My 2K8 Utah Rifle Muley

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My 2K8 Utah Rifle Muley

Post by utahpredator_7 » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:47 pm

We had seen a lot of deer in this area on a long hike the day before, and the "old men" (my dad and his friends) were all tired and forgot to wake me up! I got a late start and headed out to a big rock on a point where I killed my 28" 3pt with my muzzleloader last year. I wasn't seeing any deer, and decided to look around one more time before going to do a drive with everyone else. I saw a white butt of a muley down in a clearing below me, that I had previously ranged at 300 exactly. I thought "ah, probably a stupid skinhead" but when I looked in my spotting scope, I saw big horns going out and up. I got down on my bipod with my abolt 25 WSSM, and shot. The first shot hit him in the neck, just below the chin, and didn't exit (see pic of the core). The load I have (115 NBTs, 44 gr. W760) had a rare flier that would always go around 5" high, once in every 10 shots or so, that I didn't have time to work out before the hunt, that may have been the case since he was quartering hard away. The next shot hit him right behind the shoulder, no exit, lungs turned into jelly. he kept walking, back into the flat, where I shot a front leg out just below the shoulder and shot the bottom out of the other. He went down, and started sliding down the hill. I figured he was done, and started getting my stuff ready. I decided to look at him once more in my spotting scope. I couldn't see him! I zoomed out and he was walking towards the trees. I blew the bottoms of both shoulders out, and he went down. He was laying towards me, and I wanted to make sure he wouldn't get up again, so I shot. When I got there I saw that that last shot broke part of his horn off! I pieced him back together though, the taxidermist will fix him up. He is 22 wide, 19 tall, and scores just over 140. Old too, doesn't have very many teeth and his hooves were very worn. The flat just above and to the right of the pic of the hill is where i killed my deer last year. The flat I killed this one in is in the bottom left of the pic, you can't see all of it.

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Re: My 2K8 Utah Rifle Muley

Post by wapiti67 » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:35 am

Sooooo...ya had to put 5 bullets into him? :-k Maybe you need a bigger bullet weight next year...but, great Job...nice buck.

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Re: My 2K8 Utah Rifle Muley

Post by MuleyMadness » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:11 am

Cool buck, and yep he looks older. I like the height and mass on that right side. :thumb

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Re: My 2K8 Utah Rifle Muley

Post by AGCHAWK » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:49 am

CONGRATS! He sure looks like a great buck.
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Re: My 2K8 Utah Rifle Muley

Post by utahpredator_7 » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:45 pm

Switching bullets now, the ballistic tips were supposed to do the trick. Will be using TSX from now on! Thanks.
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Re: My 2K8 Utah Rifle Muley

Post by speedgoat » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:43 pm

Comm'on dude..... lets get a big game rifle... thats not fair to the wildlife... 270 or bigger.

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Re: My 2K8 Utah Rifle Muley

Post by m gardner » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:56 pm

Great story! It's good to have enthusiasm when shooting. You really can't hurt them too much. A better bullet is a good idea though. Beautiful buck.
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Re: My 2K8 Utah Rifle Muley

Post by utahpredator_7 » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:47 pm

.270 or bigger? what do you hunt elk with, a .375? People that say stuff like that have no clue about the true way bullets or rifles work. I'd sooner shoot a deer with a .22-250 and a barnes or partition than a .416 with dangerous game bullets. I have way more than enough energy out to 500-600 yards, for deer. You hit it in the vitals with the right bullet, and enough energy, it dies. Even a .243 is more than potent enough, I killed 3 deer with mine last year, all exited and blew the crap out of them. My dad put a .243 100 grain softpoint through a deer's lungs (a whitey buck) at 400 yards. He went no more than 30 yards. It ain't the caliber, when a bullet can't make it through 6-7" of neck, it failed!
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Re: My 2K8 Utah Rifle Muley

Post by The Ox » Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:42 pm

25 wsssm is def plenty for deer its just a 25-06 with a shortnened case i know a lot of people that swear by 243...and 223 and 22-250s for deer its about the shot placemetn i agree! however bullet construction does have a lot to do with it also .... great buck by the way!

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Re: My 2K8 Utah Rifle Muley

Post by tracker » Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:29 pm

nice buck!
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