barnesuser28
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Best year of goat hunting yet! My Dad (Jim), Brother (Colin), and I, met up with Doublezranch's Father (Derald), Son (Zayne), and himself (Jayson) friday morning and we split up to knock some goats off their feet since we each had 2 tags a piece. Colin and I were the only ones with an "any" tag.
Not 20 minutes into legal shooting light we got a text from Jayson, "Three goats down" and about 20 minutes after we had our own three down. Two does and Colin got a buck.
Our group picked up two more does later that day and Jayson's group picked up one more doe.
Saturday morning about 15 minutes into shooting light i had my buck down, 100 yards with my 284 win, he didnt have a chance!! Jayson's group got their last two a couple hours later.
None were taken with too much range but i think the farthest was my doe that i got at about 500 yards with a 270 and 130 partition, I hit her in the high shoulder and she crumpled with her legs tucked under her when we found her.
Well we got back to the campers and finished up skinning and quartering, and Chuck McIntosh of Mac's Gunsmithing came over (He let us park our campers on his property) to see how we did and gave us a tour of his shop. We got his permission to use his range and went to shooting!
Jayson's goal was to get his 300 rum with 230 bergers out too 1000 yards that day, even in the 15-25 mph wind. And he did, in fact, with Chuck's help spotting, Jayson, Colin, and I were all able to make hits at 1500 yards. Jayson did so with his 300 rum and 230 bergers and Colin and I did it with my Dad's 30/375 S.I. with the 215 bergers at 2977 fps MV. Zayne got a hit at 1000 yards with his factory 270 WSM with 165 Matrix VLDs and Derald made his longest hit at 600 yards with 150 Barnes TTSX from his 7 SAUM.
It was a great trip with too many funny moments to count, we all had a great time and plan to do it again next year!
A special thanks to Chuck for the hospitality!
And the pics:
Zayne's Does, 165 Matrix VLDs out of a 270 wsm
Heart, 230 berger from the 300 rum
Lungs, 230 berger from the 300 rum
My Buck, he had a really dark head, too bad he had a big scar on his neck near the chest.
Exit at 100 yards, 162 amax 284 win
Same combo as above, you can see the shoulder blade at the top of the pic.
Me with my doe
Colin with his Buck
Zayne and I shooting, with Colin and Derald spotting.
Derald taking his turn...and time...
Zayne hit the big steel at 1000 yards but we accidentally painted over it (and dozens of other hits) before he was able to get a pic with it, but it was within 2" of dead center!!
And the hits at 1500 yards.
Not 20 minutes into legal shooting light we got a text from Jayson, "Three goats down" and about 20 minutes after we had our own three down. Two does and Colin got a buck.
Our group picked up two more does later that day and Jayson's group picked up one more doe.
Saturday morning about 15 minutes into shooting light i had my buck down, 100 yards with my 284 win, he didnt have a chance!! Jayson's group got their last two a couple hours later.
None were taken with too much range but i think the farthest was my doe that i got at about 500 yards with a 270 and 130 partition, I hit her in the high shoulder and she crumpled with her legs tucked under her when we found her.
Well we got back to the campers and finished up skinning and quartering, and Chuck McIntosh of Mac's Gunsmithing came over (He let us park our campers on his property) to see how we did and gave us a tour of his shop. We got his permission to use his range and went to shooting!
Jayson's goal was to get his 300 rum with 230 bergers out too 1000 yards that day, even in the 15-25 mph wind. And he did, in fact, with Chuck's help spotting, Jayson, Colin, and I were all able to make hits at 1500 yards. Jayson did so with his 300 rum and 230 bergers and Colin and I did it with my Dad's 30/375 S.I. with the 215 bergers at 2977 fps MV. Zayne got a hit at 1000 yards with his factory 270 WSM with 165 Matrix VLDs and Derald made his longest hit at 600 yards with 150 Barnes TTSX from his 7 SAUM.
It was a great trip with too many funny moments to count, we all had a great time and plan to do it again next year!
A special thanks to Chuck for the hospitality!
And the pics:
Zayne's Does, 165 Matrix VLDs out of a 270 wsm
Heart, 230 berger from the 300 rum
Lungs, 230 berger from the 300 rum
My Buck, he had a really dark head, too bad he had a big scar on his neck near the chest.
Exit at 100 yards, 162 amax 284 win
Same combo as above, you can see the shoulder blade at the top of the pic.
Me with my doe
Colin with his Buck
Zayne and I shooting, with Colin and Derald spotting.
Derald taking his turn...and time...
Zayne hit the big steel at 1000 yards but we accidentally painted over it (and dozens of other hits) before he was able to get a pic with it, but it was within 2" of dead center!!
And the hits at 1500 yards.
