First shot winged him I found out later. He was going left, turning away, and looked back. Tiny entrance wound behind the ribs around 12” from spine. Shot was a 35 degree angle so it exited on the other side. I wasn’t there for the skinning, but I’ll say as in the video, he broke down like a...
I shoot Badlands Bulldozer, solid copper bullets at 6.5mm 125 grain. First shot I later learned winged him on his back leg. Second shot was perfect, angling up and back, looking away, exit wound. Those bullets are the **** !
Nope, just one. In the on the mountain pics, it fell down the mountain when shot and broke off six plus inches on both sides. Guides recovered the broken pieces and super glued them back on for the other pics.
Ballistics were tough, lots of trial and error, but the boys a Bang Steel’s expertise delivered huge. Yes and no on draw blood - HTF is going to hike up 2+ hours to search for blood at the top of a 17k’ mountain ? But yes, it was a risky shot and reason I trained all summer for that “last...
Then gents at Bang Steel in SW Va custom made me a dope chart for that elevation. Great team effort between kit, rifle, bullets and their expertise of long range shooting. Very blessed and lucky that it all came together in under 60 seconds at the moment of truth. I'd rather be lucky than good...