First Oregon Muley
- Thread starter NW Hunter
- Start date
Help Support Long Range Hunting Forum
NW Hunter
Well-Known Member
It's kind of funny...
All my long range practice and I shoot this guy at 42 yards.
I worked my way up on top of this mountain and sat on a finger coming off the rimrock.
Unknown to me, this buck was pressured at the bottom and was coming up a cut next to me.
I had been sitting for about 2 hours glassing and I was getting ready to move. I was reaching for my trail mix when I caught him sneaking behind me.
I NEVER heard him. I froze until he got by me. I told myself "GO", grabbed my rifle, stood, turned and shot. He dropped in his tracks. Shot placement was high behind the shoulder quartering away with a Berger 140 hunt VLD out of my 6.5x284. The far side shoulder was lost.
I got to admit, this up close encounter was very exciting!
NW Hunter
Well-Known Member
mpayne
Well-Known Member
Nice buck congrads!
NW Hunter
Well-Known Member
Thanks mpayne
RockyMtnMT
Official LRH Sponsor
That's a good one! Nice job.
Steve
Steve
NoFences
Well-Known Member
Great Buck.
dok7mm
Well-Known Member
Great buck and good looking mulie country. Congrats! At least, you didn't have to cross a bad canyon to get to him.
odoylerules
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2016
- Messages
- 605
Nice work!
NW Hunter
Well-Known Member
The whole hunt was a blast.
A client of mine's friend owns 3,200 acres of this great country. Brian was a wonderfull host.
I was set up with Brian's nephew Tony on a possible double the day before on a big 3 and a decent 4 at 783 yards. We laid on the ground for 45 minutes with frost on the ground. Tony started shaking from the cold and I told him to do some jumping jack's behind the jeep. The bucks wouldn't present us with simultaneous shots, so we past on them.
We got a lot of good humored flack at the campfire that night when my host Brian snuck in and killed that 4 point 20 minutes later.
It all made for some great comraderie with my new friends.
A client of mine's friend owns 3,200 acres of this great country. Brian was a wonderfull host.
I was set up with Brian's nephew Tony on a possible double the day before on a big 3 and a decent 4 at 783 yards. We laid on the ground for 45 minutes with frost on the ground. Tony started shaking from the cold and I told him to do some jumping jack's behind the jeep. The bucks wouldn't present us with simultaneous shots, so we past on them.
We got a lot of good humored flack at the campfire that night when my host Brian snuck in and killed that 4 point 20 minutes later.
It all made for some great comraderie with my new friends.
