Hunting & Fishing 2021 hunting kill thread

Took a good friend out a couple days ago to try and fill his general tag. Glassed this guy up at 2 miles with several other bulls and cows. After a straight up 2 mile death march we closed the distance to 300yds.
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Just returned a few days ago from my first Alaskan hunt…Epic; Exceptional and Exhausting.

Used a small basic Outfitter (excellent, more later)

18 days total, 13 of them hunting due to moving camp 5x and of course weather.

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473 yards, 190 Barnes LRX 300 win factory ammo in Blaser R8, Swaro Z8i 1-8, NL Pure 12x42

Next hunt to SE AK, same equipment looking to harvest a nice Billy


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804 yards 300 win 190 LRX top of this bowl

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Wow, what an amazing trip! Congrats.
 
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6.5 PRC. 6.5 SAUM. And 6 creed have drawn blood.
 

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Well…deer down? Not really the kind of success we were looking for.
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Headed for a MT Muley hunt, my buddy absolutely annihilated this doe with his F350. Cracked radiator, waiting on a tow. Glad we switched drivers, it would have been me driving 5 minutes prior.
 
My first Elk. We saw a few better ones but this guy came in at 70 yards with about 30 cows. I got exited and took the shot. I hit him with a 200 grain ELDX going 3100. The bullet only took out the first lung. It completely fragged on impact and only got about 10” of penetration
 

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That is some serious velocity...How did the bullets fare?
Haven't recovered one yet. Impact velocity on the elk was around 2600fps it absolutely destroyed the chest cavity and exited through the shoulder she was on her feet for about 2 seconds

The mule deer took a shot hard quartering in at the last rib out between the shoulder and neck.....heart lungs liver he did a backflip and landed on his head. Impact was probably over 3250fps

I have some blood and gore pictures. Feel free to message me if you want to see them. PVA posted some on Instagram of the elk
 
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That must have made a mess in the chest cavity. I shot mine with a 200gr federal terminal accent. I was surprised it was caught in the off side hide. Mine hit a rib on both sides though. I almost switched to the eldx for this year.


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I will take a different bullet next time. I like the look of your recovered bullet. I think the ELDX performs better at a lower velocity
 
So what started as a rough week (post #121) ended well. Four guys, three Montana Non-Resident General Deer tags, one Montana Non-Resident Antelope tag. Not one of us ended the week eating tag soup. All public land hunting, and one very nice gentleman who gave permission for us to access a landlocked BLM section through his property. That secluded BLM section happened to be where two of us, including me, filled our tags. A local auto shop even managed to get my buddy’s truck fixed (enough) in time for the 18 hour drive home. A great week despite some ups and downs.
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7mm SAW II / 151gr PVA Cayuga, 170 yards. My first Mule Deer on my first Montana hunting trip. Not my biggest deer, but definitely my most memorable with some great stories.
 
Oklahoma muzzleloader season and I'm out with my smokeless. Had a tiny one pop up and thought what the hell. I've never seen a deer actually knocked off it's feet before. That 300 grain bullet at 2900 fps does a number. Took the far side shoulder off. Not a ton salvageable, but it's going to make some good bacon. No pics, but a person could fit their head in the exit wound.
 
Oklahoma muzzleloader season and I'm out with my smokeless. Had a tiny one pop up and thought what the hell. I've never seen a deer actually knocked off it's feet before. That 300 grain bullet at 2900 fps does a number. Took the far side shoulder off. Not a ton salvageable, but it's going to make some good bacon. No pics, but a person could fit their head in the exit wound.
Let‘s see that smokepole
 
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someone got a little carried away on the blaze orange requirements... face painting is not needed. nice buck!
I like to color match my photo editing. 😂

Depends who else is in range. I’ve been on public land in WI that I would have liked an APC to get through the line of flatlanders 100 yards from their vehicles.
That was actually an issue out in MT too. First day out we got onto a herd and were making a plan to get closer and shift our angle. Noticed the deer started paying attention upwind (into private property, general direction of a residence…downrange, which was the reason we were planning and not shooting). I noticed a little blaze orange dot pop over a ridge on that private land and we almost immediately heard a shot. He was easily inside 250 yards, and 100% missed. They all spooked, jumping the fence onto his private land. He was easily shooting within a 5-10° angle of us. I was pissed. We all backed off the hill and heard a few more shots. Not sure he ever even noticed we were there.
 
Pretty decent for flatland NC. These two youngins love eating “big buck.” There was a time they’d pass up a steak for venison. 120 yards with a 168 TMK. He never even twitched. I think the bullet blew up on a bean stalk before impact. Anyone hunt with TMKs?
 

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SC buck shot in a cutover at 275 yards with a 260 Remington 120 TTSX H4350. Flopped him too.
 

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