SilverEagle
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Hi MM Members, first post for me. Just thought I would share our fun.
My son killed this buck on Saturday Sept 29th. Because he is a youth he was able to use his General Season permit during the muzzleloader hunt.
The story;
My dad and I took my son into the backcountry the night before. The moon was extremely bright, almost so too bright sleep. About 7:30 my dad spotted the lone buck over a mile away. My son and I gathered up our daypacks, dropped our heavy coats, and headed over towards the buck. About mid-morning the buck got up out of his bed and headed out of sight, but I felt he wouldn't go very far. At 11:30 while carefully scrolling (Mike Eastman reference) the terrain below me I located him lying in the shade of a large pine tree at about 300 yards. The wind was shifting and despite the smell of the boys? feet, I decided we should take our boots off. We crept towards the buck behind a large cluster of pines that would also serve as our shooting position. After successfully making the sneak I ranged the buck. He was staring right at us at 146 yards. I set the sight on the muzzleloader for 150 yards. Set the sight you might ask? Let me explain?
About 7 years ago I bought a White M-98 Elite Hunter in .504 cal. It came with a Lyman 57 target sight. Having shot 500 yards with my M16A2 during bootcamp I thought I would start perfecting the rifle for longer shots. After many trips to the range, and box after box of ?No-Excuses? I had sufficient data to shoot out to 300 yards with reasonable accuracy. Here?s a fact: the hold over at 300 yards is 84 inches. It took an 8 foot tall target to get that data?
Anyhow, while I was getting my boy set up for the shot the buck was alerted. He got up, stood behind the tree nearest for about 20 seconds which gave my son plenty of time to get comfortable but not too long that he was overcome with buck fever. As you would expect the buck started to leave, I told my son ?he's going to the left?. Out to our left was a small dried up meadow, brown as chocolate, as dry as the season. As the buck came into view I started to whistle as loud as I could. I didn't think he was going to stop but he did, right in the shooting lane. I started to say ?here?s your shot? but before I could finish he squeezed one off. Blinded by the smoke I looked as hard as I could and saw the buck drop. ?Holy ___ you got him? At that moment I thought, ?What did we do?? ?We are 5 miles from the trailhead!? after high fives and hugs I ranged the fallen buck, he was 240 long yards away. We fetched our boots, took pictures, field dressed the buck and placed him in the shade. When we returned with our backpacks I ?boned him out?. We pushed hard for the 5 miles, 50 yards at a time. It was a memorable hunt that we will never forget.
My son killed this buck on Saturday Sept 29th. Because he is a youth he was able to use his General Season permit during the muzzleloader hunt.
The story;
My dad and I took my son into the backcountry the night before. The moon was extremely bright, almost so too bright sleep. About 7:30 my dad spotted the lone buck over a mile away. My son and I gathered up our daypacks, dropped our heavy coats, and headed over towards the buck. About mid-morning the buck got up out of his bed and headed out of sight, but I felt he wouldn't go very far. At 11:30 while carefully scrolling (Mike Eastman reference) the terrain below me I located him lying in the shade of a large pine tree at about 300 yards. The wind was shifting and despite the smell of the boys? feet, I decided we should take our boots off. We crept towards the buck behind a large cluster of pines that would also serve as our shooting position. After successfully making the sneak I ranged the buck. He was staring right at us at 146 yards. I set the sight on the muzzleloader for 150 yards. Set the sight you might ask? Let me explain?
About 7 years ago I bought a White M-98 Elite Hunter in .504 cal. It came with a Lyman 57 target sight. Having shot 500 yards with my M16A2 during bootcamp I thought I would start perfecting the rifle for longer shots. After many trips to the range, and box after box of ?No-Excuses? I had sufficient data to shoot out to 300 yards with reasonable accuracy. Here?s a fact: the hold over at 300 yards is 84 inches. It took an 8 foot tall target to get that data?
Anyhow, while I was getting my boy set up for the shot the buck was alerted. He got up, stood behind the tree nearest for about 20 seconds which gave my son plenty of time to get comfortable but not too long that he was overcome with buck fever. As you would expect the buck started to leave, I told my son ?he's going to the left?. Out to our left was a small dried up meadow, brown as chocolate, as dry as the season. As the buck came into view I started to whistle as loud as I could. I didn't think he was going to stop but he did, right in the shooting lane. I started to say ?here?s your shot? but before I could finish he squeezed one off. Blinded by the smoke I looked as hard as I could and saw the buck drop. ?Holy ___ you got him? At that moment I thought, ?What did we do?? ?We are 5 miles from the trailhead!? after high fives and hugs I ranged the fallen buck, he was 240 long yards away. We fetched our boots, took pictures, field dressed the buck and placed him in the shade. When we returned with our backpacks I ?boned him out?. We pushed hard for the 5 miles, 50 yards at a time. It was a memorable hunt that we will never forget.
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