1176 yard bull

[ARCaveman]

Congratulations and heck of a shot!

 

[Bingoc]

I certainly admire how you solved the problem, and the results, I'm sure, are most satisfying to you and a lesson for the rest of us.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Troutslayer2]

Dang my rangefinder doesn't even measure that far unless conditions are perfect

 

[Beluebow]

Awesome work!

 

[tomsd]

There's a canyon I hunt in every fall, but with the brush the options are sitting in the timber patches or long range across the canyon. One shot from my .300 WSM did the job on this bull. Rifle was built specifically for hunting this canyon by West Elk Precision in Grand Junction Colorado. Defiance Deviant Hunter XM action, Trigger Tech, Bartlien 3b barrel, Manners EH1 stock, Nightforce atacr 5-25x56 scope. Load is Berger 215 grain Hybrid over 65 grains RL26 amd Federal 215 primers. 2817 FPS. Last two 3-shot groups fired before the hunt to confirm ballistic inputs measured just under .5 MOA at 1317 yards. Kestrel 5700 AB says 1675 FPS and 1340 remaining energy. Shot was quartering and bullet entered behind the ribs traveling length-wise, going up through a rib and coming to rest in the forward end of a backstrap. Weight is 152.9 grains. The bullets are very accurate but I'm going to look for a similarly accurate load with a bullet rated for a lower impact velocity. Thinking 210 grain Nosler ABLR or 210 gr Berger HVLD
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If it works great - why change ? Congrads.

 

[errwik]

What a Beast and a heck of a shot

 

[Allen Kitts]

Congratulations on a fine trophy and a fine shot!

 

[Chas1]

Congrats, great bull and a nice l o n g shot!!!

 

[trailrider121]

Hell yeah, congrats! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Pat Byrne]

I'm curious, how far did he go after being hit?

Or perhaps a bang flop?

 

[Spoonbill]

Very good shot , nice animal congratulations

Congrats on a wonderful shot and fine animal for the freezer! I would also like to tankls you for the details of the rifle specs and load analysis, especially the references to downrange velocity and energy. As you mentioned, This downrange data is most important in determining 1) the velocity available for efficient expansion(V-fps) and 2) the absolute knock down power (KE- ft.-lbs.).

Having said all this, Does anyone have a resource that supplies the retained velocity required for expansion??

 

[Archerfish]

Congrats! Very well done.

 

[treeman59]

There's a canyon I hunt in every fall, but with the brush the options are sitting in the timber patches or long range across the canyon. One shot from my .300 WSM did the job on this bull. Rifle was built specifically for hunting this canyon by West Elk Precision in Grand Junction Colorado. Defiance Deviant Hunter XM action, Trigger Tech, Bartlien 3b barrel, Manners EH1 stock, Nightforce atacr 5-25x56 scope. Load is Berger 215 grain Hybrid over 65 grains RL26 amd Federal 215 primers. 2817 FPS. Last two 3-shot groups fired before the hunt to confirm ballistic inputs measured just under .5 MOA at 1317 yards. Kestrel 5700 AB says 1675 FPS and 1340 remaining energy. Shot was quartering and bullet entered behind the ribs traveling length-wise, going up through a rib and coming to rest in the forward end of a backstrap. Weight is 152.9 grains. The bullets are very accurate but I'm going to look for a similarly accurate load with a bullet rated for a lower impact velocity. Thinking 210 grain Nosler ABLR or 210 gr Berger HVLD
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Nice bull...congratulations!

 

[jessej]

Outstanding sir!