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The boy's 2007 'lope buck
09 October 2007, 20:14
skb2706The boy's 2007 'lope buck
The CO 2007 antelope season ended quite well for my son this year.....except for the fact that he neglected to respect the recoil and eye relief of a .300 Win Mag.
This is Sunday afternoon, winter wheat on the farm and we had my son staked out in a fence post weed clump next to a two track field road. His mother and I position our selves about 1/2 mile away to watch the action and not mess up the shot. A herd of about 12 is moving in his general direction and we are excited for him. I just know he's going to bust one. The herd stops about 250 yds. out and I can tell there is one decent buck in the group. At the shot I notice that buck doesn't move but the rest scatter. Buck falls over...boy gets up in a daze. Seems he had crowded the scope on the .300 Win mag a bit close (he forgot that he had switched from the 6mm)and it clocked him. I had already got my buck earlier in the day but it didn't have the symetrical rack like his does. Not a huge buck but this one is very nice for the area and the shot was perfect. Not his first one but his best one.
260 yds. one shot in some pretty rough wind -
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09 October 2007, 20:40
tasunkawitkocongratulations!
09 October 2007, 22:40
wapiti7Nice buck.....do you have any better pics???
10 October 2007, 02:07
Hot CoreCongratulations on a fine shot. I hope it doesn't cause him to begin Flinching.
Best of luck.
10 October 2007, 04:12
Bob in TXCongrats to both of you! I guess we all have to get at least one "scope kiss"!
Bob
10 October 2007, 06:37
swheelerGood job, tell him scars add character!
10 October 2007, 09:01
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11 October 2007, 05:50
SnellstromWay to go SKB tell your son congratulations from my family. Nice looking buck and good shooting!
Thanks for the kind words on my sons post as well.
Snellstrom
11 October 2007, 06:40
graybirdOne of my best humting memories was my dad scoping himself when shooting a nice whitetail.
Congrats to your son!!
Graybird
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11 October 2007, 09:05
plainviewYeah, it left a mark...!
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12 October 2007, 10:20
Tim HeraldCONGRATS!
Good Hunting,
Tim Herald
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12 October 2007, 22:32
skb2706It left a mark but I did ask him what rifle he wanted to use for his up coming elk hunt - the .300 Win mag is his choice. go figure !
