606 yard blacktail down!!!

[liltank]

I have yet to shoot a decent buck and I have been hunting for 21yrs. My biggest buck is a single point on one side. I didn't know it was a buck until I walked up on it. It was still a heck of a shot, about 50yrd running with my Ruger #1 in 338WM. One shot, one kill. That was before the 3pts on one side rule came into effect in PA. I thought it was a really big doe. I didn't have time to get a good look at it because it spotted me.

Tank

 

[MontanaRifleman]

Congradulations young man! Way to go!!! How did that 300 RUM feel? I shoot one of those too

 

[7mm mag:-)]

Congradulations young man! Way to go!!! How did that 300 RUM feel? I shoot one of those too

At first i didn't want to shot it but i did and i shot the deer. It has a muzzle break!!

 

[7mm mag:-)]

Ah, your first deer. Mine was at age 14 too. My dad and I were hunting on Abaho Peak near Monticello Utah. He spotted a doe a long ways off. Not sure how far, can't remember that far back. Anyways, he handed me his A303 and I dumped her.
That hunt is etched in my mind just like your hunt will be.
Good shot Bub. And drpraincage, I'm sure you had a lot to do with your boy's success. Good on ya for introducing your son to the great outdoors.

Actually it was my second this is my first i shot it with my 7mm-08 at around 300 yards it was a 3 point

 

[trebark]

Actually it was my second this is my first i shot it with my 7mm-08 at around 300 yards it was a 3 point

If you only knew how spoiled you are!

 

[3fingervic]

I'm with Tank on this one I've never even shot a buck. This kid's shooting dimes at trophy bucks like it's his job. gun) Not to mention the distance. To quote Napoleon Dynamite, " LUCKYYYY"

 

[luckyrxc]

7MM Mag,

I am very proud of you. Go give your dad a big hug and thank him for immersing you and teaching you.

 

[MontanaRifleman]

Actually it was my second this is my first i shot it with my 7mm-08 at around 300 yards it was a 3 point

That is a real nice buck! Looks like your dad had done a good job of teaching youl. Keep up the good work!

Here's a couple of pics of my 300....

This coyote was all I shot with it this year.

It was a lucky running head shot at 120 yds and I wasn't aiming for the head

 

[bigbuck]

That is a real nice buck! Looks like your dad had done a good job of teaching youl. Keep up the good work!

Here's a couple of pics of my 300....

This coyote was all I shot with it this year.

It was a lucky running head shot at 120 yds and I wasn't aiming for the head

Nice shooting 7mm mag

Nice country MontanaRifleman.

Bigbuck

 

[ol mike]

Hello folks,

To start, this is my son, we were in Southern Oregon and were set up on an old landing glassing, I was glassing the far ridge were a nice buck slipped away from me that morning. he was glassing a closer ridge when he spotted this buck and and smaller buck standing broadside to us. I ranged him 3 times at 606 , he wasnt sure what to do, a bit to far for his 7mm-08 or at least its not set up for that long of a shot, I convinced him to get behind my rum, took some time to get him on the buck, had to back of the nightforce 5.5 x 22 to get him on , mean time im punching numbers on the pda and dialed up for him. The buck just stood there broadside,
he fired,Whapp!!!! the buck kicked his heels ran 10 yards up the hill and stood there, I knew he was hit , so we decided to make our way around to him.
It took about 30 minutes to get around, by then it was dark. we found the buck standing ,swaying back and fourth, he finished him off with his 08 .
VERY proud dad !! All I had to do was range him, reach over spin the knob and watch.
Ok for the berger question. Honestly I expected to see alot of meat damage, but nothing.... small entrance hole and gone ...nothing it basicly disentergraded blew up....Ive shot lots of bucks all blacktails with corelocks, partitions,accubonds but this is the first time with bergers. It left an un easy feeling , I like to see things gone down . Ive since swithed to smk 220's.
That was a great trip, watching your son take a nice buck is better than shooting it yourself. He took a his first bull this year aswell Ill let him tell that story....... Happy Hunting

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Drpaincage and 7mm mag ,

Welcome to LRH !

Congradulations to you 7mm mag -couple of nice bucks .
For a buck to soak up a hit from a 210gr berger out of a 300rum is just crazy ,can't believe he was still standing after a good length of time .

Sure changes my thoughts on bergers .
Mike

 

[bigngreen]

Good times guys and congrats to the shooter. I'm curious about how the chest cavity of the buck looked that took that Berger, we shot several deer this year with the 210 out of a 300 WBY but nothing real long range. We found that they zip through unless bone was hit then we had a wound channel. The 105 out of a 243 were out standing and the 140 out of my 270 WSM were the best of all we tried, the bullet made it to the chest cavity and then augured a fist size hole clean to the other side and ended just under the of shoulder, zero blood shot on an elk but they exit with a little blood shot on deer. I've got a batch of the 185 for next year for the 30 cals, if I don't get what I want then I'll skip loading them in the 30 cal, all 270 cal gets Bergers next year!!
Again good shooting and great start!!gun)

 

[theodore]

Love the pics and story.

Congratulation!

What load you using in 7-08?