Well, I didn’t see a 2019 thread, so I guess I’ll start one! ? first yote of the year taken with a 30-378 with 165gr Nosler @ 325yds 
Hunting & Fishing 2019 Hunting Thread - Post Your Pictures!
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Did you even have to dial at that poor SOB?! Well done
He was very obedient! Lay down!.....good boy!
Here’s a few from this year.
The hog my buddy got with my 6.5grendel with shilen barrel running 120gr eldm@2508 clean pass through.
The doe my wife shot was with her Ruger m77 .243 about 95 yards with handloaded 75gr vmax@3250.
I shot one doe with my savage 12fv.308 running 178gr bthp@2750 shot was 258yards.
And the one I shot in the eye with a savage 10 .223 pushing 75gr eldm@2889 shot was 201 yards standing shot off bog pod.
The hog my buddy got with my 6.5grendel with shilen barrel running 120gr eldm@2508 clean pass through.
The doe my wife shot was with her Ruger m77 .243 about 95 yards with handloaded 75gr vmax@3250.
I shot one doe with my savage 12fv.308 running 178gr bthp@2750 shot was 258yards.
And the one I shot in the eye with a savage 10 .223 pushing 75gr eldm@2889 shot was 201 yards standing shot off bog pod.
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Youth Day in Virginia... No deer, but this Wiley dude comes bounding out of the long grass jumping for mice... Ranged for my Daughter at 300YDS... she move up 1Mil... and sent it.... My dad just cackled and laughed....
Deer season sucked. Had this guy several times but when I had a big bore in my hands. Went back on 01/01/19 and waited him out.
I shot this one at 1081yds with a 300wm and 215 Bergers. I had a freezer full of moose and elk already so a calf was the logical choice.
Way to go CTD , looks like you had the same tag I had .
It probably was the same tag. We were looking for a big herd someone told us about and got into 8 or 9 and took 3 cows out of that bunch. My buddy is the one that really wanted a 1K+ kill. I let him shoot first and he missed. So I shot and killed that calf. They ran off and we went after them. Got within 250yds the next time and my buddy and dad both shot theirs.
First hog of the year from the second week of January.
Brought out my dad's 280 to use.
174 yards, 139 Hornady from loads my dad put together.
Second hog and a doe on the same evening a week later 100 miles away. Used the CZ 6.5 Grendel with 123 ELD-M. I'm on the left.
Brought out my dad's 280 to use.
174 yards, 139 Hornady from loads my dad put together.
Second hog and a doe on the same evening a week later 100 miles away. Used the CZ 6.5 Grendel with 123 ELD-M. I'm on the left.
Shot the doe at about 125 yards through the shoulder. Had to make a quick shot and the rest wasn't stable. The sights were drifting upward and it was either shoot or pass. Took her high in the shoulder and she dropped like the rug had been pulled out from underneath her.
The hog was quartered facing me and I put the shot into the inside edge of the right eye. The bullet came out next to the ear on the back of the skull.
No chance for her to go anywhere. 35 yards.
The ammo was Hornady Black 123 ELDM.
The rifle has about 75 rounds through it and the groups keep tightening up. Of all the CZ 527's I own, this is the worst shooter at about an inch.
It's also the only one I haven't done any load development for, yet...
The Grendel pretty much duplicates the performance of the 250 Savage, which is no slouch.
A 100gr Ballistic tip at 2750 from the Grendel vs 100gr out of the 250 at 2825 isn't much different.
The 250 Savage has the advantage with the 120gr class bullets.
Remember, the 243 shoots a 100gr bullet at 2900 fps.
You won't have any issues with the Grendel at 300. If you want to shoot further than that for deer and hogs, just make sure you know your dope.
A 100gr Ballistic tip at 2750 from the Grendel vs 100gr out of the 250 at 2825 isn't much different.
The 250 Savage has the advantage with the 120gr class bullets.
Remember, the 243 shoots a 100gr bullet at 2900 fps.
You won't have any issues with the Grendel at 300. If you want to shoot further than that for deer and hogs, just make sure you know your dope.
Yesterday morning at 4.45a this fox was looking for mice. Shot him at 180m / 200yds with my Tikka CTR and a ELDX handload. I saw him move after I heard the bullet hit, the "Kugelschlag". He just made one step and then slided down a slope for some meters.
6mm dti. It's a 6.8spc necked down to 6mm.
Wednesday morning at 5.20 I got the bro of the fox above. 135m from my blind (the same as above) he was looking for mice on a snowfield. Again CTR with 178grs ELDX.
The Fox was not standing broad, but at an angle, so he got partially gutted.
At 0dark-hundred i have two aiming points. Center mass and high mass, depending on distance. At all my hunting spots I made terrain-drawings with distance marks, so I know the range accurately enough without a laser. It saves time with a target of opportunity like a fox.
At 0dark-hundred i have two aiming points. Center mass and high mass, depending on distance. At all my hunting spots I made terrain-drawings with distance marks, so I know the range accurately enough without a laser. It saves time with a target of opportunity like a fox.
5 minutes on each stand, almost identical calling sequence, and no more than 250 yards apart.
Where are you hunting at?
Gotta get up to wilkes NC/ash county Iv killed tons of deer up there population is through the roof.
I’m from that are. We use to hunt Thurmond Chatham game lands some when I was growing up. I never killed one but saw plenty and had a blast with my dad and cousin camping.
Nice Ya I'm from fayetteville but I have family up there. Probably my favorite place in the world man. People are nice to Iv spotted deer on peoples land knocked on their door told them I was an army sniper showed them my ID offered to share meat an they usually don't mind me taking one or 2
Good job young man !
Not your normal hunting but my dad, my 2 boys and I went Iguana hunting while we were in Puerto Rico a few weeks ago. We used .22 cal PCP air rifles and probably shot 100 in 4 hours.
That is interesting! How did they taste? Like gator or frog? How much meat do you get off them?
We didn't eat any. The guide said you need to chill them right away if you want to eat them. He told us that after they sat in the 90 degree sun for 1/2 hour. We were too busy shooting to care about eating one. He said they taste like chicken with a fishy after taste.
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