I asked this question about your rifles, now here's where we discuss what you've shot with them! The largest animal I've shot with my 300 Win Mag is my whitetail buck from 2003.
What's the largest big game you've taken?
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, May 08 2006 09:28 PM
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 09:28 PM
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Posted 08 May 2006 - 09:47 PM
White tail with a 308 150 dresd out. then a 3 by 3 black tail 150 dresd out. all other deer were smaller blacktails with the 7mm mag. shot one blacktail with the 300 win and put that gun up for polor bear some day, too big for ca. deer.he looked like my rabbits with the 25-06 
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 08:50 AM
Not a Big Game person, but when I was in New Zealand in 1980, the fur trapper I stayed with lent me his Winchester model 70 270 and I scored a pig. (180lbs dressed)db
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 08:58 AM
Was Elk hunting in Montana. Had my 338 win mag and shot me a little white tail forked horn to fill my deer tag Well I pierced its ear with one shot then clipped its knee witht he second shot. Then it stuck its head in the brush and broke it own neck. could not take being shot at again by dad said. Robert
Well I pierced its ear with one shot then clipped its knee witht he second shot. Then it stuck its head in the brush and broke it own neck. could not take being shot at again by dad said. Robert
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 10:36 AM
My old mazda B2000 truck 22lr got a couple of small bucks with my 270 win ,jacks, squirrels and cotton tails with the hawken. the 270 is a yote killer to.
got a couple of small bucks with my 270 win ,jacks, squirrels and cotton tails with the hawken. the 270 is a yote killer to.
You can hop but you can't hide. Yahi Bowmen. Its not how far you can shoot but how close to the game you get when you shoot. Sights we don't need any sights. Why waist time reloading when I can be making arrows.
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 12:09 PM
I havent killed anything big yet. However my uncle just got back from Africa where he took down an elephant. I will try to get some pictures of it. I was amazed at what it looked like after the africans butchered it. Barely any blood. He said he got to take a few pictures with it then his guide let out a loud whistle and africans came out of no where and started to chop up meat.
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 12:26 PM
Moose.
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 03:07 PM
Elk 30-06Mule Deer 30-06Whitetails 6MM RemPigs whatever is in the truck Coyotes see PigsI would shoot any of the above with the 6MM Rem , given shots wer'nt too far .
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 03:12 PM
the only big game i've ever taken was when i had a junior either sex tag and we were shooting jacks. I had left my ' 06 in the truck. with just a 22 hornet we spooked a doe and at 30+ yards made a brain/spine shot dropped right there.
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Posted 02 June 2006 - 07:00 PM
Biggest one I harvested so far was a Kudo from Namibia (Gold Medal) with my 300 Weatherby, then Oryx (also Gold Medal), Hartebeast (also Gold Medal) and followed by a blue Wildebeast in South Africa with my trusty Remington BDL 30-06.
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Posted 02 October 2006 - 09:58 PM
Elk one in New mexico one in Wyoming. Used the 30-06 on the wyoming elk weight about 550lbs New Mexico elk was small and far I hit it with the 30-378 at 330 paces around 450lbs?
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Posted 03 October 2006 - 06:07 AM
Whitetail approx 220lbs live weight = bowBear approx 170lbs live weight = bowHave caught several 300-400lb pigs, didn't kill them though. Well not until they were a little skinner and corn fed anyway.
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Posted 03 October 2006 - 01:38 PM
Arise, you dog! Where in Africa were you hunting?? Lets see the rest of those pictures!
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Posted 03 October 2006 - 01:40 PM
I don't want to Jack this thread so I'll start another one. 
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Posted 03 October 2006 - 08:11 PM
Wife sent me this pic, I just had to share... 
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Posted 03 October 2006 - 08:19 PM
That is awesome! Go GI Joe !!!
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Posted 04 October 2006 - 06:30 PM
The largest animal taken would be one of the Elk in Idaho with a 30-338! 
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Posted 04 October 2006 - 06:44 PM
I shot a HUGE ram once, the biggest one ever. Well it was a Ramcharger a Dodge to be exact. I was antelope hunting and my friend insisted I shoot across the hood so they wouldn't see us and run. Well we were on a little slope and I had a perfect shot looking through my scope. But the most god awful boom happened when I pulled the trigger and the antelope ran away without a scratch. I wish I could say that for my friends hood. It was definitely a kill shot because that hood would have bleed to death with the rip I put in it. Oh well, all you can do is laugh about it. 
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Posted 04 October 2006 - 07:03 PM
Does calling arti on a camel herd count?
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Posted 04 October 2006 - 07:04 PM
4x4 bull Elk CO. with my 30-06, 180 grain bullet at 200 yards. I might add it was the best tasting Elk I've eaten.
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Posted 05 October 2006 - 06:22 AM
200 pound wild boar with a 264 Win Mag at about 225 yards with a head shot. It dropped him good. Never hunted out of state so the chances of getting something truly huge are pretty limited.Jason
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Posted 05 October 2006 - 06:48 AM
250lbs Russian Boar with a 308. Talk about a hog!
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Posted 05 October 2006 - 07:30 AM
Excellent shot @ 225 yards, nice! Was that shot from a rested position, or off hand?200 pound wild boar with a 264 Win Mag at about 225 yards with a head shot. It dropped him good. Never hunted out of state so the chances of getting something truly huge are pretty limited.Jason
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Posted 05 October 2006 - 08:13 AM
I definitely had a rest on that one. I came around the corner and he was down hill in a valley. It was sprinkling lightly and the wind was in my favor so he didn't smell me and take off. He had no clue I was there so I had plenty of time to get set and relax my breathing to take the shot. It was during quail season two years ago and I generally like to bring my rifle just in case I see some pigs. The 264 Win Mag is such a flat shooting gun that shots on large game at that distance are not impossible. Usually when I shoot at hogs they are running and I don't get this kind of time to get set and really make the shot count. I only have one picture of the beast which I have pasted below. Looking at the picture the shot looks like it hit right behind the head in the neck. Still a pretty good shot. When he was hit it was like his body just shut down. His back legs dropped then the front and he just rolled onto his side. No twitching, not a sound. Most amazing thing I ahve ever seen. Anyway, here's the picture. The only picture I have is this head shot my uncle took where you can see the tusks.Excellent shot @ 225 yards, nice! Was that shot from a rested position, or off hand?
Enjoy!Jason
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Posted 05 October 2006 - 08:25 AM
Thats a beauty! well done. There is nothing better than a controlled rest position shot, especially when every thing comes into alignment and you bag a beauty like that.
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Posted 05 October 2006 - 08:33 AM
Nice tusks!
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Posted 05 October 2006 - 09:29 AM
Thanks, I didn't get it mounted because I was broke but I put the head somewhere to dry out. The bottom jaw dried out nicely and now sits in my flower bed but some critter hauled off my skull.Nice tusks!
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Posted 13 October 2006 - 08:16 PM
a few moose... id guess 1200lbs or soa few caribou... i think they are 3-400lbsa 7 foot blackie that must have been 350lbsa dall ram that was 2-250lbsa couple big Wisconsin whitetails that pushed 200lbsall with my .375 H&H (except the deer were with my dad's old .06 when i was a kid). I don't think anything was over 100 yards away except the sheep which was 350 yards.
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