kwp Report post Posted November 15, 2013 After not being drawn, a group of us picked up leftover tags. We all planned on hunting Friday thru Monday morning. On Saturday we were all able to help a good buddy's 10-year old son get his first buck. We continued hunting hard but Monday morning rolled around and my tag was still unfilled. We decided to go back to where we were opening day since we had seen a good number of bucks and felt that the area should hold some bigger bucks. After the long hike up the mountain we were in our glassing spot waiting for it to get light enough to glass. I was quickly able to find a buck feeding on a ridge around 1000 yards away. I could tell it was a 3 point but in the low light couldn't tell much about it. It joined a couple other smaller bucks that we had seen opening day and as it got lighter the buck looked pretty good. We decided to move closer to get in position to shoot. We moved to a small ridge closer to the buck and found him quickly. He was still feeding but acted like he was looking for a place to bed. The range was 500 yards, I adjusted the turret and once the buck presented a shot I squeezed the trigger and heard my brother say he's down. Here's some photos. I was shooting my new 300 Win Mag with Noslers new 210 grn Long Range Accubond. The bullet liked being pushed hard with my best groups at a muzzle velocity of 2860 fps. At 500 yards the velocity should have been around 2250 fps. The buck was quartered to me, I hit him right behind the shoulder, the bullet broke a few ribs, traveled about 2 ft through the bucks body and stopped just inside the hide of his opposite hind quarter. Below is a pic of the recovered bullet. Good looking mushroom with the solid base holding the bullet together. Weight of the bullet is 103 grn so approximately 50% weight retention. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flatlander Report post Posted November 15, 2013 Awesome buck. Great work on the part of the accubond Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted November 15, 2013 toad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted November 15, 2013 Gorgeous deer, and that performance is flawless! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHALE Report post Posted November 15, 2013 Great buck congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trophyhnter Report post Posted November 15, 2013 What a great buck! Great shootn....500 yards is a long poke! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cohntr6 Report post Posted November 15, 2013 What a leftover buck! Congrats. Jeff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apache7mm Report post Posted November 15, 2013 Wow congrats. DAN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azbulls Report post Posted November 15, 2013 Nice buck what unit did you have a leftover tag for Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bonecollector Report post Posted November 15, 2013 Congrats on a great buck and nice shootin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UAhunter Report post Posted November 15, 2013 Beautiful buck, congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dieselroe Report post Posted November 15, 2013 Wow, great bullet performance. I was considering these myself. Great looking buck to. He looks like a cousin to one I shot down that way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted November 15, 2013 Congratulations on a great buck! Love the shape of his rack with the way his beams come back in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha1545 Report post Posted November 15, 2013 Very nice Buck. Great shot! Thanks for the bullet performance info. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckhustle1 Report post Posted November 16, 2013 Nice buck, even better on a left over tag. Congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
