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I got out this weekend for a general season OTC elk hunt. Saturday I only seen a few cows but Sunday I caught a herd in a clearcut at first light. Rem. 700 in 300RUM, 200 gr accubond over 95.5gr of Retumbo for 3175fps. ![[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]](https://i.ibb.co/Yy9GRmB/bulldown.jpg) 100 yard shot, I'm surprised the bullet was just under the offside skin. This is the first accubon I've caught 124.5gr ![[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]](https://i.ibb.co/4WRs8W7/bullet.jpg) I'm defiantly getting to old to pack out elk by myself, that was a lot of work.
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Nice work Jamie, bullet looks great..
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Killed a nice 6x6 years ago with the same caliber and bullet. Mine took out a shoulder at 167 yards and was in the 50% weight retention range.
Congrats on a beautiful bull. Well done
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Congrats.. you sure don’t see shepherds very often.
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Nice work - congrats!
Bullet looks about perfect from here.
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Any elk, especially an OTC bull, is something to be proud of. Nice one!
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Congrats.. you sure don’t see shepherds very often. It took 2 years of load development to get the ballistics to match the scope. I found several loads with different powders that are stupid accurate but not fast enough.
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Thanks for the congrats guys . One of my hunting partners died a couple of years ago and the hunting party broke up so now I'm elk hunting solo. I like hunting alone until meats on the ground and then hunting partners would be nice.
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Thanks for the congrats guys . One of my hunting partners died a couple of years ago and the hunting party broke up so now I'm elk hunting solo. I like hunting alone until meats on the ground and then hunting partners would be nice. Haha! From what I’ve seen that sounds about right. You have to be a pretty stubborn person to get one shooting as advertised, my late uncle was such a guy. I don’t think he ever got that thing squared away. Seeing yours brought back some good memories. I used to give him so much [bleep] about that scope.
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Nice Bull. Congratulations. Did you have a solo pack out too?
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Nice Bull. Congratulations. Did you have a solo pack out too?
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Man that is an awful lotta meat and a trophy to be proud of dang! Nice work congratulations!
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Congrats. Nice bull. Probably a 3 year old or so. That one should be darn good eating
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Congrats on the bull and that 200 AB just looks excellent as well. Can’t ask for much more!
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WTG! Tickled for you, Jamie!
I have now moved to WA State and my boys even had my old bones out watching an elky hillside over the weekend. No way I could pack one out now with my health problems but they promise to fetch it for me. I shot a flat land blacktail with a shotgun (what is the world coming to?!), called on cell phone and two grandsons came 1 1/2 mile behind a locked gate to fetch the deer and even carried my shotgun. I could get used to this kind of service!
You have a dandy elk, especially in low odds west side WA!
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Congratulations! Strong work on the solo pack out! Gonna be tasty..
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I can’t imagine a solo pack out! Great job!
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