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PM'd prairie dog shooter to tell us what happened on his hunt.

Regarding the 275 yd shot. Muzzleloader shot was out of the wind. We found three groups of cows in one canyon! Two were closer so my friend did a stalk on them. The wind in the drainage was minor with just breezes coming and going. The wind was screaming past me on the high ridge as I watched the show.

I saw the cow drop then heard the boom of the rifle. She rolled down the slope for 70 yds until a log stopped her. It was a great accomplishment for his first elk. Friend's rifle is a Arrowhead custom 45 cal using a 300 gr bullet (BC .355) sized to bore with no sabot. Using BH209, velocity 2500 fps.