CaptainMal
Silver $$ Contributor
Hunted in Georgia the past couple weeks. Finished with 4 does taken to 330 yards and two 8 pt. bucks. Used a muzzeloader, a 7MM mag, my "collector" 270 for three deer and the 257 Roberts (Bob) I call the "pawn shop rifle".
Here's the "little" 8 pt.
Nothing special here. Just my 270 at 160 yards. What's interesting is I parked the rifle after this and decided to use the 257 Bob that killed the giant 14pt. last year. Switched from 100 gr. bullets to 115 Nosler Ballistic Tips. During testing It flat out "murdered" gongs at 565 yards. Energy levels showed about 475 yards to be my top range to deliver 1,000 ft. lbs of energy. I practiced a lot a 450 yards because of that. Glad I did the 500 and 565 gong work.
Buck # 14 that I saw appeared at about 600 yards. It slowly walked toward me and started across a power line. Couple does were with it and none were in any hurry. Darn Bushnell laser is just not good enough at those ranges. I knew it would be under 600 and above 520 as there were power poles at 520 and a hill crest at 600. The deer were behind those poles but how far?
Perfect morning early with no wind and mirage yet. Sun had not gotten around the sunshade I had on the Burris 4.5 - 14. I checked my taped-on chart and remembered the hold for those 565 gongs was right at the point of the thick part of the bottom crosshair at 14 X. Tried a laser again and gave up. It was reading 538 but reading on what?
Man I want a Leica.
Decided to go with 540 and held for a rear shoulder hit. Sent it, the gun jumped and I watched a doe above this buck look down. Then that doe and another moved their heads left as if to follow something a little bit. They stopped.
Swear I saw movement into a dip below where the buck was standing.
Neat heh? My longest big-game kill to date. Yes!
Here's the "little" 8 pt.
Nothing special here. Just my 270 at 160 yards. What's interesting is I parked the rifle after this and decided to use the 257 Bob that killed the giant 14pt. last year. Switched from 100 gr. bullets to 115 Nosler Ballistic Tips. During testing It flat out "murdered" gongs at 565 yards. Energy levels showed about 475 yards to be my top range to deliver 1,000 ft. lbs of energy. I practiced a lot a 450 yards because of that. Glad I did the 500 and 565 gong work.
Buck # 14 that I saw appeared at about 600 yards. It slowly walked toward me and started across a power line. Couple does were with it and none were in any hurry. Darn Bushnell laser is just not good enough at those ranges. I knew it would be under 600 and above 520 as there were power poles at 520 and a hill crest at 600. The deer were behind those poles but how far?
Perfect morning early with no wind and mirage yet. Sun had not gotten around the sunshade I had on the Burris 4.5 - 14. I checked my taped-on chart and remembered the hold for those 565 gongs was right at the point of the thick part of the bottom crosshair at 14 X. Tried a laser again and gave up. It was reading 538 but reading on what?
Man I want a Leica.
Decided to go with 540 and held for a rear shoulder hit. Sent it, the gun jumped and I watched a doe above this buck look down. Then that doe and another moved their heads left as if to follow something a little bit. They stopped.
Swear I saw movement into a dip below where the buck was standing.
Neat heh? My longest big-game kill to date. Yes!
