Recent content by lander_matt

Yep, I got extremely lucky. Every day I went out, I saw scat and tracks, so I think my focal points were good selections, but I could have easily gone the whole season without chancing into the right encounter. General tag success rate in my unit is 25.9% according to Fish & Game. I do think...

I'm shooting a 7 PRC I put together in the spring. Wildside Precision did the chamber. 20 inch Proof carbon barrel. Factory 175 ELD-X shoots lights out in it.

Well, I managed to meet all my goals and exceed them. I shot a nice 6x7 on October 13th around 6:30pm. Public land, general tag. In total I put in about 7 days of scouting and another 10 or so days of hunting. I saw a lot of elk the week before the start of the season (including the evening...

Mature bull elk down with 175 ELD-X from factory 7 PRC at 422 yards. Impact velocity should have been just over 2400 fps. One shot right behind the shoulder crease about midway up the vitals, and he lay down after about 30 seconds. Walked less than 20 yards. No exit.

Thanks for all the advice everyone! Interesting. I figured I had decent odds of getting a cow if I put in the grunt work but assumed seeing--much less shooting--a mature bull was considerably less likely in these regions.

Hey there, frequent lurker posting for the first time & introducing myself. I've been living in Lander for last few years, but this general/OTC rifle season will be my first time hunting elk. My primary goals for the season: 1). Put meat in the freezer. 2). Learn a lot. 3). See or hear a bull...