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heres the whole story: i killed my pig friday morning, i left camp by myself, and came back with a pig but i had help i was walking out when i passed one of my hunting partners who had spotted a herd of pigs not 200 yards where i had been glassing! so we turned around and got into them... my dad, little brother, and i were out trying to find him a pig. we get a call on the radio from one of our buddies who we are hunting with saying he has a lion glassed up. i haul but back to the truck to grab my .270( which i brought for just such a case) and i grab him his 7mmWSM. i jump in the truck and go meet him by the road. he shows me the area that they are in (WAAAAYYYYYYY up there) and off we go. it took us only about 1 1/2 hours to get to the saddle where we were 266 yards away but we couldnt see them because they laid down on the other side of the rocks. so we demised a game plan that i would basically go above and behind them, and then just walk down right up on them. when i got up there, i completely lost my bearings. so were talking on the radio and im thinking im gonna get to these rocks, and be looking over the rocks about 100 yards from where the lions are. i get to the outcropping and am talking to him asking him where i need to be to see them. im on the right side of the outcropping and he says "is there anything on the other side of the rocks?" i walk about 2 more steps on the other side of the rocks and my cat is sitting on a rock about 20 feet from me with her back turned to me, has no idea i am there. i get the .270 up and fire a round. when i get back on her, i see her fall, kitty down! i then hear his 7WSM with the muzzle break go off and i am watchung as his cat goes down! two lions down spot and stalk style!! woohoo!!!!! on my way on the stalk, i took a moment and asked my grandpa to help me out on this and he did! after i realized that i had taken a lion with my grandpas help and his rifle, i kind of becamse over whelmed with emotion and let out a tear or two! what a great day! i was pumped, to say the least!

well, here in about a hour and a half i will be making my way down to tucson to chase sone piggies in 36c. should be a good time, my 9 year old brother is making the trip, hopefully he will see his bubba (me) flop down one of them peccaries.. ( Ernesto, of course not on the first shot though!)

ive had the oppurtunity to meet quite a few people on here and all of them have been outstanding! RedRabbit, Doug and i have been hunting quite a few times together and have shot more than i can count! he has tought me more about reloading and shooting than i ever thought i would know! Scottyboy: Scott and i have been bird hunting quite a few times together. we always have a blast and find some birds! he took my on my first mearns hunt! he has a pair of awesome dogs! dds: i met darren at the RMEF in tucson a few years ago. great man. Couesstalker: Albert doesnt post much but how him and i met is kinda funny. we were sittin around my camp and i asked him if he was a member here and he said yes. i told him my handle and he immediately knew who i was. him and i have been on a few deer hunts, pig hunts and an elk hunt. m1280 and younghunter: met them both at the "supposed" meeting this past october, good bunch of guys. Tucson John: sold him my Alpens John in Tucson: sold a tripod to him

thats the way to do it! shoot em 100 yards from the truck! that sur elooks like a big pig! you gonna get him mounted or just european mount the skull?

Mike, why didnt you smoke him!!!!!! the reason i shot such a small buck was to get the best deer meat i have ever had and believe me, i achieved that! heck, from now on, i think the buck has to scorc under 20 for me to shoot! lol ahahaha

Kevin, do you call that bullet failure on that buck with the SGK? 35 yards out of a 300WM is pretty dang close, i do not know if any bullets would have opened up a whole heck of a lot from that distance and that speed with out hitting a bone or something. my buck this past year was shot with a 140 accubond out of my 270wsm at a range of 200 yards. thats still probably above 3,000 fps as my muzzle velocity is 3,250. the bullets hit bone and did a number on both shoulders. i dont fault the partition from your gun on that shot. it was a close shot and had probably to high of a velocity to really open up.

my second elk i shot was shot with a sierra game king from about 75 yards with a .308. the bullet was 165 grain and the shot went through the heart, making her to a back flip. we later found that bullet on the far side under the skin perfectly mushroomed with a very high weight retention. THE SHOT WAS ONLY 75YARDS!!!!! you cant ask for better performance than that. there was a fist sized whole in her heart and i still have the bullet to this day. i like the interbond, accubond alot but i shoot the accubond although i am thinking about the interbond for my 7mag.

that bear makes an awesome rug! it looks freakin sweet on Dougs wall! one of these days i will shoot me a bear!

i think i have the "most improved" wrapped up as long as i kill a buck!

mmmmmm i have a complaint.... scott adams cheated! that buck is still alive! thats not fair!

another vote for the Accubond, because of doug ( RedRabbit) i have loaded accubonds in my 7mag, 270wsm, 7 ultra, 30-06, and 270. they are very accurate and are suppposed to be top notch! they killed two coues bucks this year with no complaints! one from my dads 7RUM, and one from my 270wsm. i have only loaded interbonds one time, they grouped .75 through my 270wsm with a random powder, and random lenght... defientaly some potential!

i think i should win SOMETHING!!!!! id be willing to bet that buck is the smallest anyone even saw this past hunt! i mean thats gotta be worth something right??!?!

doug, why is there no score for my buck? i said he grossed out at about 11.... but no way to tell now! the skull got eaten by the dog that adopted us!

whoa there Christen! calm it down a notch buddy....

im surprised this took so long to get posted on here! i read about this yesterday! yeah it is too bad because now everyone is gonna think we are all unsafe!

i know everything that is needed to know about it.... its what dreams of made of and every man and woman at this site would give their favorite hunting rifle to shoot a buck like that!

man that non-typ on the right is awesome! i have never seen a non-typ buck! but if i ever did see one with tag and rifle in hand... i will be throwin some lead no matter how big or small!

thanks for the info! i sent them a email telling them what i think! we all need to speak up!

that tail is bigger than Ernest's and mine bucks put together!

Scott, how many feathers did we find when we were mearns hunting? had to be half a dozen or so.

Matt, did you not see littlebear in his pictures? he is about 150lbs! a bull would buck him off like nothing! hahah just given ya chit! Katy sent me those pictures and i was amazed! them are some big ole bulls! myself, i like going for the smaller, easier to pack out, better tasting spikes ( atleast thats what i claim)

ditto everyone else, looks like a good shot! if he was shot with a 300 RUM he would not be moving right now that is for sure! but yes he does look skinny and unhealthy, i give him another month if that!

fromt he picture... it seems the water was probably the kids pool in the front yard! lol jp., nice buck! way to go!

i dont know, i think i would let him walk... let him grow up and shoot him in a year or three

littlebear, your andy knolton right? i know your sister and Jacob (tyler) weiss.