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After twenty years of watching me leave to hunt and fifteen of me taking my three boys hunting, she was finally ready to go. Our last headed to college this fall and I guess she felt this was her time. She’s a lefty which meant new rifle. She got her Christensen Arms 7mm mag dialed in and I had her shooting to 500 fairly quickly. She drew a tough unit with only 15 tags but I’d seen elk in one canyon pretty often in Jan OTC deer so I was hoping they’d be their when is was warmer. Pre scouting showed they were there but bear hunters and early hunts had them holding in deeper canyons. After four days of hiking and glassing our work paid off we picked them up mid day but they pegged us and pushed a mile back. I sent my boy after them to keeps eyes on from a distance and we circled around behind them but they didn’t flop over to where I thought they would. My son watched them bed in thick juniper at three so we backed out again and circled back to where we thought they’d pop out at sun down and move across a ridge. At 4:30 two hunters we didn’t know were right below decided they’d had enough and packed out to their truck and left. Good luck for us. At 5:00 they popped out like we thought and moved across an open ridge. We cut the distance to 600 yards by 5:45 and got her setup. So funny because game time was much more stressful then practice shooting but she held it together First shot was back a little and the elk just stood there as the Barnes passed right through (I’m on the fence on this bullet performance). She was at a steep angle so my bad for not adjusting her point of aim. I adjusted her turret down a bit and next shot punched through the shoulder and back into the boiler room. Elk fell back and was done. Nice steep climb to the elk but easy pack down. She did great. So proud of her. Never complained and carried her own gear and rifle. Thanks to my son who works at GoHunt for some new gear for us and for his work on the spotter. She’s hooked and still has a grin on her face.

My two boys and my niece drew 20C youth tags this year and we knew it was going to be a challenge as it is a unit that we have never hunted. We did multiple scouting trips and were only finding does, fawns and a handful of spikes or small two points. As the hunt started we settled on an area that seemed to have a high deer density and just kept pounding away looking for some bucks. The second morning of the hunt we found ourselves glassing some country we had not worked over yet. Right away, I glassed up a bigger 2 point and a smaller one. My older boy told his brother to take the shot on the bigger buck. One shot at 543 yards and the buck was down. We had to reposition as the smaller buck had moved around a small rise in the ridge and joined some does. We got my niece to 282 yards and she hammered the buck. My brother was able to carry the smaller buck over so that we could get pictures all together. We headed home to get some work done and regroup. We got back out into the unit on Thursday night in hopes of my son filling his tag. We made a plan to look over some new country but were met with the same old story: does and fawns. We found a nasty 4x4 road that got us back into some great looking country and the best part is there were not any other fresh tire tracks on the road. It appeared that we would be alone back there. We made the slow crawl in the side by side early Saturday morning. We glassed and glassed and glassed some more. The country was beautiful, the weather was beautiful and we were seeing... you guessed it! Does and fawns. About 8:30 am, my dad made a move about a 1/4 mile away to get a look at some other country that we could not see from our vantage point. Within a few minutes he glassed up a mature buck. He let us know and we joined him. We made a quick plan and made a move on the buck to get closer. As we were trying to get into a position that we could see the buck as well as get into a stable shooting position, the buck bedded. We found a spot we could shoot from and started to relocate the buck. After some communication with my dad we found him in his bed at 520 yards. The first shot was a little high over his back which caused the buck to stand and move about 20 yards to the left. When he stopped, the second shot rang true. Heart shot, and he piled up. We made our way to the buck and were pleasantly surprised. My son was super excited and it was great to see all of the hard work pay off.

Got my elk back. Everything looks fantastic. Both young men I interacted with were a pleasure to deal with.

