My boss keeps a ledger board for all the big game kilt on the ranch. Up till Sunday, I was the undisputed LR kill champeen with a whitetail from 849 yards.





But Sunday, the kid who has worked the last 4 summers for me, putting himself thru engineering school, kicked my everlovin' azz. He's been a good student (both at shooting, and school). I've given him scopes to get started dialling. His hunting rifle was a package rifle savage 243 that he killed a couple deer and antelope with and now wears one of my 4-18 LRHS's. His bergara LR .22 has one of my Arkens, his 204 has an Arken 6-24, and his 17 hummer uses my old 4-12 leupold. His grandpa has bought him all his cheap savage and ruger american rifles up till this past year. Then the kid bought a couple pistols and a pair of Bergara rifles hisself, a .22 and a 6.5 creed, and a burris xtr3 for the creed. I've also got him started reloading his 3 centerfires with my stuff, and he really likes it. He was so wanting the new ranch record, that he didn't score until the last week of our damage season, passing up lottsa does every weekend less than my 850. But it worked out good for him the other day. The wind was way less than saturday, and the goats moved into a pasture that allowed him a longer poke. 952 yards prone from a bipod, but the wind bit him just a little. Spined her just in front of the hips while trying to slip one behind her shoulder, but it all worked out for him. Congats, Cortland. You earned it, kid.....

Sounds like he had a hell of a coach.

Congrats to Cortland. 952 yards is a hell of shot. Yes he earned it.

And congrats to you too huntsman22 for taking him under your wing and passing on the knowledge and helping him out with the right gear.

We'll be building his first custom rifle as soon as his AG stock is finished. He chose to go 7PRC for his new hunting rifle. He kinda copied me as far as action/barrel/trigger as he really likes my Bighorns/proofs/ TT Diamonds. Whenever he gets the stock, he'll come up and use my barrel vice and action wrench and screw it together.

Oh hell yeah...,,
This is what I like to see...

T Inman;
Good evening my friend, I hope you're well, warm and dry tonight.

For sure, for sure, that's what I like to see as well.

Tip of the hat to you huntsman, well done sir.

All the best to you both.

Dwayne

Outstanding! That's some great shooting, and apparently you were a very good mentor.

That's more than twice the distance of my longest big game kill.

I do hope he learned a bit about wind drift.

Regards, Guy

That’s a long poke! Creedmoor I’m guessing?
It wasn’t clear in the OP what the gear was

Congrats to the young man and you to hunts that's 1st class mentoring..mb

Very cool. Good on both of you.

Congrats on schooling that fella. Sounds like he has taken right too it! Man, that is great stuff Huntsman.

My little brother did the same thing to me. I spent a few years coaching and showing him how to load and shoot long. Well, turns out he really took it all in and has our little camps longest bull elk kill.

His new PRC sounds like a heckuva great all around rifle.

Very cool sir! Love that bloody tag pic.

Hunts my friend, very cool story and a job well done by both of you!! You have the perfect location for teaching young folks all of these important lessons.

I met Cortland only the one time when I stopped by and we all had lunch, however I had a feeling he was a genuine young man. Something this nation needs more of....

Good job Amigo!


Frog---OUT!

Outstanding Hunts! That's what it's all about! Thanks for sharing.

That's great Hunts, good on you for helping the young man get off to a good start.

How long are you going to let him keep the record?

my bad I guess. I said what gear he owned and showed a pic with a bergara in it and figgered it was plain enuff. sorry, he shot her with his bergara in creed, topped with a burris xtr3. He also used 147 eldm's over 41.5 of H-4350

I just happened to be the one with the longest biggame kill, being the record holder wasn't my reason for living. I've killed coyotes further than the new record, but they don't count in the hunt book, and my cop buddy killed one at 1740 yards, so I've been beat there, too......

Don, good on ya for taking him under your wing. Though you might be teaching a little too well.

