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I shot this buck at 237 yards with my Shaen built 6.5 PRC with a 139 scenar. Slight quartering shot. Went in high shoulder and out behind the opposite one. He went straight down at the shot. Minimal damage to the onside shoulder but the tops of his lungs were grenaded. Exit hole was a little bigger than a quarter.

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My son shot this buck with a 6mm creedmoor and 105 gr scenar.
About 175 yards through the shoulder. It exited pretty high behind the offside shoulder due to the uphill angle of the shot. The bullet smashed up the onside shoulder pretty bad and got both lungs but he made it about 70 yards before he went down. Good blood trail thankfully because he ran in some thick stuff to die.

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Nice buck for the boy! How old is your son?

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So,
Anyone find Black Friday deals on Scenars?


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Originally Posted by TheKid
Nice buck for the boy! How old is your son?


Thanks. He is 10 and absolutely ecstatic about that one.

For my part of VA it's an outstanding buck. Glad I had him along because I would have dumped that buck in a heartbeat if I were hunting by myself

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Nice accounts. That Scenar is available too. Makes it nice.


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Originally Posted by beretzs
Nice accounts. That Scenar is available too. Makes it nice.



Which one? I could use some more 139s

What part of VA are you in?

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Originally Posted by Dude270
Originally Posted by beretzs
Nice accounts. That Scenar is available too. Makes it nice.



Which one? I could use some more 139s

What part of VA are you in?


Check out GreenTop Hunt and fish. I usually buy 139’s easy enough from them.

They’re also at Precision Reloading quite often.

I’m in Stafford Va.


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Originally Posted by Dude270
My son shot this buck with a 6mm creedmoor and 105 gr scenar.
About 175 yards through the shoulder. It exited pretty high behind the offside shoulder due to the uphill angle of the shot. The bullet smashed up the onside shoulder pretty bad and got both lungs but he made it about 70 yards before he went down. Good blood trail thankfully because he ran in some thick stuff to die.

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Originally Posted by Dude270
Originally Posted by TheKid
Nice buck for the boy! How old is your son?


Thanks. He is 10 and absolutely ecstatic about that one.

For my part of VA it's an outstanding buck. Glad I had him along because I would have dumped that buck in a heartbeat if I were hunting by myself


That’s an outstanding buck anywhere. Congratulations to the hunter from an Adirondack hunting guide.

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Originally Posted by Dude270
Originally Posted by TheKid
Nice buck for the boy! How old is your son?


Thanks. He is 10 and absolutely ecstatic about that one.

For my part of VA it's an outstanding buck. Glad I had him along because I would have dumped that buck in a heartbeat if I were hunting by myself


Congrats to your boy, thats an Awesome Buck. I would be happy to take a Buck like that anytime.

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Beretzs, thanks for the heads up. I never thought of ordering from green tops online. I'm near harrisonburg, if you get over to the Shenandoah valley sometime give me a shout.

fshaw & jc, thanks for the kind words. I got the skull mount cleaned up and on a board this weekend. The kiddo just needs to decide where he wants to put it

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I have to admit, I was totally wrong about these bullets

My early post is truly embarrassing for me

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Originally Posted by Dude270
Beretzs, thanks for the heads up. I never thought of ordering from green tops online. I'm near harrisonburg, if you get over to the Shenandoah valley sometime give me a shout.

fshaw & jc, thanks for the kind words. I got the skull mount cleaned up and on a board this weekend. The kiddo just needs to decide where he wants to put it



Sometimes they have stuff no one else has. I tend always look or call for harder to find stuff. They've been good to me over the years.


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Originally Posted by elkchsr
Found this guy yesterday. 123gr Scenar from a 256 Newton. Shot was 347 yards and I was shooting from the top of the ridge down. Second pic shows the exit hole.

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Originally Posted by cooperfan
I have to admit, I was totally wrong about these bullets

My early post is truly embarrassing for me

Coop,
With 34 pages now on the thread I'm not going to try to look up your earlier post, but I do have a question. Have you been doing some hunting with Scenars yourself that changed your mind or is it all the success posts here?
I am mostly in the latter camp as the success folks had convinced me to give them a try. Neither kill in my sample size of two was particularly challenging to the bullet but I am still thinking I'll keep using them.
Early on in the thread somebody asked the astute question "What would this thread look like if its title was 'Deceased by Partition'?" It'd be 1000 pages long is the answer. My take so far is the advantage of the Scenars is they are so very, very, accurate, have excellent BCs, and they kill pretty darn good when they get there. Since bullet placement is 90% (or more) of the problem, that's a real vote for the Scenar based on those first two attributes.

So, what were the factors in changing your mind?

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Originally Posted by TRexF16
Originally Posted by cooperfan
I have to admit, I was totally wrong about these bullets

My early post is truly embarrassing for me

Coop,
With 34 pages now on the thread I'm not going to try to look up your earlier post, but I do have a question. Have you been doing some hunting with Scenars yourself that changed your mind or is it all the success posts here?
I am mostly in the latter camp as the success folks had convinced me to give them a try. Neither kill in my sample size of two was particularly challenging to the bullet but I am still thinking I'll keep using them.
Early on in the thread somebody asked the astute question "What would this thread look like if its title was 'Deceased by Partition'?" It'd be 1000 pages long is the answer. My take so far is the advantage of the Scenars is they are so very, very, accurate, have excellent BCs, and they kill pretty darn good when they get there. Since bullet placement is 90% (or more) of the problem, that's a real vote for the Scenar based on those first two attributes.

So, what were the factors in changing your mind?

Cheers,
Rex


This thread has completely changed my mind. I have not used them myself. I have a hunt next year for Mule deer in Montana and I think Scenars will be my bullet.

Early on in this thread, I made a regrettable post comment saying it was "dumb to use a target bullet for game", and now I have not only bought some of those bullets but, I'm going to use them on an expensive out of state hunt next year. That is full circle thinking, LOL

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139 Scenar, 260 Ackley at 2950 ...200 yards behind the shoulder...Tried to lunge forward but ended up nose diving.. I also took a blacktail doe that went down at the shot..I was a tad skeptical at first,but not any more.. I have since started stocking up and have lots now...Also have a Creedmoor to feed. wink


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