Buck Antelope Down

[Ernie]

I have been doing a bit of hobbling around with this boot.

I cannot hunt the way that I would like to hunt. The piece of property that I had permission on was relatively small, and I had one day before there could be other hunters on it.
Given the limitations, I decided to bring out one of my barn-burner XP's: 26 Nosler, running the 147 ELD-M's at 3045 fps. This set up would take game at distances further than some here it would be comfortable with, but in good conditions it would definitely get the job done.
The impact velocity, stays above 1800 ft./s even past 1050 yards.
I have used this XP-100 on a buck antelope several years ago and it did very good at just over 500 yards.
I knew there was one bigger buck for sure that was pretty heavy, but not very tall. I decided to take what was in front of me, and got the tag filled quickly.

BCG 26 Nosler with the 147 ELD-M. Impact velocity at 342 yards was 2614 fps. Slightly quartering shot and he was done right there. Dialed 3.5 MOA with no need to correct for wind. Big thanks to Glenn for his help!

 

[Baker Alvin]

!! Congratulations!! Well done

 

[manitou]

I have been doing a bit of hobbling around with this boot.

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I cannot hunt the way that I would like to hunt. The piece of property that I had permission on was relatively small, and I had one day before there could be other hunters on it.
Given the limitations, I decided to bring out one of my barn-burner XP's: 26 Nosler, running the 147 ELD-M's at 3045 fps. This set up would take game at distances further than some here it would be comfortable with, but in good conditions it would definitely get the job done.
The impact velocity, stays above 1800 ft./s even past 1050 yards.
I have used this XP-100 on a buck antelope several years ago and it did very good at just over 500 yards.
I knew there was one bigger buck for sure that was pretty heavy, but not very tall. I decided to take what was in front of me, and got the tag filled quickly.
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BCG 26 Nosler with the 147 ELD-M. Impact velocity at 342 yards was 2614 fps. Slightly quartering shot and he was done right there. Dialed 3.5 MOA with no need to correct for wind. Big thanks to Glenn for his help!


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Those microtex pants are my favorites for warm weather! Like pajamas!

 

[Ernie]

Those microtex pants are my favorites for warm weather! Like pajamas!

That is a good description of those pants

 

[gillettehunter]

Congrats and good shooting like always.
Bruce

 

[scrmblr1982cj8]

Nice one!

 

[Ol' Red]

Congrats Ernie. Love that pistol. That fancy right boot-- not so much.

 

[CF96]

Great buck, congratulations. Love the looks of your knife as well. My dad is a knife guru

 

[Castro]

congrats!! nice tasty backstraps!!

 

[HSmithTX]

Surprised you connected without camo wrapping that boot...... Kidding of course, well done!!! That 26 is an impressive pistol, and good looking on top of that.

 

[KMLampson]

That is awesome, congrats!

 

[Rooterpig]

Good job Ernie !!!

 

[Ernie]

Thanks guys!
This may be all of my hunting for this year.
Who knows, maybe I can take up drive by hunting...As long as someone else is driving
Surgery for the full tear on my Achilles tendon is in a couple of days.
Going to be in a cast for 6 weeks, with no weight bearing. The full knee replacement surgery that was scheduled for early November (same leg) will be pushed down the road about 4-6 months

 

[Ol' Red]

Heal fast and well Ernie. If you need your pistols exercised or walked, you have the shop phone number.