Very proud of my 15 yr old. We had a great hunt in NM during the youth rifle hunt. Before we went we were trying to decide which rifle to take. We had a 28 Nos and 6.5 PRC ready to go. I was a little concerned about the 142gr LRAB in the prc being too light. It's a new Alamo Precision rifle that I just got and honestly just took it to the range to start the break in process while I got the 28 Nos and my .300 Winmag dialed in to 600 for him. However, the prc shot crazy good right out of the box with the Nosler factory 142gr LRAB bullet. He liked that gun more and felt more comfortable with it so we took it into the field. It worked great. First shot was at 500 and a little back. He followed up with 2 more and finished him. Bullets performed well. We recovered one of the follow up shots and he was super excited. His first elk hunt and he started off with a bang! He got to see a lot of elk and still had some decent bugling activity. Overall a great hunt. That's the 28 Nos in the pic. We decided to carry that in for the recovery in case he got up. We wanted the bigger bullet in that situation. He was laying dead right where we left him.

Lee

Great pics right there. Sounds like quite the time! I'd imagine some hard work took place afterwards.

Beautiful! Congrats to the hunter. No place like NM!

Lee
Congrats to your son on the great bull and success!! Looks like you guys had some good weather also.

Weather was great, people were great, scenery was great and such a fun hunt.

He drew a rifle tag in the youth draw and we hunted with Ryan and Damon from A3 New Mexico. Great guys and I recommend them highly if anybody needs a guide in NM or AZ. I usually hunt without a guide for myself but put the kids in the Guide draw to help them have better draw odds and to help to have a better hunt experience. I like to embrace the "struggle" and figure things out on my own but for them, I like to give them the best chance of success so that they will continue to want to do it in the future.

Lee

Very nice, congrats to all.

The NM youth hunts are usually a blast.

Hell of a start for a 15 year old....Sweet Jesus....hell of an Elk. Congrat's to all.

Congratulations to your son. A mighty nice bull. Look like you had a very enjoyable time. Thanks for the story and pictures.

L.W.

Lee - that's awesome man!!!

Congrats to the lad!

Congrats, all around!
Great stuff!

Congrats to your boy and man, you taught him to shoot! Great stuff all the way around.

Great report on the 142 Nosler. I hope to find some of them for my PRC.

Congrats to your son!

Congrats to your son. That's a great bull.

Fantastic bull,
You're going to spoil that kid.....
Which is a great thing to do.
Well done.

WOW! JUST WOW!

Congratulations to both of you.

That’s awesome!

Congratulations to young hunter.

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Outstanding bull and experience. Congrats.

Congratulations to your son on a nice bull and to you for helping to make it happen! Memories that will last a lifetime right there...

I couldn't agree more. Fantastic, congrats, great pics!!!!

Outstanding!

Wow! Congratulations to both of you!

Congrats to your son on a nice bull.

Congrats! Looks like you all had a great time hunting. your son is a great young folk, teach him more important stuff that is needed he is gonna explore them than your thought.

Congratulations to you both. This is one of those great experiences that will he (both of you) will carry all his life.

Wow! Congrats to you both!

fantastic stuff, congrats to both of you, beautiful bull there.

Congrats to both of you and great pictures!

Congratulations to your son.