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Ripp
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Elk Season--opening morning....
#218296 - 23/10/12 01:11 AM

As LUCK would have it..my elkseason ended literally 5 minutesinto the season... we spotted 2- 6pt bulls coming acrossthe flats..we cutthem off asthey were headed tothe mtns..got 2 6pt bulls..at 454 yards..I was using a 264 Win. Mag shooting 130 gr Accubonds---Nosler Custom Ammo... Incredible day... Ripp

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Edited by Ripp (23/10/12 02:16 AM)

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DarylS
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Re: Elk Season--opening morning.... [Re: Ripp]
#218297 - 23/10/12 01:16 AM

HA! - way to go, nice elk. 454 yards is quite a poke!

You're making me think about going out to look for a whitetail buck with my little .25 cal. rifle.

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Daryl

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Ripp
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Re: Elk Season--opening morning.... [Re: DarylS]
#218300 - 23/10/12 01:25 AM

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HA! - way to go, nice elk. 454 yards is quite a poke!

You're making me think about going out to look for a whitetail buck with my little .25 cal. rifle.

Daryl,

Head on out...its not like either of us are getting any younger...

My friend who owns this place is just shy of 78..he was out every day...great to see..

As to the shot..longer than I preferred..that old .264 is a really fun gun/caliber to shoot.....it was an awesome morning..cold, crisp, no wind...could hear for a very very long ways...later that day it started snowing..snowed off and on most of the day..but nice again yesterday...

Take care..and I will await your photos..

Ripp

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Sville
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Re: Elk Season--opening morning.... [Re: Ripp]
#218319 - 23/10/12 06:59 AM

No wonder you need to take shots on 500 yards in that flat landscape.

Nice pics and gratulations to that big elk! /Staffan

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aromakr
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Re: Elk Season--opening morning.... [Re: Sville]
#218328 - 23/10/12 11:34 AM

Nice bull, Ripp. I haven't been out yet, but its snowing heavy right now and I'm only at 3400 feet so I can only guess what its doing up the hill. maybe the next day or so might be good.
Bob

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gryphon
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Re: Elk Season--opening morning.... [Re: aromakr]
#218330 - 23/10/12 12:37 PM

Thats a great bull,congrats Ripp...one on my list for sure.

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Ripp
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Re: Elk Season--opening morning.... [Re: Sville]
#218399 - 25/10/12 08:05 AM

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No wonder you need to take shots on 500 yards in that flat landscape. Nice pics and gratulations to that big elk! /Staffan

Ironically ..in the other direction..that I am facing and where they were headed..is a lot of forest and mtns...they just got caught in the open..coming home from breakfast..

Ripp

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mikeh416Rigby
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Re: Elk Season--opening morning.... [Re: Ripp]
#218437 - 26/10/12 01:06 AM

Nice job,my friend. Excellent!

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Ripp
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Re: Elk Season--opening morning.... [Re: mikeh416Rigby]
#218741 - 01/11/12 12:44 AM

Photo taken by my friend from the opening morning...

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NitroX
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Re: Elk Season--opening morning.... [Re: Ripp]
#218766 - 01/11/12 02:58 AM

Magnificent Ripp and Friend. Two great bulls. And sometimes they have to come easy, to make up for the trips where nothing is brought home. Great to use a .264 too. Sounds like it was a tough long but well executed shot.

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Cinghiale
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Re: Elk Season--opening morning.... [Re: NitroX]
#233940 - 10/08/13 11:43 AM

Amazing work Ripp,

Looks like the old adage of the harder you work the luckier you get certainly rang true.

Regards,

Mog

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