you know what the 270, is going. its gona throw 130gr nosler bts as fast as i can acuretly push em and its getn the 16 target dot mounted on it.
if were gona have fun were doin it in style.
been eyeing the weaver classic target dot scope for awhile. been thinking it would go good on the 270. the scope is bright and clear dot is alittle bigger than leupolds target dot. doesnt get lost in low light as easy. ive used both scopes to hit rabbits 20 minutes or more after the suns gone down.
the 3-9 leo just isnt doing it for me on the 270.
we are headed into long range country. were packing into a big bassin. this same bassin is were ive gone with my dad countless times to get elk and deer. theres a 90% chance in 3 days up there that well so no other human.
i want to do some walking around first thing in the morning. then glass mid day all day long. ive weve seen big bucks in here but weve always got them moveing.
i remember as kid. we were elk hunting. i was leading my horse up this snow ridge deep in the pine trees. snow almost to my knees. i could here deer all worked up snorting off in the trees. id get glimpse of them everyso often.
dad had told me to meet at this high saddle since that day we used this as meeting place countless times. even if we dont leave town together well decide on meeting here. and we do. i couldnt tell you. ive more then ounce made it up there no knowing for sure hed be there to find him laying down asleep with his horse over his head.
okay back to this saddle. im headed up through the trees. getn close to saddle and i hear something. sounds difrent than all hufn and pufn ive been hearing from all the does.
i need to exsplain this saddle alittle more. bout 100yds down from the top of the saddle all the pine trees just dissapear. but right out in the open on the saddle all by itself is one of those huge pine trees for some reason the pine bows stop about head high when your on a horse. but when on foot you can walk under them with a little duck.
thats the tree we meet at.
ok so i break through the pines and as i take in the site. theres two big bucks standing next to the tree watchn me and horse head out of the trees below them.
they just stand there for alittle bit and then take off as dads headn down the saddle from above. i had just beat him there.
when we meet up he asked if i saw them. oh yeah i tell him ive been standing here for alittle bit as they watched me. i may have seen one of these backs since, the last two years ive seen a buck that looks alot like the one but i havent been close enough and he doesnt give much time to look.
anyways dad ended up shooting a 5 point with antlers missing on its left side. i remember him shooting it and it falling right away and we walked up on it. its one antler was baried in the snow. it looked like a cow.
dad for some reason doesnt hunt the area much anymore. were still about the only ones in there. ive been hunting it the last few years as ive been getting back into hunting swing of things that worked had messed up for the 3 years prior.
anhow the 270s gona be my long ranger and were doing lots of glassing. i know theres big bucks in there.
Evan