Was TIC - mostly about pushing to go longer. Glad he's got you, the ranch and the space to learn in.

Pure Gold Hunts!

Good job Huntsman, I did the same thing with my neighbors son. Very rewarding! He sounds like a very smart, & mature man. Pretty sure you had something to do with that also. Oh, & a shout out to his grand dad! WPGGUY. 🐾👣🐾👣🇨🇦

Looks like you taught him well…..on several levels. 😊

Hell Huntsman....a few lessons from that kid, you`ll be back on top in no time!

Good coaching..

It takes the pressure off when you pass it along to the next generation!

Nice to pass it to one who cares!

Well done, both of you!

Excellent job and story. Thanks.

Caught my eye too - says "Doe Damage" on it. Some sort of depredation tag I take it.

Yeah, the cpw gives our farmer doe damage tags to keep the goats off the winter wheat and he gives them to us to keep them stirred up and outta the fields.

to bad you helped to beat your self, but you did a fine job of helping the one who did it .

Wow! We should all have such great mentors in our lives...good on ya Huntsman!

Glad it was a good guy that did the knocking you off lol. He's a lucky guy to have such a great mentor.

Very proud for both of you!

Great story and glad the young guy put in the time and work.

That's stretching a 6.5mm CM pretty hard and glad he is going up to a 7mm PRC if he wants that kind of reach on a regular basis.

Range Records can lead to bad outcomes but I know I am preaching to the choir.

That's some well done mentoring, Don.

Cortlands stock showed up from AG today, so he came over and screwed everything together. He is still short a scope, so I loaned him a loose LRHSi to slap on it tonight. Kurt(30338) and fam is coming out tomorrow to bang steel, and Cort wants to get his new 7PRC wrung out too. He is also bringing his Bergara 22 and Kurt's bringing his Vudoo. I'll slum my RimX, and we'll do a little .22 longrange playtime as well. I think his PRC will be a hammer...

Congrats to Cortland.. and instructor. 😊

Thats a long shot.

After playing with his new toy this weekend to 1000, he is looking forward to going even farther next fall...

You taught him well!

That's some good shooting. Congrats to you both.

Don,
He'll forever remember you as a mentor and someone that he looks up to. Guarantee you've left an impression on him that we'll forever be with him. I say this as the farmer that took me under his wing and taught me how to hunt still sticks with me to this day. Kudos to you Sir.

Passing up closer shots to spine-shoot an animal in the hips, for a record.

Why long range hunting... isn't.

But that's just me.




GR

yeah. we know......

Don, Good on you for all the mentorship you gave the young man... you should be very proud to have set up a future hunter with the right attitudes and the right principles. I sure hope he passes on to another on all the things he's learned from you.
You're a good man Don.

cheers,
seafire

Good Deal all the way around Don!

Hey Huntsman22, what is the BM and mag in the 7PRC build? Nice build!

hawkins m-5 and AICS

congrats to the both of you ,Pete53

Not to throw water on this thread, you long range sniper’s ever heard of fair chase. Is hunting just about the killing? Nearly all major hunting/conservation organizations such as the Boone and Crockett club, are Presently addressing that question. I personally believe the game animal deserves an effort on our part to pursue them in their element such that their senses give an equal chance for escape as we have for success of the harvest.Submitted by a life long hunter, that’s had the privilege of hunting and harvesting some 30 plus species.

That's nice.... If the LR hunting forum isn't your cup of tea, maybe you should just STFU on it, and go where you can feel comfortable and hang out with others of your ilk.

That's a great looking rig, how do you like the AG stock? What barrel length did he go with (I went with a 22" in 7 PRC for my Defiance Ruckus GA Hunter)?

Its what you pass on to others, that makes a life well lived...

you've done very Well Don.... Cortland will be remembering you, decades from now...

Good job on passing on what you know and have learned in life.

Nice job. Just ignore the morons that always tend to show up.................................................