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ten days to go!
« on: September 18, 2019, 10:01:40 AM »
To my fellow smokepole pilgrims,

Good luck, everyone!  I hope your range practice has been good, and you are headed for places with good critter activity.  Let's hope a few of them keep the appointment on opening weekend! 

Cheers, Mark
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2019, 11:42:36 AM »
Just wanted to get some opinion- here is my last target paper- it is a standard pistol target. I had been hitting slightly right, now slightly left after adjustment. Is this about standard performance from the positions listed? 3 shots from 50 yards prone, one from fifty yards offhand, and one from 125 yards prone.
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2019, 01:09:25 PM »
Lots of variables so it's hard to say.  What are you shooting and what's your load?
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2019, 01:28:12 PM »
Should be a good year
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2019, 04:28:17 PM »
Super excited for the opener!  Hope everyone has a great time whether tags get filled or not!  :tup:
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2019, 04:38:37 PM »
Best hunting time of the year in Washington state good luck to everyone!
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2019, 07:26:27 PM »
Quote from: ctwiggs1 on September 18, 2019, 01:09:25 PM
Lots of variables so it's hard to say.  What are you shooting and what's your load?

Knight Mountaineer (Williams FPS peep, factory issue red fiber optic front bead with six-o'clock hold), 110 grains of Triple-Seven FFG, 300 grain Knight Bloodline .50 cal (bullet caliber .452).  Getting about 1850 feet per second. 

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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2019, 08:18:01 PM »
Can’t wait and all dialed in
100 yards on a rest
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2019, 10:45:00 AM »
Awesome shooting, Jake!  That looks really tight.  What is your set up? 

And 4x4, Kellama, and Bullmoose, I couldn't agree more. It is an awesome time to be out in the woods and mountains.  Out here, our deer herds are doing much better than the last 3-4 years, fortunately.  A couple mild winters and the mild summer here in SE WA have really helped them. 

Getting more excited each day! 
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2019, 12:20:55 PM »
100 grain triple F with a 295 grain powerbelt out of a CVA accura
Shot my bull last year at 80 yards and rolled him . They worked really well
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2019, 12:54:49 PM »
I’m cheating using a scope for Utah but here’s my 5 shot group at 200.


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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2019, 03:07:07 PM »
Nice group!!! What are you using?
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2019, 05:05:52 PM »
Thompson pro hunter with a Brux barrel with a 1:20 twist


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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2019, 05:35:33 PM »
Quote from: time2hunt on September 20, 2019, 05:05:52 PM
Thompson pro hunter with a Brux barrel with a 1:20 twist


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Is it a .45 cal?
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2019, 06:19:48 PM »
Ya


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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2019, 09:06:36 PM »
I got a new T/C that I hope to put to use. No misfires so far with black horn 209 powder.


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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #16 on: September 25, 2019, 09:35:40 PM »
It’s officially 10 days for muzzy elk !!!!
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2019, 05:37:47 PM »
Good luck everyone, with all this weather we have on the Eastside it should be a great opening day tomorrow, can wait to put boots on the ground at first light! :IBCOOL:
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #18 on: September 27, 2019, 08:04:23 PM »
Nothing like some snow to mix things up a bit, you are talking Muley opener tomorrow right? Good luck to all!
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #19 on: September 27, 2019, 09:07:18 PM »
I will be making a 10 mile loop in the morning that I can usually turn up some mulies on. Hopefully the snow and rain keeps them up and feeding
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #20 on: October 31, 2019, 02:20:55 PM »
Well our season has come and gone, how did everyone do?
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #21 on: October 31, 2019, 04:00:43 PM »
One 4x4 roosy bull and a 3x4 blacktail for me.  Hope everyone else did well!
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #22 on: November 01, 2019, 07:28:42 AM »
Quote from: WSU on October 31, 2019, 04:00:43 PM
One 4x4 roosy bull and a 3x4 blacktail for me.  Hope everyone else did well!

That's awesome, nice job! Let's see some pics  :tup:

I didn't get to hunt elk, but I got a 4x4 muley with eyeguards opening morning. I hope everyone else tagged out too or at leasthe have some good stories to tell!
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2019, 12:12:51 PM »


Posted it on the main elk board, too.

142 yards with Remington 700 UML. 250 grain Barnes bullet
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #24 on: November 05, 2019, 12:58:58 PM »
Beautiful bull.  Congrats!
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #25 on: November 05, 2019, 04:49:47 PM »
Wow! Beautiful bull! Congrats!
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #26 on: November 05, 2019, 07:20:24 PM »
Quote from: Dark2Dark on November 05, 2019, 12:12:51 PM


Posted it on the main elk board, too.

142 yards with Remington 700 UML. 250 grain Barnes bullet

That is AWESOME!
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #27 on: November 05, 2019, 08:19:26 PM »
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #28 on: November 05, 2019, 09:32:34 PM »
Awesome bull and nice photo! Looks like it was an amazing hunt  :tup:
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #29 on: November 07, 2019, 09:28:40 PM »
Nice buck!! Beautiful bull, congrats to both
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Re: ten days to go!
« Reply #30 on: November 07, 2019, 09:30:26 PM »
Quote from: Dark2Dark on November 05, 2019, 12:12:51 PM


Posted it on the main elk board, too.

142 yards with Remington 700 UML. 250 grain Barnes bullet

Congratulations!  :tup:

Great bull!
And great photo!
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