Hunting & Fishing 2021 hunting kill thread

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Filled my last tag for the year. He's a 7-8yr old brute, 24" wide 6pt Whitetail. Love hunting the really mature bucks. 400yds with a 6.5saum 129gr ablr at 3200fps.
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How does the ABLR hold up for you? I have 200 of them and just loaded 10 to try with Rl16 out of my 18" 6.5 Creed. Hoping to see 2750-2780 fps like I get with the 130 Norma.
 
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How does the ABLR hold up for you? I have 200 of them and just loaded 10 to try with Rl16 out of my 18" 6.5 Creed. Hoping to see 2750-2780 fps like I get with the 130 Norma.
Amazing bullet
Here is a 129 that went through both shoulders of a bull elk at 250yds with 6.5cm. We've taken prob 50 large game with the ABLR and nothing but positive results. Too bad they doubled the price on them.
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Amazing bullet
Here is a 129 that went through both shoulders of a bull elk at 250yds with 6.5cm. We've taken prob 50 large game with the ABLR and nothing but positive results. Too bad they doubled the price on them.
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I want to try some in my 280AI but I can’t find any in 7 mm to save my life. The whole Berger detonating 💥 bullet thing is getting very old......

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It'd gonna be a cold winter this boy had some fat on him
Funny I have been saying the exact opposite about the three antelope I shot here in Wyoming. They had almost no fat. So far it has been a very warm Oct and Nov. My brother wants snow here when he comes for turkey day. I told him to get over it .........
 
That's awesome. I've heard great things but i'm weary of shot selection. Apparently they don't like angled shots.
I had good luck with the 2" original Rare until one made a 90 degree right turn on a routine 23 yard broadside on a doe. She was facing left and it cut the bottom of her heart, turned right, and stayed in her. She went almost a half mile. Took a few hours of tracking, but I found her. She laid down withing 30 yards, so I thought she was done. I stayed in the stand for another hour or more as I had other tags to fill. I switched back to fixed blades. The hypodermic may stay straighter. I had 6 pass through shots with the originals, but that one was enought to make me switch.
 

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I had good luck with the 2" original Rare until one made a 90 degree right turn on a routine 23 yard broadside on a doe. She was facing left and it cut the bottom of her heart, turned right, and stayed in her. She went almost a half mile. Took a few hours of tracking, but I found her. She laid down withing 30 yards, so I thought she was done. I stayed in the stand for another hour or more as I had other tags to fill. I switched back to fixed blades. The hypodermic may stay straighter. I had 6 pass through shots with the originals, but that one was enought to make me switch.
I had a similar experience. Fixed blade for me, got a doe yesterday, went ten yards.
 
saw your daughters buck on the Rokslide 77TMK thread. Congrats!
she was surprised I told her to shoot it. The deal is if the buck is trotting or walking and won’t stop it’s mine. If it stops and is a good angle it’s hers. It was stopped and a good angle so it was hers. The stuff we do for our kids.