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Offline BA Mongor

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Re: My 1st Montana trip
« Reply #15 on: December 23, 2024, 07:46:56 AM »
Nice buck !

I like the part about feeling comfortable shooting 674-yards in a howling wind!

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Re: My 1st Montana trip
« Reply #16 on: December 23, 2024, 07:54:52 AM »
Great buck!!

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Re: My 1st Montana trip
« Reply #17 on: December 23, 2024, 11:18:36 AM »
Nice buck !

I like the part about feeling comfortable shooting 674-yards in a howling wind!
There was 0 wind where I set up to shoot.  However the coulee where the buck bedded was a different story.  Those Montana winds are weird.

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Re: My 1st Montana trip
« Reply #18 on: December 23, 2024, 04:33:15 PM »
Nice buck !

I like the part about feeling comfortable shooting 674-yards in a howling wind!
There was 0 wind where I set up to shoot.  However the coulee where the buck bedded was a different story.  Those Montana winds are weird.
Most people do not understand how the winds work over there if they’ve never hunted there/

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Re: My 1st Montana trip
« Reply #19 on: December 23, 2024, 05:01:19 PM »
Nice buck !

I like the part about feeling comfortable shooting 674-yards in a howling wind!
There was 0 wind where I set up to shoot.  However the coulee where the buck bedded was a different story.  Those Montana winds are weird.
Most people do not understand how the winds work over there if they’ve never hunted there/
I understand now though.

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Re: My 1st Montana trip
« Reply #20 on: December 23, 2024, 05:13:41 PM »
Nice buck !

I like the part about feeling comfortable shooting 674-yards in a howling wind!
There was 0 wind where I set up to shoot.  However the coulee where the buck bedded was a different story.  Those Montana winds are weird.
Most people do not understand how the winds work over there if they’ve never hunted there/
I understand now though.

We had a couple days that it was sustained winds 50-60
I feel confident to shoot an animal to 600, but I had to work in and shoot a 10 pt wt AT 180
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Re: My 1st Montana trip
« Reply #21 on: December 24, 2024, 05:59:43 AM »
Nice buck !

I like the part about feeling comfortable shooting 674-yards in a howling wind!
There was 0 wind where I set up to shoot.  However the coulee where the buck bedded was a different story.  Those Montana winds are weird.
Most people do not understand how the winds work over there if they’ve never hunted there/
I understand now though.

We had a couple days that it was sustained winds 50-60
I feel confident to shoot an animal to 600, but I had to work in and shoot a 10 pt wt AT 180
It's a whole new ball game over there for sure.  Fun, but different.

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Re: My 1st Montana trip
« Reply #22 on: December 24, 2024, 11:01:32 AM »
Awesome buck. Way to stick with it! Thank you for sharing the story.


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Re: My 1st Montana trip
« Reply #23 on: December 24, 2024, 12:30:19 PM »
yes great deer for sure! Off to Montana again next week

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Re: My 1st Montana trip
« Reply #24 on: December 24, 2024, 03:38:32 PM »
Congratulations on your success. May you have many more years of successful hunting.  Merry Christmas to you and your!

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Re: My 1st Montana trip
« Reply #25 on: December 29, 2024, 06:31:10 PM »
Congrats. We had the same wind factor this year was well. Sons shot at 608 was WIDE left! Sealed the deal at 120 after about a 1 mile chase. Montana hunting is something we look forward to every year!

 


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