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Hunting & Fishing Hunting Whitetails with FGGM
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Re: Hunting Whitetails with FGGM
Here are two from this past winter both were shot using 168 grain SMK.
Here are two from this past winter both were shot using 168 grain SMK.
Re: Hunting Whitetails with FGGM
Again, not a whitetail exactly, but last December I spotted some hogs east of my parents' farmhouse and grabbed the LR-308 with 10x Bushnell 3200. My TangoDown bipod long ago folded up; good thing the 19-round mag makes a great monopod. I'm zeroed at 200m and they looked farther away than that, so I sighted at the top of the biggest one's shoulder--she was standing broadside to me--and fired one Rem Match 168SMK. Critter DRT, I mean just flopped over without a wiggle and began to assume room temperature.
When I made my way downrange, the hog was pointed almost directly away from me, so she must have turned at the last second. I expected a big exit wound but couldn't find any booolet hole immediately, and after a minute's looking finally located an entry wound low in the belly just ahead of the right hind leg. That meant she was prolly a little more than 200m away and the 168SMK traveled almost the length of her. Didn't feel a thing, I hope.
My dad came out the next day and, though I estimated her to be something over 200 pounds, he said definitely more than 300, and he's a professional hog farmer who's been estimating hog weights for decades. He was mighty glad to see a threat to this season's crops eliminated, although her 8-10 friends got away. I also must say my LR-308/Bushnell is one GTG rig because I hadn't fired it in a year and it didn't lose zero. So I'll shoot at whitetails with confidence, if I see any with antlers next season.
Again, not a whitetail exactly, but last December I spotted some hogs east of my parents' farmhouse and grabbed the LR-308 with 10x Bushnell 3200. My TangoDown bipod long ago folded up; good thing the 19-round mag makes a great monopod. I'm zeroed at 200m and they looked farther away than that, so I sighted at the top of the biggest one's shoulder--she was standing broadside to me--and fired one Rem Match 168SMK. Critter DRT, I mean just flopped over without a wiggle and began to assume room temperature.
When I made my way downrange, the hog was pointed almost directly away from me, so she must have turned at the last second. I expected a big exit wound but couldn't find any booolet hole immediately, and after a minute's looking finally located an entry wound low in the belly just ahead of the right hind leg. That meant she was prolly a little more than 200m away and the 168SMK traveled almost the length of her. Didn't feel a thing, I hope.
My dad came out the next day and, though I estimated her to be something over 200 pounds, he said definitely more than 300, and he's a professional hog farmer who's been estimating hog weights for decades. He was mighty glad to see a threat to this season's crops eliminated, although her 8-10 friends got away. I also must say my LR-308/Bushnell is one GTG rig because I hadn't fired it in a year and it didn't lose zero. So I'll shoot at whitetails with confidence, if I see any with antlers next season.
Re: Hunting Whitetails with FGGM
this thread subject has gone around many times....
those who have`nt done it say it can`t be done.
Many of us who have done it.... with SMK`s know it works....
I have shot 2- (5x5+cow ) elk and a few deer (200#) with SMK`s.... I would not hesitate to use them again....
Now I`m not saying they`ll penetrate like a solid or partition.I shoot heart-lung areas...no rump shots
Accuracy and shot placement is key...
Go to Long Range Hunting.Com....listen to guys who do it...sucessfully....research... google....
many pics have been posted by commercial shooters who stack up elk-deer-bear by the truck load,using SMK`s
Bill Larson
this thread subject has gone around many times....
those who have`nt done it say it can`t be done.
Many of us who have done it.... with SMK`s know it works....
I have shot 2- (5x5+cow ) elk and a few deer (200#) with SMK`s.... I would not hesitate to use them again....
Now I`m not saying they`ll penetrate like a solid or partition.I shoot heart-lung areas...no rump shots
Accuracy and shot placement is key...
Go to Long Range Hunting.Com....listen to guys who do it...sucessfully....research... google....
many pics have been posted by commercial shooters who stack up elk-deer-bear by the truck load,using SMK`s
Bill Larson
