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New Mexico elk @ 459 yds
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<blockquote data-quote="RDM416" data-source="post: 132717" data-attributes="member: 3745"><p>Thanks for all the comments / congrats guys. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif</p><p></p><p>Mountainsheep, Yeah that 120++ BPM hear rate sure don't help! That's part of the reason I tote around that 17 lb beast from Kirby! All that weight tames the heart beat shake quite a bit, but carrying all that weight up the mountain gets you more out of breath and raises your heart rate even more, maybe it just equals out in the end /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif</p><p></p><p>AJ, Thanks, and I did learn a lot. Each hunt is a learning experience. Some hunts the lessons are a bit more severe than others. By the way, you mentioned muleys. It sounds like you have some muley experience, do you know a good outfitter for a muley hunt. Robby, that I mentioned in my NM hunt and I are wanting to do a muley hunt next fall and are trying to locate a good place to go. </p><p></p><p>Fiftydriver, Thanks for the kind words. I like your comments about those who think this is easy. As a relative novice at the LR game it has been interesting to watch how other hunters in camp react. Most comment that if they had that kind of gear they could shoot that far too.......and for the most part they are largly right. The gear does help. But then comes these situations like you and I (and many others) experienced and you learn it is not enough to simply be able to range the critter and hold the crosshairs steady. It is all this wind, elevation, angle, humidity, etc, etc that make the game complicated.......and fun! </p><p></p><p>I have been trading e-mails with Richard. I ordered some of the 325's he just made and some 300's. I probably should try some of the 350's as well. I thought the 375's were probably a little heavy for my Khan, maybe better suited to a 338 AM? Speaking of trying different bullets, I have already got over 300 rounds down the barrel of my new Kahn. When you get a chance drop me a PM and lets discuss getting another barrel made up for it. I would like to have an extra barrel so when I get this one burned up, I can just replace it rather than wait months on getting one made then. </p><p></p><p>As for the NM elk hunt. Yes we do take a very limited number of clients each year. Last fall we did one, five day hunt. 5 bull tags and 1 cow tag. We went 6 for 6. My bull was the largest, with another 6X7 (robby's) at around 300", a 5X6 at around 320", and a couple of nice 5X5s. I had 370 7X7 in my crosshairs at one point, but he was 650 yards and moving through quite a bit of brush and my setup was not real solid. He got away before I got comfortable with the shot and we never found him again. This was actually a bad year for antlers because the growing season was very dry. We have killed a good number of 350 to 370 class bulls over the years with largest a 388 taken two years ago. It is a great place for LR because the country is very open. If you or anyone else out there on the site are ever interested in going drop me PM and we can discuss it further.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDM416, post: 132717, member: 3745"] Thanks for all the comments / congrats guys. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Mountainsheep, Yeah that 120++ BPM hear rate sure don't help! That's part of the reason I tote around that 17 lb beast from Kirby! All that weight tames the heart beat shake quite a bit, but carrying all that weight up the mountain gets you more out of breath and raises your heart rate even more, maybe it just equals out in the end [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] AJ, Thanks, and I did learn a lot. Each hunt is a learning experience. Some hunts the lessons are a bit more severe than others. By the way, you mentioned muleys. It sounds like you have some muley experience, do you know a good outfitter for a muley hunt. Robby, that I mentioned in my NM hunt and I are wanting to do a muley hunt next fall and are trying to locate a good place to go. Fiftydriver, Thanks for the kind words. I like your comments about those who think this is easy. As a relative novice at the LR game it has been interesting to watch how other hunters in camp react. Most comment that if they had that kind of gear they could shoot that far too.......and for the most part they are largly right. The gear does help. But then comes these situations like you and I (and many others) experienced and you learn it is not enough to simply be able to range the critter and hold the crosshairs steady. It is all this wind, elevation, angle, humidity, etc, etc that make the game complicated.......and fun! I have been trading e-mails with Richard. I ordered some of the 325's he just made and some 300's. I probably should try some of the 350's as well. I thought the 375's were probably a little heavy for my Khan, maybe better suited to a 338 AM? Speaking of trying different bullets, I have already got over 300 rounds down the barrel of my new Kahn. When you get a chance drop me a PM and lets discuss getting another barrel made up for it. I would like to have an extra barrel so when I get this one burned up, I can just replace it rather than wait months on getting one made then. As for the NM elk hunt. Yes we do take a very limited number of clients each year. Last fall we did one, five day hunt. 5 bull tags and 1 cow tag. We went 6 for 6. My bull was the largest, with another 6X7 (robby's) at around 300", a 5X6 at around 320", and a couple of nice 5X5s. I had 370 7X7 in my crosshairs at one point, but he was 650 yards and moving through quite a bit of brush and my setup was not real solid. He got away before I got comfortable with the shot and we never found him again. This was actually a bad year for antlers because the growing season was very dry. We have killed a good number of 350 to 370 class bulls over the years with largest a 388 taken two years ago. It is a great place for LR because the country is very open. If you or anyone else out there on the site are ever interested in going drop me PM and we can discuss it further. [/QUOTE]
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