The last few months have been very eventful. During Bow Season I shot this Antelope at 50 yards. It was large enough to make Pope and Young.
I shot him with my friend Todd and my little boy Zach.
Todd and I tracked him until 2:00 AM.
It was an awesome hunt.
The Rifle hunt went even better. I saw a lot of big deer. My little brother Gregg even came down for a visit.
The last night of the Mule Deer hunt I shot this pig. I was with my friend Todd again and we decided to split up just as we were walking away from each other I spotted him a little over 600 yards away. It was 10 minutes from dark so I decided to go for it. Before you get critical remember that I am probably one of the best shooters in the world. A 600 yard shot is do-able with my skills and a flat shooting gun like a 300 Ultra mag. Uncle Rick the Physicist criticized my shot saying that it was impossible.
We had a series of emails and I would like to share them with you.
My first Email said:
Dear Rick,
Shot a nice buck the other day.
Hit it at a little over 600 yards. (Yeah I had a witness.)
Enjoy, Dave
Rick wrote back:
That's bullshit...no one takes a shot at 600 yards. You may have hit the state of Wyoming at 600 yds. I call your witness a liar. :) Nice deer though!!!! It;s awesome when you can run them over with your truck.
I wrote back:
The guy that I was hunting with had a rangefinder that maxed out at 500 yards.
I was shooting a 300 ultra mag. With 180 grain Nosler accubond bullets. The ballistic coefficient is around .5o5. The muzzle velocity was chronographed on my reloads at just over 3350 fps. There was no wind. As I had my scope set at 12X and adjusted the parallax to over 500 yards. I aimed 2.5 ft above the top of his back for the second and killing shot. I won't tell you about the first shot that I missed and saw how low it hit.
I will tell you about the second shot that went right through his heart.
You’re a physicist, do the math. I don't know if they have a coefficient for bad ass in your equation but I suggest you find one.
Love, the greatest hunter in the world.
Dave
Rick wrote back:
Dave you are right. I wouldn't doubt that you are the greatest hunter in the world. I thought you were all talk until I went fishing with you and you made me look like a complete fool with your fishing skills. You out fished me in every sense of the word.
I've never seen anyone come close to your natural abilities of just being a man.
I count myself lucky to be in your presence.
You are my hero.
With the greatest love and respect,
Rick
If you find yourself among the doubters please read my email as if you were Rick.
Here's my Buck:
Hunting season has been awesome. I am nearly done. I still have to kill an elk and a few birds. Ive had hunts this year that people wouldn't even dream of having, but no hunt in the world would compare October 30th, when my wife gave birth to our little girl Allie. She weighed 8lbs, is very healthy and a good baby.
Cindy is healthy and beautiful. You would never guess that she had a baby a week ago. I'm a little sore but doing Ok.
This is our little girl:
I'll post more pictures when I get a chance.
I hope everyone is doing well. I love you all.
Dave