Well now that my daughter can no longer put in as jr, she and I put in for cow elk in 6A together. The draw gods were on our side and we got drawn. I used my oldest sons archery 6A bull hunt as a pre-scouting trip for our hunt. Well needless to say, everywhere we saw cow elk a month earlier these spots were empty. Opening day turned up nothing, Saturday in a new spot heard some bugles, high tailed it up the mountain in chase. While trying to get ahead of the bull I notice movement about 60 yds away. It was a black bear lumbering our way. I did buy an OTC bear tag because during my sons hunt we came across 2 different bears. I asked my daughter, should I shoot this bear and then hunt elk later, she said yes. I take a knee and squeeze the trigger. The bear buckles, does a summersault and is rolling around. I’m just completely beside my self that I just shot a bear. I look up and the bear gets up and runs down hill. Now I’m wondering…. Uh oh, where did I hit this bear and how pissed off is this bear if it’s not dead. We both unholster our sidearms and cautiously walk up. We find blood, bits of bone and the ground is all torn up where the bear was rolling around. Reading and hearing stories about bears, especially hurt bears I wasn’t going to put my daughters life in danger rummaging around the thick brush. We backed out and we’re going to give it a day to possibly bleed out. Obviously after that gun shot the bulls quit bugling. We went to a new spot where I was able to tag a very small cow elk…..aka calf. Yesterday after miles and miles of hill climbing my daughter was able to tag her 3rd cow elk. She was completely exhausted and of course the $hit talking hasn’t stopped since hers was so much bigger. We did end up going back to where I shot the bear, but with the amount of rain we received all the blood was washed away and we both still were very wary about looking through the brush. Take away…..shoot again and again if uncertain!!! Great trip all around, county was absolutely beautiful with the leaves changing and memories that will last a lifetime!!! sorry for the sideways pics.

It is a pretty slick system, Sig has with the BDX. I use it and recommend the rangefinders and phone app for friends. As for the scope, shots inside 400 have a pretty big margin of error built in, especially on elk. Past 400 the errors that can creep into the system make it less reliable. When it comes to long range, nothing beats an excellent scope and just dialing on the dope. There are many reasons why dialing is more accurate. And, while I use gadgets and electronics, I have redundancy down to paper data based on the atmospheric conditions for my hunting rifles. I won't just rely on the scope and rangefinder.

I picked 20b for my muzzleloader hunt due to working there and seeing an abundance of deer. But come mid June they vanished. Thinking they headed up the hills into the cooler climbs of the Bradshaws. The deer are returning to the lower hills, saw several the other day. Maybe I'll get to pop one? Using the Thompson Hawkins. 54 and packing in where the atvs ain't.

On my way to the office What greeted me when I got in

Millers does a awesome job. They always do my javelinas. Mark at Millers is a awesome Taxidermist too.

Great job!

Jack-A-Lope.

That doesn’t sound like the best way to me. Why would you want to start off your hunt with your gun not as perfectly zeroed as possible. The only way to accomplish that is a solid rest. i always see dudes at the range shooting without a good rest, like bipod only no rear rest.

Heck yeah buddy. These rifles are so good and no one believes it until they have one.

“Your worst nightmare” “Someone trying to impede your success” you guys are as dramatic as old women. im sure everyone wants to kill a huge buck. It’s a hunt, shoot happens. It’s gonna be fun.

Checking the scope for zero , makes a difference if all over the place. Especially with a used scope. Just info. , not that it was the same problem

thats about how the govt works.

Very good learning experience and very observant on your part!! There are only two ogives on the market. While Berger contends their hybrids are actually a blend of the two, secant and tangent, it's a tangent (I know Brian Litz is going to disagree with that! LOL) A secant ogive moves the nose of the bullet back from the lands while a tangent ogive moves it forward closer to the lands. A bullet seated closer to the lands can multiply the pressure exponentially! Over pressure puts needless wear and tear on the brass and your rifle's action! Start a new load. You may see the best load ever for that rifle! How do you tell secant from tangent? The secant has a sharp pointed nose where the tangent is more curved and gradual.

Price drop 2250

The warranty is great! Cause you'll need it. Hopefully not during a hunt but who knows.

No, you poached a buck thanks to yourself. Change the title. Be a man, accept that you fukked up entirely on your own

This is 0% gohunts fault. And I hate those websites because they bring out of state hunters here who are flat too lazy read the regulations.

Not reading that wall of text but I find it hard to believe someone could be dumb enough to use Gohunt? As their source for state by state hunting regulations. I mean nobody is that stupid

Updated with new pricing. Separating into components. Gun, dies and rail $900 Zeiss V4 4-16x44 $700 ($850 with zeiss precision rings)

My first year predator hunting, Had no spots and no experience, so after picking my uncles brain, lots of miles on the truck and getting a fox pro for my 17th bday I got a few predators thinned out. Never ended up getting my goal of a bobcat or lion but Now I have a life long obsession when I got no tags or hunts going on.

I'm at a waste water treatment plant in CA this week. Nobody wants to see my view.

Out my picture window just now...