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<blockquote data-quote="remingtonman_25_06" data-source="post: 98567" data-attributes="member: 1403"><p>My most memorable will always be my first bull elk. I was 15 years old. Had been hunting spike bulls for 3 years before I even got a shot off at one. Dont ever let anyone tell you hunting elk is easy, cuz it aint. My uncle, dad, and I were all going down the opposite ridge that we knew had a spike in the bunch. We put them to bed the night before and got up early morning and started down the ridge. We made it halfway down the ridge when my uncle spotted them coming out from the trees on the opposite side of the canyon some 500 yards away. This was to be my first truly LR shot and it was the greatest for me, and my dad and uncle to witness it. My uncle told me he would give me first shot and that was it. Thats all it took. I had my Ruger mk2 S/S in 300 Win mag with 180g Nosler Partitions that I handloaded myself at 3100fps. The scope was nothing fancy, just a Leupold vx2 3-9x40. No target knobs at the time. Did not even have a rangefinder at the time. We estimated the distance to be about 500 yards. I knew with my 300 yards zero that If I put the bottom part of the thick duplex on top of his back, he would be mine. Well the time finally came for the shot, he was moseying around, some cows would get in the way, etc.. I put the harris bipod in the sitting position becuz we were sitting on a hill, no prone available there. I finally got a chance to squeeze off the trigger and by the time I got back on him from the recoil, he was tumbling down the canyon. No shot for my uncle /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif. The bullet struck him right on the shoulder, dropping and killing him instantly. The 180g NP broke both shoulders and exited. I was so estatic I jumped up and shouted with glee. Later turns out, it was actually a 525 yard shot according to my rangefinder the next year. Sure I've made longer shots, but to me, my first bull elk is a great one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remingtonman_25_06, post: 98567, member: 1403"] My most memorable will always be my first bull elk. I was 15 years old. Had been hunting spike bulls for 3 years before I even got a shot off at one. Dont ever let anyone tell you hunting elk is easy, cuz it aint. My uncle, dad, and I were all going down the opposite ridge that we knew had a spike in the bunch. We put them to bed the night before and got up early morning and started down the ridge. We made it halfway down the ridge when my uncle spotted them coming out from the trees on the opposite side of the canyon some 500 yards away. This was to be my first truly LR shot and it was the greatest for me, and my dad and uncle to witness it. My uncle told me he would give me first shot and that was it. Thats all it took. I had my Ruger mk2 S/S in 300 Win mag with 180g Nosler Partitions that I handloaded myself at 3100fps. The scope was nothing fancy, just a Leupold vx2 3-9x40. No target knobs at the time. Did not even have a rangefinder at the time. We estimated the distance to be about 500 yards. I knew with my 300 yards zero that If I put the bottom part of the thick duplex on top of his back, he would be mine. Well the time finally came for the shot, he was moseying around, some cows would get in the way, etc.. I put the harris bipod in the sitting position becuz we were sitting on a hill, no prone available there. I finally got a chance to squeeze off the trigger and by the time I got back on him from the recoil, he was tumbling down the canyon. No shot for my uncle [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]. The bullet struck him right on the shoulder, dropping and killing him instantly. The 180g NP broke both shoulders and exited. I was so estatic I jumped up and shouted with glee. Later turns out, it was actually a 525 yard shot according to my rangefinder the next year. Sure I've made longer shots, but to me, my first bull elk is a great one. [/QUOTE]
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