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<blockquote data-quote="Danny" data-source="post: 1247223" data-attributes="member: 11002"><p>I was hunting a friend's land out in Major County. Muy Grande has been seen in the area. This deer was HUGE!!! 12 point typical, with tines so tall, he was easy to spot at over 500 yards. </p><p></p><p>I'm walking back to camp after an uneventful morning when I see him trot out across a field 600 yards away. I thought he would round the bend where the higher field went down and kind of formed a lower field. I hot trot it back the way I came, hoping to get a glimpse of him as I topped the small knoll in the middle of the field. </p><p></p><p>Well, he didn't cross all the way across the field. He had bedded down at the base of the higher field, where it meets the lower field. He stands up and looks right at me. He trots back where he came from, but stopped before jumping a fence. I'm using the terrain to get to within 300 yards of him. He's looking at me, I'm looking at him. I drop to a knee, shoulder my Browning .270, line the cross hairs up just behind his shoulder. I thumb off the safety, and slowly start to squeeze the trigger. And he's still looking my direction. I take a breath, hold it, and .......... click! ?????? WTF? I work the bolt ejecting what looks like a perfectly good Remington cartridge. Now this wasn't a cheap old Core-Lokt round (which, BTW, I'd never had problems with). It was one of their "premium" rounds. </p><p></p><p>About this time, buck fever kicks in. I furiously slam the bolt forward, chambering another round. I line up the sights on the buck again, amazed that he's still standing there. But the sense of urgency was now overtaking me. I fire, the buck hesitates for just a second, then he jumps the fence he's standing next to and heads back to my left, staying roughly 300 yards away. Now I've practiced shooting at 300 yards many, many times with this rifle. I knew how to dope the wind, and could hold 2 3/4" groups at that range. But, there's no way to practice shooting at a running animal at that distance, without shooting at a running animal. Needless to say, I missed a couple more times.</p><p></p><p>I was so frustrated! The buck of a lifetime, gone. And I never saw him again after that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Danny, post: 1247223, member: 11002"] I was hunting a friend's land out in Major County. Muy Grande has been seen in the area. This deer was HUGE!!! 12 point typical, with tines so tall, he was easy to spot at over 500 yards. I'm walking back to camp after an uneventful morning when I see him trot out across a field 600 yards away. I thought he would round the bend where the higher field went down and kind of formed a lower field. I hot trot it back the way I came, hoping to get a glimpse of him as I topped the small knoll in the middle of the field. Well, he didn't cross all the way across the field. He had bedded down at the base of the higher field, where it meets the lower field. He stands up and looks right at me. He trots back where he came from, but stopped before jumping a fence. I'm using the terrain to get to within 300 yards of him. He's looking at me, I'm looking at him. I drop to a knee, shoulder my Browning .270, line the cross hairs up just behind his shoulder. I thumb off the safety, and slowly start to squeeze the trigger. And he's still looking my direction. I take a breath, hold it, and .......... click! ?????? WTF? I work the bolt ejecting what looks like a perfectly good Remington cartridge. Now this wasn't a cheap old Core-Lokt round (which, BTW, I'd never had problems with). It was one of their "premium" rounds. About this time, buck fever kicks in. I furiously slam the bolt forward, chambering another round. I line up the sights on the buck again, amazed that he's still standing there. But the sense of urgency was now overtaking me. I fire, the buck hesitates for just a second, then he jumps the fence he's standing next to and heads back to my left, staying roughly 300 yards away. Now I've practiced shooting at 300 yards many, many times with this rifle. I knew how to dope the wind, and could hold 2 3/4" groups at that range. But, there's no way to practice shooting at a running animal at that distance, without shooting at a running animal. Needless to say, I missed a couple more times. I was so frustrated! The buck of a lifetime, gone. And I never saw him again after that. [/QUOTE]
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