Adicted Report post Posted November 8, 2022 Well it was an interesting year and stressful year. Rewind 3 weeks before hunt. People that know me know that I shoot long distance quite a bit even have my own course I shoot by my house. I started shooting suppressed last year and to be honest not sure if it contributed to my issues last year but we missed alot of animals, too close that i'm use to. For elk and deer. Before the suppressor we were 18 for 18 on deer on my 300 win mag from 400-800 yds. With suppressor we missed quite a few. It really messed my head up. Well i headed to the range just to check and make sure i have a perfect zero and first shot i blew my suppressor off my rifle 50 yards down the range. I was extremely happy my son and I were not harmed. See the suppressor in the pic. Well here we are short time before hunt and now i have to re-zero, re-chrono, Check long range on the mtn again. What a mess. Well I was able to get this close as possible for my hunt and hoped for the best. Day 1 on the hunt and its flat out cold. Its my 2 kids and by neighbor who is a Pilot at Luke. Good guy. We found some deer but no bucks today. Day 2 and my oldest boy finds a buck at 840 yds and its a go. We set up and 1 shot he hammers the buck and its down. My 2 boys head over to get the deer and my neighbor and I stay and keep glassing. Well I glass over to the ridge over and I see a giant Mtn lion, and its going right where the deer is junior just shot. I jump on my 300 and my neighbor ranges 500. I have severe buck fever and am shaking. I take a shot and just below. He continues to walk slow and is under a tree at 540. I take my time and BOOM he takes hit (i believe) and hunches and jumps and straight down the hill where my sons deer is. Long story short, never find the lion. Day 3. No bucks in the moring. Later in the evening Junior and neighbor go out on there own and make a nice 330 yd shot. Long night for them Now day 4 with 1 more tag to fill. My youngest son. During the day we come across this bear two times. Click on the Bear Video Link Bear Video.MOV Last light I glass the buck up at 740 yds. My son jumps on the 300 and our scope is 5-25 power. At 25 power you couldnt see at all so we had to move down to 15. I said Dylan can you make a good shot that a long shot at 15 power. He said Dad I'm good and steady. I said OK let her rip. 1 shot and the deer rolled down the mtn. Was a great trip with my boys again. Late night that day and we had Green chile and Fresh deer backstrap when back. f 21 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted November 8, 2022 Sounds like a great hunt all around. Congrats. That's the biggest AZ bear I've seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Report post Posted November 8, 2022 What a crazy start to the hunt with blowing your suppressor clean off, yikes! Happy it all worked out with the success you all had. Congratulations and I love the pic of the loaded grill. Nice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZbowhntr Report post Posted November 8, 2022 Congrats on a great hunt. That bear looks huge. Tiny looking ears. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigorange Report post Posted November 8, 2022 Good stuff…huge congrats to all of you. Any idea how/why that suppressor blew off? That’s scary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted November 8, 2022 1 hour ago, bigorange said: Good stuff…huge congrats to all of you. Any idea how/why that suppressor blew off? That’s scary. Maybe it just loosen up? A few years when there was an outdoor show at Ben Avery in the spring a vendor had some Class lll rifles and while my son was shooting an AR the same thing happened and the can went about 30' down range. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted November 8, 2022 2 hours ago, bigorange said: Good stuff…huge congrats to all of you. Any idea how/why that suppressor blew off? That’s scary. Not 100% sure. I screwed it on and it felt weird. So I backed it off and put it back on and felt normal and locked it. Did the same thing I have done 500 times before. Then boom!!!. But obviously it wasnt on right and the bullet came out at an angle. Scary chit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted November 9, 2022 Just to let you guys know. My suppressor is a Silencerco and I sent it to them and it was repaired and back in my house in 7 days with no questions asked. Thats amazing to me. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HuntHarder Report post Posted November 9, 2022 51 minutes ago, Adicted said: Just to let you guys know. My suppressor is a Silencerco and I sent it to them and it was repaired and back in my house in 7 days with no questions asked. Thats amazing to me. What caused it to launch off? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted November 9, 2022 11 minutes ago, HuntHarder said: What caused it to launch off? See above Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha1545 Report post Posted November 9, 2022 With last years missed shots and this years kills without it me thinks you should leave it off. Congrats on a great hunt. Sorry about the lion though! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted November 9, 2022 29 minutes ago, Mocha1545 said: With last years missed shots and this years kills without it me thinks you should leave it off. Congrats on a great hunt. Sorry about the lion though! You are correct 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke-BE Report post Posted November 9, 2022 Looks like a great time congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HuntHarder Report post Posted November 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Adicted said: See above I saw that, curious how it screwed on crooked. Is it quick release or direct thread? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kaffer62 Report post Posted November 9, 2022 Did it damage the barrel at all? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
