Mountain Lion 2016. Unit 121. Ruger Precision .243 Win. 204 yards
We could not have had a better day for hiking up a Mountain. About 12" of snow and little below freezing, we hiked about 3 hours close to the top of the Mountain. We wanting to make it to a deer wintering area. We saw a few deer throughout the hike.
We passed some older Lion tracks and a fresh set, but continued up.
We set up to do some calling and this Lion was sneaking in on the caller after about 30 minutes. A quick shot from me at a few hundred yards and I was able to harvest this amazing animal.
Everyone says Lion meat is excellent so in the freezer it will go.
Whitetail. Northeast Washington Savage Long Range Hunter in 7mm Rem mag 527 yards
I didn't have a whole lot of time for this hunt. I had a much bigger buck in the sights the day before but just couldn't get the shot I wanted and then when I did the scope had fogged some.
This buck pushed a smaller buck out of the way and would not allow for a shot. I had to drop down the mountain a few hundred yards for a better angle. Right before last light I was able to put him down with a quick shot at 527 yards.
Spring Bear Aladdin Unit. Ruger Precision Rifle .243 Win. 19" skull
We hunted pretty hard and lucked out seeing a big chocolate boar while loading my gear back into the truck. I was able to get 3 shots into this bear at 150 yards or so.
Elk in Wyoming. 285". Savage Long
Range Hunter 7mm Rem mag
I hit this bull twice at 904 and 922.
I went by myself rifle elk hunting about 30 miles from Yellowstone Park. I have been learning the art of long range shooting for about 2 years now.
My first night I found some Bulls but ran out of light and also had two white wolves harassing the herd.
I had a snow storm move in the next night, and I didn't find any elk.
The next morning I woke up to clear skies, fresh snow, and below freezing temperatures. About an hour after sunrise , I found four Bulls and shot this bull twice at 904 yards and 922. He has a few broken tines. About 16" worth
I spent the next day packing out the bull which was about a 20+ mile adventure. I had a Grizzly Sow and her cubs using my same trail everyday, but luckily I never ran into her.
Arizona Coues Deer. Unit 36a. 92.5 inches Savage Long Range Hunter 7mm Rem Mag 500 yards
The last hunt of the year. I drew an Arizona Coues Deer tag. I shot this on my second day of the hunt. We found this buck on day one but I passed. After some tine length figuring, I decided I would shoot it if we found it again.
It was a nice mature deer. I think the body is about the size of a yearling whitetail deer
. The meat will be good.
R. Mckinnon and myself decided to take up long range hunting. It was many hours of reading books and watching videos mostly online without a mentor. It can be done.
