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Well, my 30 year dream of killing a bull elk was accomplished this week. Hunted with a friend in southern Wyoming and got on this guy after we spotted him about 1,800 yards away. After I watched Jon sprint up the hill (he runs ultra marathons in Wyoming), I took what was probably 10-15 minutes to climb up to him. We got to almost 500 yards but had cows working toward us, so pulled an end around and got up above them at right at 400 yards. Jon says he’s a real nice 6x5, so I was ready. He was slightly quartering toward me. 400 yards, 139 Scenar at 3,060 out of my Extreme Hunter 6.5Gap4S. Suppressor made it easier to watch the impact. He barely flinched, and Jon said, “did you miss him?” “Nope” Cows milled around and he turned to start walking with them, started wobbling, and just kind of sank to the ground and was dead within 30 seconds. Fresh elk loins and an ice cold Black Tooth Saddle Bronc tasted like a meal in heaven! My all time favorite rifle: ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/9XbPqJ8k/C222-A994-B4-F6-4172-B9-E0-442-DBD2682-F5.jpg) Shot him from the top of the ridge in the background: ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/26wWhSwW/38379-F97-28-F3-4516-A6-F8-8-EDF4846882-A.jpg) And for the curious, entry and exit lung pics: ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/NFCrCCZf/E47300-D0-E81-B-4032-979-B-462-C619-FB858.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/gkrhLd6w/EF0932-DB-08-BA-45-AB-9425-94119-C372-EC4.jpg)
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Congratulations, and nice shooting.
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Great job.....
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You did awesome brother congratulations...
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Hell yeah Marty... congrats!
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Congrats on a fine bull....extra nice for your first one! This is what makes memories! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
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that’s awesome! congrats k7m 😎
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Awesome!! Congrats Marty!! Sounds like you made good on your tag! How did the other guys do?
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Good deal Marty been wondering how your hunt went. Looks like it went great:) Congrats on the nice bull. Getting ready to leave myself in about a hour for the long drive to Wyoming!
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Congrats Marty! Fine bull.
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Nice, are you going to make a euro mount with the antlers?
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Congratulations. Nice Bull.
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