Opening weekend in Montana for general big game. A friend of mine for 20 years invited me to hunt with him on his ranch. Got there and there was a 2 younger hunters and a lady to go with us.

We did a bunch of drives with not much happening. On the final drive of the day we put my older friend, the lady and youngest boy to post the bottom of the draw which is about a mile long. The other guy and myself started at the top of the draw to push any elk down to them for a shot. As I was coming into the timber I spotted a single bull track in the snow. I sat down to glass the timber and noticed 3 bulls feeding out of a side draw heading up the mountain. I whistled to the other kid to come up and take a peak. I decided to make a play on them by moving down across the draw and up the other side of the mountain. That would put us on top of them with the wind in our face. About 45 minutes later we were above them and the bulls were feeding our way. We ranged them at 194 yards...on the count of 3 we both shot and had two bulls..with the other two heading down the draw..they met their demise with the posters at the bottom..It was a great day for everyone with the 14 year old getting his first elk..

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Did some more testing of A-Frames--shooting my 300 Ultra-mag--180 A-frames -at about 3375fps--recovered two bullets--they weighed 167 and 164 grs...that is about 91% retention -which is remarkable when you think of the velocity I am shooting..

Thank you
Ripp

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