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10-08-2015, 01:49 PM
For the last 5+ years, I've been heading north for my "big" hunt of the year. This year, I decided to stay home and hunt local WK elk.
I booked 6 days off from work for hunting, and managed to call in a young 5x6 bull in on day two. He was really vocal, and came readily in to a combination of bugling and cow calling. I shot him at about 60 yard, and he bolted. I managed to get another shot into him, but he still ran over 200 yards before he went down. Both my shots were double lung pass-throughs. Elk are TOUGH!
I started handloading last year, and this was the first animal I have taken with one of my own loads. I was using a 308 Win. with a 168 Barnes TTSX in front of 43.5 grains of Varget (~MV 2715 fps).
Anyway, my freezer will be full again!
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc215/goatcamp/Elk%20AIL_zpszlj2djxm.jpg (http://s219.photobucket.com/user/goatcamp/media/Elk%20AIL_zpszlj2djxm.jpg.html)
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc215/goatcamp/unnamed_zpskxaesnlw.jpg (http://s219.photobucket.com/user/goatcamp/media/unnamed_zpskxaesnlw.jpg.html)
I booked 6 days off from work for hunting, and managed to call in a young 5x6 bull in on day two. He was really vocal, and came readily in to a combination of bugling and cow calling. I shot him at about 60 yard, and he bolted. I managed to get another shot into him, but he still ran over 200 yards before he went down. Both my shots were double lung pass-throughs. Elk are TOUGH!
I started handloading last year, and this was the first animal I have taken with one of my own loads. I was using a 308 Win. with a 168 Barnes TTSX in front of 43.5 grains of Varget (~MV 2715 fps).
Anyway, my freezer will be full again!
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc215/goatcamp/Elk%20AIL_zpszlj2djxm.jpg (http://s219.photobucket.com/user/goatcamp/media/Elk%20AIL_zpszlj2djxm.jpg.html)
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc215/goatcamp/unnamed_zpskxaesnlw.jpg (http://s219.photobucket.com/user/goatcamp/media/unnamed_zpskxaesnlw.jpg.html)