Trying Something New
08-09-2012 | 02:48 PM
#11
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Boone & Crockett
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From: Idaho
08-10-2012 | 06:01 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Hayes, Va.
You guys are killing me. Actually I hate you all. You are all doing only what I could dream about. My best is to hunt my properties for white tails. For me an elk hunt is way out there in dream land. I envy you guys being out there and being able to hunt this magnificent animal. but in my case I do with what God gave me and enjoy it to the max!!!
Good hunting my friends and please come back with a good tale to tell.
Good hunting my friends and please come back with a good tale to tell.
08-11-2012 | 02:20 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Anne Arrundle County, Maryland
In a way I feel the same rafsob. But then again, with the generous limits we have here in Maryland my hunting season is far from over after I harvest a deer or two, or even ten. So I think I can make up for size with numbers if I have to and I am happy for what I have. Dreaming of an elk hunt one day will always be in my head though.
08-11-2012 | 04:46 PM
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We have an early season elk season going on right now and I thought I would try a different bullet available from Lehigh. This bullet is listed in their "Hunting Bullet" section.
I normally use the 458-300 grain DOA for ek, but I thought this would be an interesting change.
This is the bullet description as provided by Lehigh..
This bullet has been in the back of my mind for several years nows and I felt I was ready to give it a good try. Why??? Somewhere along the line when I was doing my research on the original Lehigh's I found a bunch of guys that were using this bullet from a 45-70's shooting western Buffalo. They were were reporting great success and a quick harvest with this particular bullet. That really peaked my interest especially shooting elk. I have hunted elk for a lifetime and have seen some things that really would amaze you in the amount of punishment some elk will absorb - yet not show much reaction at all. Believe me they are dead but some body forgot to tell them for awhile.
I am shooting the bullet from my 52 Knight DISC Extreme using a Knight 458-52 Silver/Grey Sabot. I am shooting it with 120 grains of T7-2f. Ran to farm last night to check POI, ended up shooting 4 clay pigeons... prononced the gun sighted in. I know this really does not mean much but when you look at the destruction in the ground that this bullet does - it was impressive. I am easily inside the velocity range suggested for the bullet. It is shooting 1975 to 1990 fps.
Hopefully Friday night/Saturday morning it will cool down enough to make a trip worth while. This morning at 3am it was 46* and at 7am it was 69* so there is not a large window of opportunity especially hunting by yourself.
I normally use the 458-300 grain DOA for ek, but I thought this would be an interesting change.
This is the bullet description as provided by Lehigh..
This bullet has been in the back of my mind for several years nows and I felt I was ready to give it a good try. Why??? Somewhere along the line when I was doing my research on the original Lehigh's I found a bunch of guys that were using this bullet from a 45-70's shooting western Buffalo. They were were reporting great success and a quick harvest with this particular bullet. That really peaked my interest especially shooting elk. I have hunted elk for a lifetime and have seen some things that really would amaze you in the amount of punishment some elk will absorb - yet not show much reaction at all. Believe me they are dead but some body forgot to tell them for awhile.
I am shooting the bullet from my 52 Knight DISC Extreme using a Knight 458-52 Silver/Grey Sabot. I am shooting it with 120 grains of T7-2f. Ran to farm last night to check POI, ended up shooting 4 clay pigeons... prononced the gun sighted in. I know this really does not mean much but when you look at the destruction in the ground that this bullet does - it was impressive. I am easily inside the velocity range suggested for the bullet. It is shooting 1975 to 1990 fps.
Hopefully Friday night/Saturday morning it will cool down enough to make a trip worth while. This morning at 3am it was 46* and at 7am it was 69* so there is not a large window of opportunity especially hunting by yourself.
08-11-2012 | 05:26 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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From: Idaho
If'n I get a shot - I will definitely get some pics... but you know as soon I as I pull the trigger the clock really starts ticking...
I did run to the farm this morning - mid morning it was 89* - I wanted to see what that temp might do to my POI. So I put up the portable bench and set a bird out at 100 yards. Shot the center out of the bird so I feel better about shooting it in the heat. Probably due to the thicker MMP 52 cal sabot which seems to handle the heat better than the thinner HPH-24.
One thing I can say for certain @ 100 yards when the bullet impacts - there is no doubt about it - it sends out a really awesome 'THUD' sound and sends up one heck of a geiser of dust. Kinda like Ron breaking his jugs - only there are no jugs just soil with green dry peas growing in it.
Headed out again in the morning - only this time I am going to make myself sit on a crossing with live water at the bottom.
Last edited by sabotloader; 08-11-2012 at 05:52 PM.
