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<blockquote data-quote="Trm82" data-source="post: 3035087" data-attributes="member: 77953"><p>My biggest WT and the story behind him </p><p>Back in 2005 me and two buddies decided to go hunt on some public lands with our atv which you could not ride till noon. </p><p>So we drove around in the truck and hunted grouse till then and jumped on the bikes. </p><p>Our target was elk that day and we were in a great area to get one however the 35 mph winds were not in our favour. </p><p>We didn't expect there to be any action that day with the winds but we did not care it's just fun to be in the bush enjoying nature. We basically were just out for a quad ride at this point. We got on a oilfield road and I was in the lead and we were going into the hurricane winds so I had my head tipped down to keep my hat on. </p><p>We got to a spot where there was water in the ditch and I looked up and this buck was drinking the water and I don't believe he could hear us come in due to the wind so we surprised the sheet out him. </p><p>He took off running paralleling the road and I knew he was good and had seconds to react before he turned a hard right and would be gone forever. </p><p>I had a tikka t3 270 wsm with a bushnell elite 2.5-10 which I put up to my eye and the f-in thing was on 10 power and at less than 50 yards it was impossible to find him. </p><p>So I had a split second to get the scope zoomed down to lower power and get my shot. </p><p>With the scope adjusted I raised my rifle put it on hair and pulled the trigger as he disappeared into the bush. </p><p>Couldn't tell if I had him or not so we waited on the road for 15 minutes my buddy that was behind me tells me he was going to shoot it from behind me but he had a piece of crap Remington 783 I think it was and he had been handloading for it which he had no clue how to do and I think he damaged the bolt with a hot load and when he went to put a cartridge in the chamber The bolt pulled right out of the gun <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></p><p>Anyways the stars aligned that day and I got the biggest buck of my life after we waited 15 minutes we went in and he was dead within 15 yards of entering the bush</p><p>These were the days before smart phones so no field photos of him just memories and he's on my wall to stare at daily haha. </p><p>He scored 180 5/8". </p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544049[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]544050[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trm82, post: 3035087, member: 77953"] My biggest WT and the story behind him Back in 2005 me and two buddies decided to go hunt on some public lands with our atv which you could not ride till noon. So we drove around in the truck and hunted grouse till then and jumped on the bikes. Our target was elk that day and we were in a great area to get one however the 35 mph winds were not in our favour. We didn’t expect there to be any action that day with the winds but we did not care it’s just fun to be in the bush enjoying nature. We basically were just out for a quad ride at this point. We got on a oilfield road and I was in the lead and we were going into the hurricane winds so I had my head tipped down to keep my hat on. We got to a spot where there was water in the ditch and I looked up and this buck was drinking the water and I don’t believe he could hear us come in due to the wind so we surprised the sheet out him. He took off running paralleling the road and I knew he was good and had seconds to react before he turned a hard right and would be gone forever. I had a tikka t3 270 wsm with a bushnell elite 2.5-10 which I put up to my eye and the f-in thing was on 10 power and at less than 50 yards it was impossible to find him. So I had a split second to get the scope zoomed down to lower power and get my shot. With the scope adjusted I raised my rifle put it on hair and pulled the trigger as he disappeared into the bush. Couldn’t tell if I had him or not so we waited on the road for 15 minutes my buddy that was behind me tells me he was going to shoot it from behind me but he had a piece of crap Remington 783 I think it was and he had been handloading for it which he had no clue how to do and I think he damaged the bolt with a hot load and when he went to put a cartridge in the chamber The bolt pulled right out of the gun 🤣 Anyways the stars aligned that day and I got the biggest buck of my life after we waited 15 minutes we went in and he was dead within 15 yards of entering the bush These were the days before smart phones so no field photos of him just memories and he’s on my wall to stare at daily haha. He scored 180 5/8”. [ATTACH type="full"]544049[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]544050[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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