Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting What did you get in 2018? cartridge? bullet? rifle? range?

doe antelope 280AI, 140 gr NAB, Win M70, 300 yards

buck antelope 15", 280AI, 140 gr NAB, Win M70, 100 yards

doe mule deer, 280AI, 140 gr NAB, Win M70, 200 yards

buck mule deer 3x3, 280AI, 140 gr NAB, Kimber 84L, 100 yards

Drew great tags....family issues have, thus far, stopped our hunting! Missed out on great, very hard to draw, deer tags. Should get some elk hunting in! memtb

My season isn’t even half way through yet.....

So far filled two outta 3, well 4 tags.

Buck antelope at 210yds using a LAW Professional 280AI, shooting hand loaded 162gr Hornady ELD-x.
Buck mule deer at 142yds using a Kimber 8400 .30-06, shooting hand loaded 165gr NAB.

Still have general elk tag and an elk B tag to fill. If I get an elk it would be my first trifecta.

Whitetail 150 GameKing out of a 308
Too many pigs to count. 62 Barnes Rock River AR

Javelina....7x57....140 grain Nosler Partition......50 yards.

Nothing long range yet. I had a couple opportunities, but didn't have a rifle with me I felt comfortable with at the 400+ yard ranges I had opportunities at.

I have, however, killed:

Turkey at 10 yards with a bow
Roosevelt elk bull at 238 yards-.300 H&H with 200 grain original speer grand slam
Mule deer buck at ~80 yards-.300 H&H with 200 grain original speer grand slam
Antelope buck at ~200 yards-.223 Rem with 62 TSX
Shiras moose bull at ~80 yards-.300 H&H with 200 grain original speer grand slam

I can't find a Rocky Mountain elk here in WY to save my life, but still have a few days
Got a Montana deer tag and an extra Wyoming cow elk I plan to fill still, and one never knows what kind of ranges will be involved.

Not counting the craploads of hogs, I've killed two axis bucks. One with a 7mm08 and 120 BT, the other with a 6.5CM and 120 TTSX. I haven't even gotten started yet though. My buddy gave me 30 whitetail doe cull tags (MLD ground), and I've got big whitetails and mule deer to chase.

T cool rifles and cool game.. Nice work.. I am off for a mulie tomorrow..

So far, one antelope doe at 280 yards, with a .260/130 ELDM, during regular season. 27 white tail does on depredation permits this summer, with Creed, .260 and '06.. 10 regular season doe tags and one antelope doe to go. Have a newly-barreled .260 to get some blood on!

So far; antelope at 209 yards with a Shiloh Sharps 1877 in 45-70. When you hit them right they go right down...

damn, Shrap. You bring a big lunchbox......

That's just his ammo can, if Deflave comes along he needs a good selection.

Nada! I only got to bear hunt this spring and the first bear showed up on the last day of the season to bait, and I was at work. Took a contracting job overseas 15 days before caribou season opened, so I am dreaming of next season when I'll be back at home for good. That being said, in two more days, I can apply for 2019 tags.

Update: I took a 5x5 raghorn bull at almost exactly 600 yards on the last day of the general WY bull season. 6.5X284 NORMA and 140 berger. Chip shot.

79" antelope - 6.5 ctr, 139 scenar - 458 yards - 1 shot
22" 4 point mule deer - 6.5 ctr, 139 scenar - 312 yards - 1 shot (10 year old sons first deer)
3 point mule deer - 6.5 ctr, 139 scenar - 40 yards - 1 shot (wifes deer)
20" mule deer - 6.5 ctr, 139 scenar - 226 yards - 1 shot
2 coyotes - 6.5 ctr, 139 scenar - 346 and 404 respectively

Never had a chance at a good bull - but had the 6.5 in hand all season long. I am kind of hooked.

I spent hours in September rebarreling a 1949 Win M70 to 280AI with a Bartlein fluted barrel and McMillan stock and VX-6HD scope, bipod, cheek rest, etc.
I was getting groups at 400 yards.

But when I shot the antelope in October, I could have used a shotgun. It was at 100 yards, walking toward me, and I was shooting freehand.

For 2018...... 3 Deer tags drawn and 3 bucks down

Arizona..... 3X2 with Bowtech Reign 6 at 52yards

Colorado.... 3x3 with RBros Carbon Hunter 300 WM at 843 yards

California D zone..... 6X2 with RBros Carbon Hunter 300 WM at 504 yards

Nothing at real long range ..
hog about 125 yards 7mm08 120 NBTBT
hog about 90 yards 7mm08 120 NBTBT
hog about 75 yards .30-30 Marlin 24" 150 WW Silvertip.
axis doe 80 yards .300 WM 150 Part.
axis buck. 200 yards 300WM 150 Part.
gobbler 200 yards ,270 win. 140 Sierra 140 HPBT
gobbler 60 yards .22-250 50 gr. VMax
bighorn ram 300 yards .300 WM 165 gr. Sierra HPBT
antelope doe 125 yards .25-35 ww 117 Factory soft point
antelope doe 90 yards .220 swift 64 gr. ww.
whitetail doe 150 yards .270 win 140 gr. Sierra HPBT
3pt mule deer 225 yards 7mm RM 168 gr. Berger
turkey 65 yards .220 Swift 50 Blitzking
whitetail buck .25-06 100 gr. Sierra 250 yards
whitetail doe, .25-06 100 gr. Sierra 300 yards


Still have two elk tags.. Will go for one in Dec.. Will hunt a bit this week for the other..

Sorry, can't oblige. Both deer taken so far fell to my new crossbow.

35 yards and 32 yards, Excalibur Matrix Bulldog 380, Muzzy 125gr 3 blade






Passed on 5 does Monday, our rifle opener, hoping for better.