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How did that bullet perform for you? Obviously it killed it fine, just wondering about penetration. I used that same bullet on my bull this year and he only went a few yards, but I was surprised that none of the several bullets I put into him exited. His complete lack of reaction to the first couple shots made me wonder if I had hit him at all. Think I'm going to try a TTSX, see how that works.

xx, this bullet did exit you can see the exit to the left of the rifle.. I like Accubonds.. So far I must have killed maybe half a dozen elk with them and this last fall the same load and .375 took down a very large cow moose..
I have used Accubonds in my .340, .300 Wea., and .300 Win.
200's in the Wea. and 150's and 165's in the .300 Win.s. Late last winter I shot a big cow with a semi target .300 win. and 150 gr. Accubonds starting out about 3450 fps. Dropped the cow in her tracks at about 250 yards. Have the bullet some where it expanded perfectly.. I have never had an Accubond fail.. They are always perfectly expanded, those that I have recovered.. BUT they do not shot completely though an animal like the partition does. But I have had no problem killing game quickly and cleanly with them..

I didn't draw an elk tag this year, and only one of my sons did. He used a 150 gr NPT from an A-Bolt in 270 Win at 347 yards in the late season.

Not over yet. Going out on a damage hunt tomorrow AM. Going to be a bit chilly but hopefully bearable.

Here's mine, shot in the exact same spot that I flubbed a shot at a black bear the evening before. I had both bear and elk tags, was watching a feeding field from a blind. Three bears showed up the first evening about 240 yards out. Hit the biggest one a bit too far forward and missed the lungs with a 250 Horn RN .358 from my Whelen. He ran about 1/2 mile north into the forest reserve, no amount of tracking ( even with my dog) could find him in the thick hazel brush. No better success tracking in the morning either. So I sat in the same spot, the same time of the next evening, and three elk showed up. Killed this one very efficiently with a slightly better placed bullet.
My buddy found the bear a few days later, almost completely consumed by wolves. I certainly wasn't proud of losing and wasting a bear, but it was gratifying to be offered the exact same shot a day later ( the elk was standing within a couple feet of the same spot where I hit the bear) and make good.
As it turns out, the bear was one that had chased my buddy for a considerable distance the week before when he was out for a ride on his mountain bike. He was glad it was dead, even if I was kinda conflicted about the whole bear mess.

Love that pic. A late hunting pard of mine used a gen1 BLR in 7RM, didnt have any bluing left on it..good memories seeing that pic.

Didn't draw a Bull tag again this year, so grabbed a late season cow tag. Fun times and a full freezer! 250 yards/GAP 308/155gr. Scenar.



Kinda cool to look back and remember dreaming as a kid of chasing elk, and then realizing this is my 21st elk.

A dandy too. Big old girl.

Huntr,

Nice big cow....you still shooting the lefty M-70 7X57?

Doc

Hey Doc, still shooting the lefty, but it's an '06 in its current version. Debated hard on using it on this hunt!

I finished out the season helping a co-worker shoot her first big game animal. Even though she grew up in MT, she didn't learn to hunt then. Now, in her mid-40s, she has decided it is something she wants to do. So we bought her a Tikka T3 in 7-08 and loaded up some 140 Partitions. In practice over the summer she got quite steady out to 300 yds. She didn't draw any tags, so we were able to buy her a landowner cow tag.

Took us three trips to get into the elk because a lack of snow had them much higher than usual. You can see the road we started from snaking along the valley bottom.



We had expected a wide open shot at 200+ yards, but she ended up with a "hurry up" shot at about 75 yards through the junipers. She hit it a bit far back, so we had to do a follow up shot. The elk was on a very steep slope, and it rolled under a rootwad that we could barely pull it out of.



Given how far from the road we were, and how steep it was, I was glad it was but a calf. I doubt she would have grinned bigger if it was a big bull. I am glad to have helped her get her first animal.

Utah708,

Good job on getting her out for her first elk. Great pictures as well.

Nice job Utah708

Well done UT708!

Great job, Utah!

Great job Utah708!

No pictures to show. Would have needed a good telephoto lenses to photo our cows!!! We have an empty freezer! On the bright side, it's still rabbit season, according to my math, approx. 363 rabbits equals one average cow! memtb

You can't beat rabbits, here is about a front quarter of an elk...

I miss eating rabbit. Glad I don't have to worry about getting my face all scratched to chit anymore though...

You killing them with your teeth???