SmallCaliberCentral

Well I am done with the deer and goat hunt for 2009. Let me tell you it has been a good and freaky year for my big game hunting so far. Lets see the first Antelope of the season was a total freak. He has very wide spread and also goes forward over his face and nose. Now he is only 13 1/2 inches tall but he has 6 inch cutters and 6 inch bases. I shot him with a 7mm Remington magnum, 140 gr Nosler Accubond, 69 gr of Re-loader 19 at a velocity of 3322 fps. This is wrapped in a Savage 110 with a Boyd's laminated wood stock, topped with a Buris 4.5x14 ballistic plex scope. I ranged him at 529 yards and squeezed the trigger. One shot, one kill and he was dead in his tracks. The next goat was taken with the same rifle and load but he was a freak also. He was 14 1/8 inches tall and has 6 1/2 inch cutters. But he is real narrow and his hooks cross on the top. I shot him at 350 yards on the button. Once again one shot, one kill and he only took three steps, stood up on his hind legs and fell over backwards. The final animal in this trio of big game was my buck mule deer that I just got. He gross scores in at 141 4/8 inches. I also shot him with my 7mm Rem. mag. I used a Leupold RX-IV, Boone and Crockett Trophy Scale Range Finder for all my ranges the I told you here today. I also used a Pact Pro Chronograph to determine the speed of my loads. I added that part in for any doubters of the info that I have given here today. I am going to try to post pics of the animals and I hope they come through so you can enjoy them as much as I do.

This is the first goat at 529 yards



Same goat just a different look at him



Second goat of the year at 350 yards



This angle shows the top of his horns crossing.




And this is my buck at 228 yards.




Just a different angle of my deer.



Well I hope these pics came out and I hope you enjoyed my story. Now if you all don't care I have a Cow elk tag to go fill. Good luck to you in your hunting adventures and Ride Up!!!

Thanks
Shane

Oh I almost forgot on that very first goat he mesured 17 inces wide from outside to outside.

Ride Up!!!

Shane

EXCELLENT. When you send the package fedex overnight, don't forget the dry ice! LOL!

Great report and pictures.

Nice pictures! I guess you are sending acloco the hooves so I'll just be waiting for a package of chops.

I thought you had to have a 270 to shoot animals that far. Good job with the 7mm.

I placed my order early on for a backstrap and a roast.

Hey, congratulations! Great shooting on those long shots... Nice...

The mulie buck looks super too! Wow!

Thankyou everybody and I hope that all of you that put in your order for some meat don't mind waiting for a little bit, like say oh forever because I am very hungry. LOL. Well anyway I got to run Ride Up!!!

Nice speed goats! That's a fine muley in anyone's book, too....nice shootin'! Congrats.

Congrats! Man! I miss it out there.

Bergcrane2: Thank you and I hope this brings back good memories for you.

RIO: Thanks but I think I have a ways to go to match you r stories and writing skills.

Ride Up!!!

broncsandwhiskey wrote:Bergcrane2: Thank you and I hope this brings back good memories for you.

RIO: Thanks but I think I have a ways to go to match you r stories and writing skills.

Ride Up!!!

Ah yes, I can still smell the sage.........
I have no more muley in the freezer, I guess I'll have to head back. How was your weather out there. It looks like it was nice. Did you get any of that snow?

Yes we got some snow and then it cleared off, but that picture of me and the deer it was 25 degrees out and the wind was blowing prety good. So when ever you get back out here I hope it is nice weather out for you.

Ride Up!!!
Shane

Nice job bronc! I really like both of those speed goats. Very unique. Sometimes it seems like they all look alike, so I've always had a thing for the funky ones.
Very nice mulie too. Wish I'd have seen one that good this year.

Bronc, I must agree with Rick, that is a great looking mulie buck! Now am I suppose to ask which one in the picture is the real goat? LOL

Now as my Pappy would say: You don real good son!!! Thanks for showing those pics, I missed going out there this year a bunch.