firstcoueswas80

Scottyboy and I had plans to head out to a place in 32 to try and find some deer. The day started out rough, I had a guy call in sick at work so I didnt get off as early as I would have liked. To make matters worse, 2 minutes after we get on the freeway, we slow to a crawl! THEN, we couldnt find the right road to the base of the mountains! After we got the truck as close as we could, we headed off to a distant, dark saddle. I think we had about 20 minutes of hiking in before the head lamps clicked on. After I took several spills, and 4 hours later, we made camp! Here is Scott making an MRE at camp. Not really knowing if we were where we wanted, we stayed quiet that night and woke up as soon as the light went from black to grey. We woke up on cloud nine... The night had been windless, 0 moon, and we were in Coues country!! About an hour into glassing, Scott glasses up a small 3x3 walking just below the bluff from left to right. We watch that buck and make sure his big brother isnt with him.. Hes not. A few more hours reveals nothing but good looking country. In the evening, I glassed up the same buck actually getting out of his bed. Too bad he wasnt a big buck, as we had him on lock down! After a few minutes of talking, we opted to haul arse out instead of sleeping on the ground again. Snapped a few pictures, and off we went!

Thats awesome Hector. All that food looks awesome and made me hungry.. like thats hard to do

Happy B-day Wade!

I would kill 'em to! I love big two points!

what a buck! nice shoot!!

I know where you live, if you are messing with us......

Just found out today, I think "Guero" got killed

I agree with Christian!!! Sounds like a little positive foreshadowing!

Now THAT'S a two point!! Nicely done! I want one of those so friggin bad!

Dang, thats harsh! Dont you hate when they get smart about stuff like that!?

Just ran the numbers on the .257 wby with the 115 VLD, drops 213" at 1000 Guess I dont get to jump in and talk about clicks etc since they are already talked about!

Already done brother.

And you told her because......

Or maybe he uses Leica, and has seen the light

I have killed a coues at over 400 with my 30-06. Musta worked, as he is on my wall...

I see him at 17+ inches wide for sure, but dont see more than 70". You sure thats not a young mule deer? Just kidding, hes an awesome buck! Ida flung some lead at him too!

Feliz cumpleanos! Have a good one!

Perfect! Time for a upgrade! J107 baby! Love it!

I had a dog chew through my pack once.. Was a blessing in disgise.... Got my first Eberlestock after that and havent looked back! Just water wont wash enough scent out to trick a dogs nose.

HOC, want to trade a Kimber 22-250 for the Cooper

Too bad you didnt make that head shot, it works REALLY well! Nice buck! Now you need TWO capes!

Knock em dead Brent!!!!

Some times the VLD's do in fact like to be touching the lands, but not always. My OAL for the .257 wby is 3.360", which is approximately .100" jump TO the lands.. They also shot well at 3.305" so there is a huge guessing game. If I had to do it again, I would run two ladder tests... One to see where the "nodes" are as far as powder charge. Then, I would run a ladder test at the best looking powder charge, changing seating depth in .010" increments. Next time I have to develope a VLD load, that is how I will go about business.

You want to wash blood off the pack? Weirdo!

Start at the max magazine length, work in from there.