Recent content by monarckelk

Try and find a 1 power scope for a crossbow. It's an effort of frustration

Runny wounded animal. 40 yards at most. Shoot until they are down. 1st 2 shots were walking across dirt road. We snuck in on them. After 2 shots elk started running. Passed from right to left. Was shooting browning bar semiautomatic. Very fast follow up shots in ponderosa pines. Of course the...

The second deer shot was a large 3 point that we wanted the cape from to redo my father's mount. I had my brother in law and father come check it to make sure neck was large enough. They watched the first shot make ripples as it exited the back chest cavity. I shot from rock just over 100 yards...

I shot a coyote at 100 yards on opening morning that same year. Perfect heart shot with 150 grain in what should have been expanding bullets. He ran off like he was never hit. Found him below in the trees on 5th morning with a very small hole out the back. It never expanded but was lethal after...

I am in the minority with 88man I guess. I came across long range hunting about 13 years ago after wounding 2 deer in one year. The shots were within range and adequately placed as viewed by others from camp but the bullets failed. I was told not to return to hunt unless I found better bullets...