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Took a nice muley in SE Idaho this morning - ***VIDEO ADDED IN OP Fixed***

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23 October 2018, 05:52
Mike_Dettorre
Took a nice muley in SE Idaho this morning - ***VIDEO ADDED IN OP Fixed***
Quartering away at 325 yards sitting over sticks. Was a very sharp quartering away angle and I was probably around 100 feet above him, you can see the entrance wound and it angled across his body and damaged his off-side shoulder. He hunched up then went about 30 yards laterally across the slope of the canyon from the damage to the left front shoulder and then went down.

At first, I thought I hit low and injured his right front leg based on the way he was limping but in reviewing the video closely you can tell the limp was caused by damage to his off shoulder.

Once I get the video, I will post it.

Stainless Xbolt, 3.5x10 Leupy w/B&C reticle, 300 WSM,190 gr Nos AB LR over 61.0 grains of H4350.

Velocity is ~2825.

Video of shot. Edited down to about 3 minutes of footage




Mike

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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
23 October 2018, 06:04
WLW
Nicely done Mike. Congratulations.


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23 October 2018, 06:12
Grenadier
Wow, that's a great deer with a difficult shot at that distance. What caliber?




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23 October 2018, 06:36
JTEX
Outstanding. Beautiful deer.

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23 October 2018, 06:41
TREE 'EM
Nice deer. Congrats


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23 October 2018, 06:47
Bear Cat
Nice buck - congrats
My guess is a 300 win short mag ?


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23 October 2018, 07:18
30.06king
Congrats Mike. Very nice buck.
Reminds me of my 2015 Idaho buck. Had a great hunt there.
Also, enjoy reading your AR posts.
Cheers


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23 October 2018, 07:29
craigster
Nice buck, good shot!
23 October 2018, 07:35
boarkiller
NIce buck Mike
Congratulations


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23 October 2018, 07:36
Mike_Dettorre
Yes, 300 WSM. Put the load data but forgot the cartridge, updated OP


Mike

Legistine actu quod scripsi?

Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.




What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
23 October 2018, 07:57
Lamar
that is one fat deer.
I'm used to seeing deer with quite a bit of fat on them but good lord.
23 October 2018, 07:57
Use Enough Gun
tu2
23 October 2018, 10:06
surefire7
Geez, what a super Mule Deer!

Congrats Mike! tu2
23 October 2018, 15:38
Skip Nantz
Congrats! Well done!


Skip Nantz
23 October 2018, 18:12
Todd Williams
Nice
23 October 2018, 18:22
Crazyhorseconsulting
Congratulations, good looking buck.


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23 October 2018, 19:10
Aspen Hill Adventures
Dandy buck, Mike. Looks like some good country there.


~Ann


23 October 2018, 19:34
Blacktailer
Way to go Mike! tu2
You won't go hungry this winter. Big Grin


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23 October 2018, 19:36
JGRaider
Nice buck Mike, nice shot too! Congrats.
23 October 2018, 20:07
OLBIKER
Nice Buck.What a neck on that brute!!! Big Grin
23 October 2018, 20:11
Hogbreath
Nice buck! Great shooting! Congratulations.


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23 October 2018, 20:24
Buglemintoday
Great Muley Mike! They sure are a lot larger than our whitetail where I hunt.


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23 October 2018, 22:36
Fjold
Very nice Mike.

What part of SE Idaho? I used to live in Idaho Falls.


Frank



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23 October 2018, 23:37
crbutler
Very nice deer!

Congrats!
24 October 2018, 02:07
farbedo
Great buck. Looks like he has been eating well.

Jeremy
24 October 2018, 03:48
Mike_Dettorre
Frank - I was north of Lava Hot Springs in the hills above Chesterfield.

Several of you have commented on the size. The butcher estimated the live weight at about 250-275 live weight.


Mike

Legistine actu quod scripsi?

Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.




What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
24 October 2018, 05:08
Fjold
quote:
Originally posted by Mike_Dettorre:
Frank - I was north of Lava Hot Springs in the hills above Chesterfield.


I used to do a lot of hunting and fishing just above there, south of Bone, Id.

Small world. fishing


Frank



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- Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953

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24 October 2018, 05:38
ted thorn
That's a great buck


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24 October 2018, 07:46
Lamar
I was just up there today.
you probably passed me Monday, I was fishing by the dam on chesterfield reservoir in the afternoon.
24 October 2018, 19:34
Bud Meadows
Love the neck on that bad boy. Well played, Sir!


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25 October 2018, 00:15
SkiBumplus3
Yes you did! Congratulations!

Ski+3
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25 October 2018, 00:39
D. Nelson
Wonderful deer! Congratulations!

Best regards, D. Nelson
25 October 2018, 01:05
twilli
congrats nice buck !
26 October 2018, 21:06
DLS
Congratulations on a nice buck and good shot!
26 October 2018, 21:23
MARK H. YOUNG
Congrats Mike.


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27 October 2018, 03:10
BuffHunter63
Sweet!

BH63


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28 October 2018, 06:43
katmagnum
Nice Job, Mike.
28 October 2018, 19:17
zeeriverrat1
That’s a dandy Mike! Congrats!
28 October 2018, 23:56
Atkinson
Nice buck Mike, is that an open hunt or draw..


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29 October 2018, 02:20
Mike_Dettorre
Ray,

That's on the general tag. Ranch is in the hills north of Bancroft/Chesterfield.


Mike

Legistine actu quod scripsi?

Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.




What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.