ThatGuyOk
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Got drawn for a walk elk hunt in the Wichita NWR this week with a cow only tag. Hunted my butt off this week and covered a ton of ground but only saw bulls.
Had one meadow the we’d seen animals in two times so decided to go straight to it this morning. At 0725 this morning, had 5 bulls and 3 cows hanging in it. 375 yards with my .284 running a 168 SMK bullets at 2892 fps. First shot was good but she was still standing so put another in and she fell. When we skinned and quartered her, I recovered one of the bullets that struck a rib when exiting. The 168 grain bullet retained 77.7 grains of weight.
This is my first elk and I should have plenty of steak and ground to last awhile.
Had one meadow the we’d seen animals in two times so decided to go straight to it this morning. At 0725 this morning, had 5 bulls and 3 cows hanging in it. 375 yards with my .284 running a 168 SMK bullets at 2892 fps. First shot was good but she was still standing so put another in and she fell. When we skinned and quartered her, I recovered one of the bullets that struck a rib when exiting. The 168 grain bullet retained 77.7 grains of weight.
This is my first elk and I should have plenty of steak and ground to last awhile.
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