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Well we got up there today. We saw about 100 more Elk, but of coarse my brother couldn't hit. I walked out on the ice on the west side, and it was about 2 inches. Since we had chains on, we didn't get a chance to check anywhere ealse. It looked like where the water was open by the island before was only covered in 1/2 to 3/4 inches of ice. Should be pretty safe for all you guys goin up there! I got into the grouses, too. I got my limit, all nice big blues. Gotta love that private property ]
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Sounds like your bro needs some shooting lessons! Nice work on the grouse, they do make a tasty morsel. Really good on the rotisserie. Have a good thanksgiving.
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Oh man, he sure does! I swear, after 2 boxes of shells, you'd think he'd atleast graze one of them. Oh well, at least the grouse huntings good! Happy Thanksgiving!! ]
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What a waste, I've never need more than one bullet to get the job done! I've been working on the same box of shells for 10 years! Tell him to breath easy and not panic. Don't take long shots and pull up the ballistics charts for his rifle and shell type that will help if you know where your bullet is going to go after you shoot it.
And most of all TAKE YOUR TIME!!!!!!!!!! Its supposed to be fun no sense getting all stressed out about it!
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Man I'd called his hunt after the first box but two that is a joke. I wouldn't take him out again until you hit the range again. I'd make him shoot another box at the range before he takes another shot in the field. If he's shooting that bad and you know it's half your fault for the horrible shooting.
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Out of 3 deer and one elk I have shot in my time hunting I used a total of 7 bullets to get all of them. Well last year I went on a antlerless deer hunt. Well I had deer running everywhere right in front of me. It took me 10 shells to finally get one deer. I guess when I accidentally dropped my rifle off of a 8 foot cliff the day before it affected my shooting!!! [crazy]
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Let's not beat the poor kid up too badly -- I'm sure he feels sick enough about missing all of those elk. It is possible that the sights have been knocked out of adjustment, or perhaps they never were sighted in. I once had the screws holding the scope on my rifle loosen (I had a new scope installed at a store, and I didn't notice until after firing several shells at the range, that they had failed to tighten the screws!), and I had to shoot over a box of shells on the range to get it scoped in again.
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I was up on Scofield today. Heard a few scattered shots in the mountains. Maybe he has calmed down a bit.....
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i guess the only thing to say to that is shooting practice. but a concern of mine is wounding the animals if your not a good shot. grazing a animal is not good and i hope all hunters who read this dont practice just shooting and trying to hit the animal. you need a clean kill shot and if you dont think you can make it dont take the shot. are you guys sure he didnt hit anything? did you go over to check all the animals you shot at for blood? not all animals especially elk fall over like in the tv shows when you shoot them. some dont even haunch over. i hope you guys didnt shoot all those shells and not walk over to where you were shooting to check for blood. im passionate about this subject because i hear of all to many hunters shooting up the mountain just trying to hit a "trophy" animal.
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I took him out target practicing Friday by davis knolls for some coyotes. I shot his gun, and it was fine. My girlfriend was even able to hit with it! That .270 was WAY too big for the dogs, but it was good practice. We went up elk hunting yesterday, and I got him into the cows again. This time, the shot was about 50 yds. instead of the usuall 250. He hit her right in the liver, then the lungs. Pretty dang good shot for his standards!
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Congratulations to your brother!
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Nice! Tell him congrats!
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Xman,
You are right. A lot of times you hit an elk, and good, but they don't even flinch. Then later they fall over out of sight. It is important to investigate well before deciding that you missed an elk. I also shoot a .270. It will take an elk for sure(I have killed 3) but those elk are tough and one time I hit a cow elk squarely two times and didn't even know it until the rest of the herd ran off and she ran the other way limping. On another hunt I watched my friend hit an elk. He thought he hit her but she ran over the hill anyway. We eventually found her about 100 yards from where she was originally hit. When my friend dressed her out he found that the top half of her heart had been shot off completely by his 30.06(only one shot). And she still ran 100 yds uphill before going down!! So you have to check real good after shooting at an elk. There is a good chance that you did not miss.
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Hey Polo, I hear ya there. On one of the laswt hunts I went on my buddies gun got pulled out of the scapboard by a branch fell on the ground then got stepped on by his horse. Put the scope way out,so I let him use my gun and he put down a nice cow elk. But it sure ruined his day & his scope.
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thats better news to hear. great meat for the freezer with i could say i had the same this year. congrats to him.
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Congrats, probably just what he needed some time on the range and some confidence in his shot. How big a girl was she? My last one dressed out @ 240lbs.
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Yeah, that probly was the diference. He got really embaraced when my girl friend hit with his gun before him! She dressed out to about 250 or so. Not really huge, but no calf either. I'm 110% sure he didn't hit before now. I always follow anything we shoot at for atleast 300 yds, and there was no blood in the snow or trees. Too bad he couldn't have hit before, though!
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Congrats on the kill. I guess you found his range, 50 yards, but seriously if you don't practice taking longer shots then the usual 100 yards then you should never even consider taking anything longer then what you practice.
This is the reason why I don't like to rifle hunt. Way to many jokers out in the woods who don't know how to hunt or even shoot straight. I almost good shot twice this year alone and I don't plan on trying my luck next year. I'll stick to bow and muzzleloaders hunts. Atleast they have only one shot so they have to make a clean kill.
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