Western nd 300 yd and 740 yds bucks

[Beluebow]

Nice work men

 

[C-130 Dude]

yesterday my buddy and I tagged our bucks
Mine was small antlered 3x3 but huge body
my buddy's was big rack but smaller body
mine was at 299 ranged with my Tikka 6.5 creedmoor and prime 130 gr ammo,
buddys was 740 yds ranged with custom 300 prc and Hornady factory ammo.
wind was 10-15 at about 45 deg. The short shot was into wind and no mystery. Buddy's was more like full 45 deg Which explains the ham shot.
mine at 300 was a monster with small rack, his was big rack smaller body.
image is of the 4 bucks we got this season in western ND
on tailgate are heads from season, mine is 2nd from right, 740 yd is on right
i do not recommend prime ammo for hunting as it does not mushroom properly. My big one was a grizzeld old veteran with lots of scars and torn ears. Glad he went down quick!

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I remember hunting out there in early 1970s'. Rough country. Nice haul!

 

[Ga6570]

its been a while since i worked in ND, but i can easily recall some of those work trips. one in july and one in Feb. had a 104° day there and a -35° day there! its the days in between that were nice i did a fair amount of driving and saw a good number of deer. nice to see some harvests

congrats on these bucks to you and your pals.

 

[Rhino Hunter]

Nice Work! We were in Nebraska last week and it was stupid cold/windy. We did not do as well as you though. LOL.

 

[mmgravy]

This was small buck from tailgate but gives perspective on hoistView attachment 411467

How do you secure the HME hoist to the fence post?

 

[ericbc7]

I have had exceptional results with the factory Prime and reloads with the same 130 gr Golden Target. Lots of damage and great exits on 10+ deer here in Kansas. What was your muzzle velocity?

this shows the recovery of one of the two shots I made on this deer. It shows the jacket stuck on the off side skin. The jacket was empty so it separated. The previous deer I shot with prime 130 gr ammo also shed jacket
once shame on you, twice shame on me
you can see the jacket in the skin

 

[ericbc7]

How do you secure the HME hoist to the fence post?

I bought a tube at salvage yard and bolted it to fence post

 

[ericbc7]

I bought a tube at salvage yard and bolted it to fence post

when I shoot a deer in the fields by myself, I put the hoist on truck, drive out and winch it up, gut it and swivel it into bed drive back to cabin
lower it, set up hoist on fence post and re-hoist the carcas for skinning and butchering.
I bone out the deer into gallon zip top bags and deliver them to processors (wisheck nd ideally). In this zone we are free from wasting disease, but no carcasses can be transported across state lines.
fyi, get a pack of wells Lamont cotton glove liners and a box of extra large nitrile gloves to trim the deer when it's cold
i have nearly frozen my hands trying to skin and cut up deer in the past. I remembered my days cutting up turkeys for swift in 1986 and found some cotton gloves and holy cow that made all the difference. What used to take us a day with breaks, took 4 hrs since our hands were fine.

 

[PAGSDIII701]

when I shoot a deer in the fields by myself, I put the hoist on truck, drive out and winch it up, gut it and swivel it into bed drive back to cabin
lower it, set up hoist on fence post and re-hoist the carcas for skinning and butchering.
I bone out the deer into gallon zip top bags and deliver them to processors (wisheck nd ideally). In this zone we are free from wasting disease, but no carcasses can be transported across state lines.
fyi, get a pack of wells Lamont cotton glove liners and a box of extra large nitrile gloves to trim the deer when it's cold
i have nearly frozen my hands trying to skin and cut up deer in the past. I remembered my days cutting up turkeys for swift in 1986 and found some cotton gloves and holy cow that made all the difference. What used to take us a day with breaks, took 4 hrs since our hands were fine.

Wishek*

 

[ericbc7]

740 yards and butt shot?

Wind was higher than we measured with my slipnier and old phone.
he also had to take the shot standing off my caldwell magnum tripod.
so 740 yds moderate wind, standing behind Caldwell magnum tripod… not a bad shot

 

[muleystalker]

this shows the recovery of one of the two shots I made on this deer. It shows the jacket stuck on the off side skin. The jacket was empty so it separated. The previous deer I shot with prime 130 gr ammo also shed jacket
once shame on you, twice shame on me
you can see the jacket in the skin

Thats the way those bullets perform, just like BERGERs. PRIME ammo doesn't state that their bullets mushroom just that they will harvest game....and they do.

 

[ericbc7]

I shot my deer at 299 yds ranged off the same tripod. That thing is awesome when the grass and whatnot makes bipods a joke.
we knew I hit my buck hard from the sound of the "whop" he went down and we walked up on him. He got up and I rushed to a local high spot and deployed my Harris bipod and plunked him again at less than 200 yds.
shoulder gloves and havalon knife made quick work of gut.
i was shooting Tikka t3 6.5 creed with silencer central Varminter 4 now called banish

 

[ericbc7]

Thats the way those bullets perform, just like BERGERs. PRIME ammo doesn't state that their bullets mushroom just that they will harvest game....and they do.

You are right that prime makes no claim on game performance and I don't hold them to any standard. Their ammo is crazy consistent and accurate, I just don't plan to use it for game taking in future.

 

[ericbc7]

Wishek*

You are correct sir/madam, my appologies