Well, we got to Montana early the first day so I did take the Omega X7 out with us. Since the tag was $600 and it was my first elk/muley hunt ever I was not willing to go in with only the ML. The hike was hard enough that I decided I could not take the ML in when we were going in 8 miles over a high pass after bull elk, but would take it on the last day if I failed to get a bull and went after a cow in easier country. This was a true back country hunt; we were the only people going back that far without horses and we never saw another hunter the whole trip once we crossed the pass to the back country.

I wish I could say how the 300gr Shockwaves worked but the 200gr Accubonds out of my 300WM did all the work. The last day after a bull, after not seeing many muleys either, I decided to take this muley buck at 438 yards. A few hours later we found a bull still bugling in the late season, and I took him at 683 yards. I could have gotten a monster muley if I'd have held out but one never knows so I'm very happy with my hunt. If I draw a tag again next year we plan to have horses pack our camp into the back country and go from there; in that case I will take the ML to hunt the dark timber (the day before we'd called a bull within 100 yds but he would not come out of the timber and I never got a shot).