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<blockquote data-quote="Good" data-source="post: 655645" data-attributes="member: 18866"><p>It was a beautiful brisk morning in the mountains of Arizona. My father and I had 4 wheeled a rough and not-so-well travelled road to a canyon called Wildhorse near the New Mexico border before dawn to hopefully get a shot at a mule deer buck. We're meat hunters (for the most part haha) and had missed a few opportunities closer to camp earlier in the week, so we made the long trek back to Wildhorse for some new scenery, and hopefully another shot.</p><p> </p><p>The sun started to come up as we glassed with our inexpensive and rough binoculars and my father harshly and without a whole lot of regard "whispered" in his usual tone, "THERE HE IS"! (Good memories! Dad was known for scaring off deer 100 yds away with that "whisper" of his, and earlier that week was no exception.) I looked over to where he was talking about and at an estimated 800 yds or so was the biggest mule deer I have ever seen. He was walking up a ridge to our right and when he made it up to the sunlight, the gleam off his antlers made my heart burn with desire! A second glance was needed as his rack was so big I thought he was an elk! </p><p> </p><p>I was carrying an old Springfield 30-06 and got down on a log and lined up for a few sighters. Having never practiced past 200yds, we couldn't spot the sighters at first but finally spotted one way low of our target. By the time I was able to get close to the deer he just walked over the hill and out of sight. Realizing the hike for chase was beyond our abilities and preparedness at the time, we decided not to give chase and I wound up shooting a big-bodied 2-point on the hill behind me at ~75 yds.</p><p> </p><p>I truly love the hunt. I currently don't have the money to get fully set up, but I joined this site to learn so maybe one day I'll be prepared to shoot that 200+" mulie when the opportunity presents itself. I've been trying to get my Rem 700 30-06 rebarrelled to 338RUM with an XCR takeoff barrel, that a good member here was nice enough to give me for free, for a couple years now and have been slowly buying parts towards that end. Without this site and it's members sparking research and learning I wouldn't know anything about how to be a better hunter towards that end. So that said, "thank you" to all you members who share your knowledge about long range hunting. Now I have a plan for my rifle, and one day may actually have the money to get it finished. Still have the Springfield and Win 88 .308 Win from when dad passed, and have added a Savage 110 in 7RM to the stable. Love this site!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p> </p><p>Tim. gun)---------------------------------------------------------------------------></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Good, post: 655645, member: 18866"] It was a beautiful brisk morning in the mountains of Arizona. My father and I had 4 wheeled a rough and not-so-well travelled road to a canyon called Wildhorse near the New Mexico border before dawn to hopefully get a shot at a mule deer buck. We're meat hunters (for the most part haha) and had missed a few opportunities closer to camp earlier in the week, so we made the long trek back to Wildhorse for some new scenery, and hopefully another shot. The sun started to come up as we glassed with our inexpensive and rough binoculars and my father harshly and without a whole lot of regard "whispered" in his usual tone, "THERE HE IS"! (Good memories! Dad was known for scaring off deer 100 yds away with that "whisper" of his, and earlier that week was no exception.) I looked over to where he was talking about and at an estimated 800 yds or so was the biggest mule deer I have ever seen. He was walking up a ridge to our right and when he made it up to the sunlight, the gleam off his antlers made my heart burn with desire! A second glance was needed as his rack was so big I thought he was an elk! I was carrying an old Springfield 30-06 and got down on a log and lined up for a few sighters. Having never practiced past 200yds, we couldn't spot the sighters at first but finally spotted one way low of our target. By the time I was able to get close to the deer he just walked over the hill and out of sight. Realizing the hike for chase was beyond our abilities and preparedness at the time, we decided not to give chase and I wound up shooting a big-bodied 2-point on the hill behind me at ~75 yds. I truly love the hunt. I currently don't have the money to get fully set up, but I joined this site to learn so maybe one day I'll be prepared to shoot that 200+" mulie when the opportunity presents itself. I've been trying to get my Rem 700 30-06 rebarrelled to 338RUM with an XCR takeoff barrel, that a good member here was nice enough to give me for free, for a couple years now and have been slowly buying parts towards that end. Without this site and it's members sparking research and learning I wouldn't know anything about how to be a better hunter towards that end. So that said, "thank you" to all you members who share your knowledge about long range hunting. Now I have a plan for my rifle, and one day may actually have the money to get it finished. Still have the Springfield and Win 88 .308 Win from when dad passed, and have added a Savage 110 in 7RM to the stable. Love this site!:D Tim. gun)---------------------------------------------------------------------------> [/QUOTE]
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