Well hunting season is over in Montana, and I have a couple unfilled tags. I do have a full freezer thanks to my Son. All his animals were taken from public land here in Mt. I did manage to harvest a 4x5 Whitetail and a unique pronghorn but nothing as impressive as Josh's Mulie, which scores 182 3/4" B&C green.

a good year for Josh!

his 14" Pronghorn

Good for Josh! Your taxidermist will be happy, too.

why are these images side by side in my browser and not one below the other?

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Originally posted by Skidly:
why are these images side by side in my browser and not one below the other?

I don't know but you're killing me because I can't see the Mulie!

ditto; can't see the muley...

his elk

his deer

Josh's rifle is Savage 300rum, (without a brake) his scope is a $100 BSA 6-24 mil-dot. He is shooting my handloads 93gr Retumbo behind 200g Nosler AccuBond, and even though I hate to say this .... all were located from county roads! Meanwhile I tried to teach him the best trophys are always miles from the roads ..... where I walk. Its hard to convince him when this happens! LOL

Nice Pic's and congrat's but I'm curious how the 182 3/4 measurement was arrived at...

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Originally posted by Skidly:
Josh's rifle is Savage 300rum, (without a brake) his scope is a $100 BSA 6-24 mil-dot. He is shooting my handloads 93gr Retumbo behind 200g Nosler AccuBond, ...

Hey Skidly, Send my congratulations to your son too. He sure is having a First Class year of hunting.

When I first looked at the Antelope, I thought the Fence Post was a strange atypical Horn.
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I sure appreciate the info on the BSA withstanding 300RUM loads. Young`uns are always asking about scopes so they can get started Hunting/Shooting. Just bothers me to tell them to save-up until you can afford a Leupold or Burris all the time.

How many shots does he have through the 300RUM with that scope on it? Was it on any other rifle before you all put it on the Savage?

Good hunting and clean 1-shot kills.

Brad; measured with B&C scoresheet, after 60days will be officially measured


Hot Core: Actually had that scope on a 50bmg for awhile till I replaced it with a NXS. Only scope he has had on that rifle. He got the rifle in Dec of 2004, it went thru load developement on 2 differant bullets. I'd say at least 100 rnds of 300rum and 60 rnds of 50bmg. The real problem with the BSA is image quality and eye relief, that and ... you get it sighted in and don't touch the turrent knobs just use mildots. Use the turrent knobs and you will waste alot of ammo chasing the crosshairs

Skidley-nice pics, sounds like some good times on the hill with the family. Congrats.

About the muley, I am with Brad I am also curious about the 182 score. Pics are so darn weird if you don't mind could you please post the numbers you have on the sheet for us. (you now all the G's the H's the inside and the mb's)

Not saying it doesn't score 182 but it just is so tough in mind to see it from this pic.

Many thanks and not trying to ruffle feathers...honestly.

Thx

Mark D

Great bucks! ALL of them, sounds like a great year!

This just proves my belief, that nothing is more rewarding on the subject of hunting than being able to see the successes of your children... and knowing that you taught them well... and they are carrying on the tradition those ANTI's want to take away from us all...

Congrats to your son... but as a father... bigger congrats to a proud dad... your son did good and so did DAD!

cheers
seafire

I had to post this separate not to spoil the congratulations...

Like Hot Core, I am pretty impressed that you have a BSA scope that has held up to that kinda recoil...

I have not had good luck with the two 4 x 16s with the mildots that I have had...

I have one here that needs to go back for repair that was on a 22 Long Rifle!

I think your luck, is the exception to the rule, as opposed to the norm...

on the other end, on a local 1000 yd shooting matches I attended for a while here locally, a lot of guys had all sorts of exotic and expensive stuff out there competing....

but one kid in his early 20s use to show up with his dad... both were misplaced Alaskan eskimos....

this kid worked an $8.00 an hour job... so he competed only with his hunting rifle, which was a Savage 110 in 260 Rem, ( all straight factory) and a cheap 6 x 24 MilDot scoped BSA on top of it....

But this young man, consistently placed, if not won many matches, against much more spendy equipment, in both rifles and optics...

Hey Skidley and Seafire, Thank you both for the BSA info.