Post by: Hunterman on November 12, 2010, 01:51:09 PM
Tuesday morning, Quick Draw and I found our pray..The first bull we saw acrossed the pastures, from the long driveway, (after running off a couple of trespassers >:( we werehunting on private property). We closed the disstance on this bull to about 650 yards..( Before anyone tell me how unethical this was,,,Yes I can shoot his far, and have quite often) I leaned against a fence post with field wire for a good rest..Put this bull in the cross hairs, raised to put the bullet into his chest..Good solid sight picture, squeezed the trigger, rifle goes BOOM, sights come back down on the elk, and the elk is still standing :yike: Quick Draw says what the hell..I jack in another round, raise a little higher, and BOOM. Bull still standing >:( Hell there is another bull moving towards the one I shot at and neither one seems not to have a care in the world.. They move off into the trees..We move to see if there is any blood, hair, or what the hell..NOTHING..We look all around, fallow the track into the woods, nothing..What in the hell?? How in the hell did I miss??
Just then Quick Draw says look!!! Here comes the whole herd from the timber, 300 yards up hill from us..First a couple of cows, then the 2 bulls that we saw, including the one that I shot twice at :yike: I dropped to a stump, but didn't get him back into the scope, then a big bull showed, :bdid: As he turned to go I fired :IBCOOL: Me one dead elk, I look at Erin and she said what in the hell is wrong,,thats 2 :yike: NO F'ING WAY THAT BULL IS DEAD UP THERE!!! We get to the top of the hill,,,NO ELK >:(
Now there is NO DAMN way that I missed 2 bulls, at yardages that I have killed more than one deer at..We cover the area with a fine tooth comb,,and nothing..We even fallowed the herds trail to were they crossed the creek,,Nothing..Need less to say I AM PISSED >:(
After about an hour of so of looking, and getting madder, we headed back to camp..After getting something to eat, and thinking of what the hell just happened, I put up a target..
I zeroed my rifle before hunting season, dead on..Erin killed a 2 point with a neck shot with it..I know its on..Target up,,distance stepped off rest made..Good solid rest, cross hairs held dead center, and BOOM.. 1 INCH LOW :yike: Shot number 2 same place.. 1 inch low >:( Adjustments made, shot number 3 dead center.. shot 4 dead center..Instead of being zeroed at 250 yards, I was closer to 125 >:( The only thing I hit on those elk, was the ground :bash:
I know exactly what I did wrong..
1) I zeroed when the weather was warmer..
2) I didn't confirm my zero before elk season..
3) Let Erin do the shooting from now on..
I screwed up and paid for it with 2 MISSES,, and no elk..
I'm going back to camp on Sunday or Monday to give it one last shot, but if the season ends with no elk,, then its my own damn fault..
Hunterman(Tony)
Post by: DoubleJ on November 12, 2010, 06:13:09 PM
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Dont know what your shooting but it seems like if you were on at 125 you would have hit the elk low at 300 but I could be wrong.Wouldnt be the first time!
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