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<blockquote data-quote="MachV" data-source="post: 1355488" data-attributes="member: 93"><p>Had a little luck this year right from the start by drawing a good area in Wyoming. Work has kept us too busy for much scouting so we just started checking out the areas we have seen big deer before. Finding four x fours was no problem but we where looking for mass. About the fifth place we checkt out we came upon a group of does. I was all about moving on when my partner says there is a NICE buck with them. I put the crosshairs on him and take finger off trigger= he does not have anywhere near the mass I'm looking for BUT he has a lot going on and with a little more encouragement the crosshairs find a couple does in the way and I rushed the shot when they cleared=MISS! Another opportunity at just over 500 yards looks like a hit but he is moving fast out of there!! We follow him around the hill and I head south figuring he followed the hillside, Tyson followed the tracks and found him across the canyon. He had laid down about the time I got there. A 1100 yard shot in those winds didn't interest me too much so Tyson stayed there and I headed for a rock that should have the distance down to under 500 yards. Upon peaking over the rock I realize I cant see where I thought he had laid down. Looking back at Tyson for direction he is have a fit and I at first cant figure out why but finally figured out the buck was back up and moving. Like a fool I grab the Geovids and see he is looking right at me @ 235 yards. I change over to the Tikka ultra lite in 30-06 shooting 168 grain Amaxes in front of IMR4831 powder and all I see is his *** and antlers. I sure was not going to take that shot with an Amax so I waited for him to change direction and fired. When I found him there was no ground shrinkage, not the mass I was looking for but he is still at the taxidermist waiting his turn ;-)</p><p><img src="https://photos.imageevent.com/cjnmn/wygoatanddeerhunting/websize/IMG_1378.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p> Tyson spent a few more days looking for a buck, we found this guy last weekend but passed because he lacked the mass he was looking for.</p><p><img src="https://photos.imageevent.com/cjnmn/wygoatanddeerhunting/websize/IMG_1445.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p> After spotting numerous bucks yesterday that where too small we went back to where we spotted the guy we passed on. He was almost in the exact same spot but somehow looked bigger so........</p><p><img src="https://photos.imageevent.com/cjnmn/wygoatanddeerhunting/websize/IMG_1465.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>Antelope season lasted one day. Shot a buck in the morning, a doe (she did have an interesting horn) and fawn right before dark. Used the new CZ 527 in 6.5 Grendel with a Vortex 4-12 Diamondback Tactical shooting 100 grain Noslers. The Grendel did its job but I have to get use to its rainbow trajectory and wind unbuckability vrs the 6.5 Sweede shooting 140 grainers. Stay tuned we still got elk tags.</p><p><img src="https://photos.imageevent.com/cjnmn/wygoatanddeerhunting/websize/cats%20phone11-2017%20229.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MachV, post: 1355488, member: 93"] Had a little luck this year right from the start by drawing a good area in Wyoming. Work has kept us too busy for much scouting so we just started checking out the areas we have seen big deer before. Finding four x fours was no problem but we where looking for mass. About the fifth place we checkt out we came upon a group of does. I was all about moving on when my partner says there is a NICE buck with them. I put the crosshairs on him and take finger off trigger= he does not have anywhere near the mass I'm looking for BUT he has a lot going on and with a little more encouragement the crosshairs find a couple does in the way and I rushed the shot when they cleared=MISS! Another opportunity at just over 500 yards looks like a hit but he is moving fast out of there!! We follow him around the hill and I head south figuring he followed the hillside, Tyson followed the tracks and found him across the canyon. He had laid down about the time I got there. A 1100 yard shot in those winds didn't interest me too much so Tyson stayed there and I headed for a rock that should have the distance down to under 500 yards. Upon peaking over the rock I realize I cant see where I thought he had laid down. Looking back at Tyson for direction he is have a fit and I at first cant figure out why but finally figured out the buck was back up and moving. Like a fool I grab the Geovids and see he is looking right at me @ 235 yards. I change over to the Tikka ultra lite in 30-06 shooting 168 grain Amaxes in front of IMR4831 powder and all I see is his *** and antlers. I sure was not going to take that shot with an Amax so I waited for him to change direction and fired. When I found him there was no ground shrinkage, not the mass I was looking for but he is still at the taxidermist waiting his turn ;-) [IMG]https://photos.imageevent.com/cjnmn/wygoatanddeerhunting/websize/IMG_1378.JPG[/IMG] Tyson spent a few more days looking for a buck, we found this guy last weekend but passed because he lacked the mass he was looking for. [IMG]https://photos.imageevent.com/cjnmn/wygoatanddeerhunting/websize/IMG_1445.JPG[/IMG] After spotting numerous bucks yesterday that where too small we went back to where we spotted the guy we passed on. He was almost in the exact same spot but somehow looked bigger so........ [IMG]https://photos.imageevent.com/cjnmn/wygoatanddeerhunting/websize/IMG_1465.JPG[/IMG] Antelope season lasted one day. Shot a buck in the morning, a doe (she did have an interesting horn) and fawn right before dark. Used the new CZ 527 in 6.5 Grendel with a Vortex 4-12 Diamondback Tactical shooting 100 grain Noslers. The Grendel did its job but I have to get use to its rainbow trajectory and wind unbuckability vrs the 6.5 Sweede shooting 140 grainers. Stay tuned we still got elk tags. [IMG]https://photos.imageevent.com/cjnmn/wygoatanddeerhunting/websize/cats%20phone11-2017%20229.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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