I guided shot his first SD whitetail at 200yds with his first rifle a tikka 270. At the same time another buddy of mine shot a doe that was with the buck at 200yds with his AR15. The next guy, I have been working with on shooting long range at steel. He took his first SD whitetail at 400yds with his savage 308. The next week he took his wife back and she got her first deer in the same spot with the same rifle at 180yds. Next I took a preacher friend of mine with a broken ankle to shoot his first deer ever. I had to coach him to shoot before the shot and he used my rifle to shoot his first deer with his first ever trigger pull on a scopes rifle. The distance was 670yds! He made a good shot and then we hobbled over to the deer with his crutches. Finally I killed a doe yesterday with the longest shot I’ve ever taken at an animal. I think I’m prouder of this doe than any buck I’ve ever killed! The shot was 980yds with a 6.5x47 lapua! It required 28.25 minutes of elevation and three minutes of wind correction. The round hit a little further back than I would have liked, it clipped the top of the left lung and went through the liver. The doe took a step while the bullet was in flight for the 1.4 seconds after I squeezed the trigger. I couldn’t be more proud! [/QUOTE]
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