My 09 Rifle Buck

[F350]

Well I have never Rifle hunted for deer before. We have always archery hunted and love every minute of it. This year my wife and I decided that the dedicated hunter is the way to go. Found a freak buck on the archery openers but wasn't able to make it happen. Went out on the muzzleloader and got my wife a great 2x3 but wasn't able to drum up another buck. Then the rifle came around and with the hunt only being a five day hunt I knew i had to hit it hard. Nothing but does and fawns turned up all day Wednesday and half of Thursday Then Thursday late afternoon this buck peeked out from behind a small pine and let me have a crack at him. I'm shooting a Winchester Mod 70 in 300WSM. I hand load 210gr Berger VLD's and they are one heck of a bullet. Spent my entire spring and summer shooting my rifle getting prepared out to a 1000yds. Figured I would be ready for all situations that came along. I killed my Elk this year at 125 yards and this buck was only 75 yards but at least I was ready for long shots. Well I am very grateful for my for all the luck that my family has been blessed with. Hope you all had a much fun as we did.

 

[Wes]

F350
Congratulations on a great buck.
How did that Berger perform at that close range? I'm in the process of building a custom 7 mm mag and I'm looking at having my reamer set for the 168 vld.
Wes

 

[LoveBigRacks]

Nice buck, great job connecting on that one and congrats to your wife as well.

Would you mind telling me what kind of scope you have on your rifle?

LBR

 

[F350]

They did great. Pencil size entrance and about a 3.5" - 4" exit. We have been loading the 168VLD in my buddies 7MM mag. Awesome bullet. I also load the 168VLD in my wifes .280 Rem Im sold on the Bergers myself. High BC's and perform exactly how the say. Late expansion reaction. Its like putting a bomb in the vital area!

 

[F350]

Thanks for the kind words. The scope is Nikon monarch 4x16x50mm 1" tube and 1/4 MOA click adjustments with the side focus. I had to put a 25 MOA tapered base on my rifle to get out past a 1000 Yards but it is a very clear scope. I am a big Nikon fan though. I use the Nikon monarch 1200 rangefinder and it works great as well.
Thanks

 

[UngulateFoe]

Wow 210gr???!!!! Out of a 300WSM??? For deer??? Geez I'm surprised you didn't peek over your scope to see nothing but pieces after the shot! I pump the 168 VLD's out of my .300WSM for elk, works great.

Anyhow, very nice buck, congrats!

 

[treedagain]

great buck....

 

[rmanwill]

Congrats, nice buck. Thanks for sharing.

 

[F350]

LAST EDITED ON Nov-26-09 AT 02:35PM (MST)[p]Thanks to all for the kind words! It has been a great year for me and my family. We are truly grateful. Can't wait to get after it again next year! Best of luck to all of you!