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I killed a buffalo.

Put a 200 grain partition @ 2,850 through his head at 100 yards. Custom 30/338.

Dropped in his tracks. Never even twitched. He didn't hear the sound of the shot.

Had I known it was worth a 23 page post, would have mentioned it sooner. LoL

Ahhh, I think his posts were about more than the bison.

OK, never-mind then. Forget I mentioned it. Shrug.

I believe Leighton when he said the bison ducked.

I brained a moose (he of the doubles of tines) at about 50 yards, same deal. The bullet was meant for the spine just behind his ears, but he started to duck and turn just as I shot.. When I skinned his head out, a chunk of bone the size of my palm came off the top of his skull with the skin. The brain just sort of fell out. Lights out!

I'll take it.

According to L, SD has video of the 42 degree bipod stance, 2' wide instant death shot.



We need to see the vid.




Awesome thread.

So who you going to believe- KG or a lying video?

Problem is, those flip phone videos are never very good.

They make the Zapruder film look like modern cinematography.

Laughing! It is a samsung 22! IIRC.

We already did....

Ooooo. Fancy!

We did just this morning. Not that it was fatal at least. Chip shot really. Except the branch in the way we never saw at 230 appx yards. Poof. Something hit the buck. Tiger found blood. Found the buck bedded twice. I never got a shot. Last bed I had to dig like heck in leaves to find a bit of blood proving it was him. Zero blood after the first bed. We suspect really none the worse for wear.. Will check the pond again Saturday. But I doubt it. Easy rack to identify so we have 1.5 months left..

Regardless it sucks. And we were lamenting a few other weird shots. Some ended lucky like Leighton. Cool. Some not as much. A miss or two in there. Handful of long shots past 500. You just never know somedays. All the long ones have been perfect. Go figure

Thankful Leighton made it work!

wait. What. I see a hair

always

LOL

Decided to cut off the meat between rib bones and make a little kabob meal. I had them at a the top of the freezer and they're big and a bit unwieldy, so wanted to get to those first.Not a whole lot of meat on a quarter rib cage, but I wasn't about to waste it. As a quick aside, SD was of the opinion that the bull I killed was badly emaciated. I wouldn't be able to comment one way or the other but trust his judgment. When we were butchering the bull in SD's kitchen, I saw there was some internal fat, but not much. With emaciation being the case or not, the flavor of the meat is flat out amazing.

I opined earlier that the raw product smells like sweet beef. That's exactly how it tasted. I chose to toss most of the rib meat for this meal in a Korean BBQ marinade, but I made it a point to do a couple of skewers with nothing but salt to judge flavor. I cooked them way on the rare side of medium rare. I'm an extremely happy chappy. The girls got a bunch of rib raw rib bones cut up and in the freezer to enjoy from time to time. 197 pounds left to work with and enjoy.

Thanks again to all for reading, posting on the thread and PMing me, and of course, a very special thanks again to all the AK rogues who made this hunt an incredible reality. A high-caliber adventure where memories were made to last and enjoy for a lifetime.




Yes, I removed most of the gristle/silverskin seen in the marinade before skewering.

Kickapoo Caverns State Park, maybe 15 years back, doe cull hunt. I stood since before dawn next to a large cedar adjacent to a dirt vehicle access track maybe 30 yards upwind of an obvious deer trail, not moving. Watching and listening for birds mostly.

Lo and behold, at dawn a doe stepped out and began stepping and feeding in my direction. I had a Marlin 336 at port arms. Ever so slowly I brought the rifle up and sighted on the chest of the deer. By that time maybe 40 feet away. It saw me just as I pulled the trigger, I know I was looking at brown fur when I shot, no idea where or if I hit it. Spent the whole day walking circles looking for blood, nothing.

I think I could handle some of that right there.

Actually, no my man, I don't believe the bull 'ducked', but in watching the video on SD's phone several times, I'm convinced it turned his head to his left just before impact. If I didn't make it crystal clear before, I'm not blaming anyone but myself for a poor shot. Exoneration is not what I'm seeking or asking for, and never did. In fact that had nothing to do with bugger all. My shot didn't strike the animal anywhere near where it was found I had hit him. I got lucky, period. I would however, love to be able to view the video on a proper computer screen at least. Maybe I'm wrong about the bull turning his head just before impact. Maybe what I saw was the head turning as a *result* of impact. I dunno'. Maybe SD will acquire a fuggin' cheap USB cable and simply download the video to his computer and send it to me to upload to YT and post, and maybe he won't. Time will tell...

Leighton, shot worked regardless, awesome thread and pics!

I spent significant time trying again today... it cannot go by USB cable... WIFI Direct will connect the phone to a tablet but then says the file is too large.

Aside from that, the bullet traveled between the axis and atlas , only breaking bone slightly toward the exit side. A radical turn would look very different in the wound channel. imo.