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45-70 Bullet for Bison Hunt
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<blockquote data-quote="CMP70306" data-source="post: 2391186" data-attributes="member: 36999"><p>Well since I leave for my hunt in two days I figured I would come back and provide an update.</p><p></p><p>Due to a busy summer and fall I ended up not getting a chance to work on any casting so I decided to skip the lead bullets and go with the 402gr Shock Hammer cruising along at 1800 fps. Gives me a flat enough trajectory out to 120 yards and should punch clean through the Bison.</p><p></p><p>Additionally my guide recommended a scoped rifle as back up in the event we cannot get close enough or require a longer range follow up shot. For that I am bringing my Mausingfield in .300 Win Mag shooting the 181 HH at 3260 fps.</p><p></p><p>The hunt itself will definitely be an interesting one, the day we get in they are getting a couple inches of snow and the temp is plummeting to -12 that night. On the day of the hunt the temp will reach a high of 8 with it possibly still being negative when we head out in the morning. Coming from the northeast it will definitely be the coldest hunt that I have ever been on since most of our hunting wraps up by mid December. Hopefully the FirstLite under layer stuff I got on Black Friday will be enough to keep me warm.</p><p></p><p>The two days of upland hunting however will be much nicer with temps in the high 30's and low 40s. With temps like that we will definitely be taking our rifles to the 1000 yard range plus take a couple cracks at the one mile target. Hopefully I'll be able to get my first hit at a mile on this trip as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CMP70306, post: 2391186, member: 36999"] Well since I leave for my hunt in two days I figured I would come back and provide an update. Due to a busy summer and fall I ended up not getting a chance to work on any casting so I decided to skip the lead bullets and go with the 402gr Shock Hammer cruising along at 1800 fps. Gives me a flat enough trajectory out to 120 yards and should punch clean through the Bison. Additionally my guide recommended a scoped rifle as back up in the event we cannot get close enough or require a longer range follow up shot. For that I am bringing my Mausingfield in .300 Win Mag shooting the 181 HH at 3260 fps. The hunt itself will definitely be an interesting one, the day we get in they are getting a couple inches of snow and the temp is plummeting to -12 that night. On the day of the hunt the temp will reach a high of 8 with it possibly still being negative when we head out in the morning. Coming from the northeast it will definitely be the coldest hunt that I have ever been on since most of our hunting wraps up by mid December. Hopefully the FirstLite under layer stuff I got on Black Friday will be enough to keep me warm. The two days of upland hunting however will be much nicer with temps in the high 30’s and low 40s. With temps like that we will definitely be taking our rifles to the 1000 yard range plus take a couple cracks at the one mile target. Hopefully I’ll be able to get my first hit at a mile on this trip as well. [/QUOTE]
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