Jake J Report post Posted December 3, 2016 Dad and I had two coues tags day after Thanksgiving. We weren't able to put a ton of time into the hunt, so our expectations were not very high. We decided we would not shoot anything under the 80"ish range until Monday morning. The first 3 days we saw probably 5 or so bucks. Passed on a couple small bucks, and the one big one we saw(mid 90" range, that's big to me lol) was on a bluff line about a mile and half out and disappeared quick. So Monday morning rolled around and about 20 minutes into it, I glassed up a little meat buck. We always have the gun down in a comfortable place, and the essentials ready for a long range shot, because thats how we pick our spots. IMO you can glass them up at long range distances all you want, but if you can't get down on the gun, your done as far as a long shot goes. Dad ranged 760yds on the BR-2, and had a 3-4mph 3:00. He dialed it up, and got back on his glass. I was rock solid on the buck and level as he stood broadside, and was slightly preloaded. As I waited for correction calls or redialing if needed, all's I heard was "send it." Not one second later the 300gr Berger was on the way. Shot was perfect, just behind the front shoulder. Being a long packout, we took the rest of the day off. Tuesday morning had us finding the mid 90's buck agian in range, but not getting it done. Last day we had to hunt was Wednesday. We started our walk in to our spot and I thought to myself how tough my dad is. 65 years old with Parkinson's disease for 7 years, still hiking about a mile gaining about 1000 feet of elevation in desert country, every day of the hunt. My hat's off to you. We glassed up another meat buck, and being our last day, we were guna try to double up. I was now spotter and dad was shooter. The buck kept moving down and my elevation solution kept changing. Than the buck made a fatal error and decided to bed. We took our time. I ranged 864yds, and dialed 17.5 minutes elevation. I had a 2-3mph 9:00 wind, so I dialed 1.2 minutes left with spindrift. I told my dad hold a little forward if anything. Their was brush in the way in front of the buck so my dad said "get the critter call out of my pack and give a couple bleats." I hit the call about three times and the buck stood up but never moved location. Gun went boom and as I spotted, it looked like someone shot that deer point blank with a 30-06. Perfect behind the shoulder shot. After another challenging packout, a couple beers at Roosevelt Lake Resort were in order ha. It's amazing when your e.s(extreme spread) is in the single digits, how accurate these long range rigs can be! Shout out to my buddy Kris for help with packouts! 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest oneshot Report post Posted December 3, 2016 Congrats... Hunting with Dad is always special... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dustin25 Report post Posted December 4, 2016 Thats one loud call if that buck reacted at 864 yards....Look like nice bucks to me! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattys281 Report post Posted December 4, 2016 Two tags filled, sounds like an awesome hunt. Congrats to you guys, good work gents! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke-BE Report post Posted December 4, 2016 Great write up and congrats on a fine hunt 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZbowhntr Report post Posted December 4, 2016 That is awesome. Way to get it done. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
