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7mm RM Recipe for Muley Hunt
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<blockquote data-quote="D.Camilleri" data-source="post: 1798081" data-attributes="member: 2567"><p>I would like to shed a little light on this comment. Muley's in the rut can be pretty dumb, but, big muley bucks can be some of the smartest animals I have ever encountered and being able to shoot long range can up the odds of a successful hunt. Having hunted north western Wyoming for the past 23 years and harvesting numerous bucks over 180" I can say that killing a buck isn't hard, but killing a big buck can be. You will be hunting in mid Sept to early Oct and won't have the benefit of the deer being in the rut. Having a guide that knows the area and knows the deer habbits will help a lot. Ask your outfitter about the size of bucks you will expect to see so you and what to expect as a shooter. A big muley buck will approach 300-350 lbs or more and can soak up a pretty big hit. Some hunters have never seen a truly big buck. Two years ago a hunter beat me into my favorite drainage and killed a huge buck </p><p>with a 6.5 creedmore, I heard each of the 5 shots it took to put the deer down!</p><p></p><p>Back to your 7mm mag, use a bullet of at least 160 grs and push it as fast as you can that retains accuracy, practice with it so you can place the bullet at ranges you will shoot. Once you have dialed in your load from the bench, use your practice from actual shooting positions. Practice prone, from shooting sticks, from the top of a rock, sitting etc. In all of my years of mule deer hunting I have only been able to take one deer from a prone position. Most have been from a steep hillside using shooting sticks. I have friends that are shooting 7mm mags right now that are shooting 175 gr eldx's behind RL25, 180 gr Berger's behind a full case of retumbo or H-1000. I would much rather have the high B.C. of the 175 to 180 gr bullet if long shots are going to be possible. Don't let anyone tell you that big mule deer are easy to kill, two of the biggest bucks of my life got away from bad hits and were never found. One was from a scope failure and the other was from not being ready for an immediate follow up shot after the deer crumpled and then took off at a run. I was shooting a 338 win mag too! Years ago around 1958 my dad and my uncle were hunting mule deer in Idaho and my dad shot a very big bodied muley with a big heavy rack, he hit the deer behind the shoulder with a 180 gr bullet from a 06, watched the deer kick once and run off. He found the deer the next day and he couldn't understand how a deer could run off after taking a hit like that. It was truly a great trophy! My dad went home and bought a 338 win mag and my uncle rechambered his pre 64 model 70 from 3006 to a 30-338.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D.Camilleri, post: 1798081, member: 2567"] I would like to shed a little light on this comment. Muley's in the rut can be pretty dumb, but, big muley bucks can be some of the smartest animals I have ever encountered and being able to shoot long range can up the odds of a successful hunt. Having hunted north western Wyoming for the past 23 years and harvesting numerous bucks over 180" I can say that killing a buck isn't hard, but killing a big buck can be. You will be hunting in mid Sept to early Oct and won't have the benefit of the deer being in the rut. Having a guide that knows the area and knows the deer habbits will help a lot. Ask your outfitter about the size of bucks you will expect to see so you and what to expect as a shooter. A big muley buck will approach 300-350 lbs or more and can soak up a pretty big hit. Some hunters have never seen a truly big buck. Two years ago a hunter beat me into my favorite drainage and killed a huge buck with a 6.5 creedmore, I heard each of the 5 shots it took to put the deer down! Back to your 7mm mag, use a bullet of at least 160 grs and push it as fast as you can that retains accuracy, practice with it so you can place the bullet at ranges you will shoot. Once you have dialed in your load from the bench, use your practice from actual shooting positions. Practice prone, from shooting sticks, from the top of a rock, sitting etc. In all of my years of mule deer hunting I have only been able to take one deer from a prone position. Most have been from a steep hillside using shooting sticks. I have friends that are shooting 7mm mags right now that are shooting 175 gr eldx's behind RL25, 180 gr Berger's behind a full case of retumbo or H-1000. I would much rather have the high B.C. of the 175 to 180 gr bullet if long shots are going to be possible. Don't let anyone tell you that big mule deer are easy to kill, two of the biggest bucks of my life got away from bad hits and were never found. One was from a scope failure and the other was from not being ready for an immediate follow up shot after the deer crumpled and then took off at a run. I was shooting a 338 win mag too! Years ago around 1958 my dad and my uncle were hunting mule deer in Idaho and my dad shot a very big bodied muley with a big heavy rack, he hit the deer behind the shoulder with a 180 gr bullet from a 06, watched the deer kick once and run off. He found the deer the next day and he couldn't understand how a deer could run off after taking a hit like that. It was truly a great trophy! My dad went home and bought a 338 win mag and my uncle rechambered his pre 64 model 70 from 3006 to a 30-338. [/QUOTE]
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