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Went out for one last Festivus hoo-ra today with the 3 kids. My daughter age 12 still had a cow elk tag. Snow was deep, but we found one small herd of elk in some thick brush. The 4 of us used the Festivus spirit to sneak in to 160-ish yards. She set up on sticks for the shot, hot safety, and.......elk stand up, start moving out. The last cow stopped quartering away. "Shoot!" I whispered..... She took for......ev.......er. But the elk cooperated. Her 7-08 cracked. The cow stumbled and stood broadside. She rechambers and drilled through both shoulders. Elk down! Both shots were exactly right. When this girl does shoot, something dies. She is 100% in her first year of big game hunting. Mid body shot is entrance on the quartering away first shot. We covered the front shoulder as it was too colored for good photography. The entire Festivus elk hunting clan. We broke the cow down into quarters and we demonstrated feats of strength in sledding to the truck. Everyone was pooped, but extremely happy.
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Congrat's to the young lady .....looks like she killed the biggest cow in the bunch!
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Awesome, love the smiles!
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Good for her! Gotta like those 7-08's
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Congrats! Good thing you didn't use a 270...that cow would still be pumping air.
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Congratulations to all of you, especially the young lady putting meat in the freezer!
Curious, what bullet did you use? I agree with your choice on the 7-08 and have our daughter shooting one, too.
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Awesome story. Congrats to all of you. Way to make everlasting memories there. Great job!!!!
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Good shooting right there! Congrats to the girl on the big cow.
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Gongrats on the Festivus fun times. Love the feats of strength of part.
Good job to you and your daughter.
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Very, very cool! Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for the kind words all. Certainly a memory I'll smile about for a long time.
Curious, what bullet did you use?
Nosler 120 grn BT. 44 grns Varget. First time using it on elk. I'm impressed. Complete penetration on both shots, which is saying something when both shoulders are punched.
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Outstanding! Congratulations to you all, and on Festivus too. One of my favorite holidays. Did the Festivus pole serve as her shooting stick?;-)
Great pictures too.
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Thanks for the kind words all. Certainly a memory I'll smile about for a long time.
Curious, what bullet did you use?
Nosler 120 grn BT. 44 grns Varget. First time using it on elk. I'm impressed. Complete penetration on both shots, which is saying something when both shoulders are punched. That is impressive. I am loading that bullet, too, using 25.0 gr. of SR4759 for a reduced recoil load. Thanks. Congratulations again to all of you and best wishes for many more successful hunts together!
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Thanks for the kind words all. Certainly a memory I'll smile about for a long time.
Curious, what bullet did you use?
Nosler 120 grn BT. 44 grns Varget. First time using it on elk. I'm impressed. Complete penetration on both shots, which is saying something when both shoulders are punched. I'll say. Congrats to all.
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Heck yeah, nice work T-Bone.
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The 7-08 sure is good elk medicine. My dad shot a nice bull with one too, and it went down right there.
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