My First Elk is a nice one

[Bowcop]

Thanks for the muzzy info.....now....what did he score?

[PacificNWhunter]

Boom Whop, congrats again on such a stud bull. The new pic's really show him off. I think I ran into you one day up at the gun range in Kenmore. I am pretty sure it was you up there shooting 2 differen muzzys. Not sure we chatted for awhile and I remember you (if it was you) mentioning you had a bull tag. Anyhow way to get it done.

[Pugetsound]

Most excellent.  Next time you are on campus I want to hear the full story....

[BoomWhop]

His gross is about 340 and his net is about 328....I found the bullet pic's

[BoomWhop]

drying period is over, time to get him scored.  Yea haa.

[Schmalzfam]

That's one heck of a bull, nice job:) Can't wait to hear what he scores at!

[trophyhunt]

shock wave looks good to me, very nice bull. How many points did you have? I have 14 and still waiting for the muzzy blue mountain tag, looks like the weather was pretty nice where you were at. What kind of peep sites do you have, i still have the fiber sites on my t/c and they have already broke. Great bull.

[BoomWhop]

Well I took him to the sports man show in Puyallup and took 2nd, rocky mountian elk typical taken in 2009.  He grossed 333 5/8 and netted 320 7/8.   I had a great season and hope the guys that pull the any BULL  tags in 2010 have as much fun as I had.

[Kowsrule30]

Congrats!!!!

[Pathfinder101]

Great Bull!  I have been thinking about putting peep sights on mine too.  What kind did you put on?

[BoomWhop]

i put williams peeps on it.  they are the bomb.  while they pounded the bulls eye in practice it was really like looking down a scope during the real deal.  When I pulled the trigger the last time I knew I drillled him dead center.  I was standing and it was a rush shot, but those peeps sights made finding him a no brainer.  Bench shooting was fun but the way these sights work in the field.... wow.   My buddies give me crap about what a crappy shot I am, but not any more. LOL  I also used a ghost ring on my peep.  This setup was the one recommended to me by the muzzy shop on the Puyallup river road.

[trophyhunt]

curious, how many pellets did you use on that bull and what size was your bullet? Again nice bull.

[BoomWhop]

I shoot loose triple 7  2 -F with a 250 grain bullet.  I found that 110 grains goes all the way through the elk, but did not exit.  Both Bullets stopped in the skin on the far side.  The pics of the bullets are above.

[trophyhunt]

Probably a stupid question since your current system seems to be working for you, but have you tried the pellets? I'm pretty new to the smoke pole but seems the pellets are easier also when i have talked to people in the past about bullet weight it was always recommended that i use 300 to 350? But it seems your 250 worked pretty well, I'm confused about what exactly to use? Thanks for your help.

[jackelope]

Probably a stupid question since your current system seems to be working for you, but have you tried the pellets? I'm pretty new to the smoke pole but seems the pellets are easier also when i have talked to people in the past about bullet weight it was always recommended that i use 300 to 350? But it seems your 250 worked pretty well, I'm confused about what exactly to use? Thanks for your help.

my gun shoots those 250 grn sabots well also. I am shooting 100 grains of loose 777 powder with them but I don't think I'd use them for elk. The 295 grain aerotipped copper powerbelts would be my elk getter I guess...just cuzz I have always heard bigger is better. Obviously the 250 sabots work as seen by this thread though...
I've not had great results with the pellets and I've heard a lot of the same. I think you get good results but better with the loose powder. They are definitely easier.