2 days of hunting

[bigry26]

My buddy and I went out out friday morning and got these 2 black tail. They were about 200 yards out. We were both shooting tikka 270wsm. I got this big black bear last night about an hour before dark. He was 510 yards shot with my 338 lapua. He measures 6'3" and was in the 400# neighborhood

 

[LightfootE]

those are some NICE blacktails! congrats! love the Tikka .270wsm's too, I have a laminate stainless T3 .270wsm. Hoping to bust another blacktail myself, before the season ends.

 

[kcebcj]

Pounded the coast range of central California when I was young hunting Blacktail and 4 pointers were rare. I have 3. The one on the right with the cheater would have been considered a really good buck even back in those days.

Good goin nice bucks both!

 

[JackinSD]

Very nice and well done!

 

[angus-5024]

Nice! I have limited knowledge on blacktails, but from what I've seen those are pretty dandy!
That black bear looks like he was coughin a lot of blood. Lungs? What bullet and bullet performance?

 

[bigry26]

yes it was a lung shot. I am shootin 300 grain bergers at 2720 fps. The bullet was a strait thru devastating shot. I am very pleased with the performance of them. The deer I am happy with also I have one that is bigger than these. Deer of this size are few and far between.

 

[bigry26]

I just got the final measurement of my bear from the taxidermist he measured right at 7'

 

[longrangefreek]

Very nice bucks. That is a great bear. Congrats on the hunts