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Hitting the 500 Yard Target Hitting the 500 Yard Target

Hitting the 500 Yard Target

March 18, 2024
My friend and hunt host, David Cotton, had just gotten his Mossberg Patriot Predator chambered in 6.5 PRC which he topped with a Trijicon 3-18x50 AccuPoint scope. That accomplished he headed to their ranch’s rifle range to sight-in with Hornady Precision Hunter 143-grain ELD-X at 100-yards.  He had just finished doing so when I arrived. Well act...
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Meanwhile Back in West Texas
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Meanwhile Back in West Texas

I was glassing thirteen bucks gathered around the “deer feeder”. A buck with extremely darkly stained hocks from his tarsal glands to his ankles, indicating maturity, had a...
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From a Sow's Ear
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From a Sow's Ear

From A Sow’s Ear Larry Weishuhn “Making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.” I have heard that old saw for many years when someone referred to making something out of bas...
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Camp Vittles
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Camp Vittles

What started as a dust storm, turned into misty rain followed by another red dust storm which resulted in a light mud coating on just about everything! The ride “home” of a...
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Picking a bullet for hunting
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Picking a bullet for hunting

The day had been a good one. All in camp had seen elk. A few bulls were still bugling. One six by six was down, and would be packed out of the mountains in the morrow, after bei...
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Calling Time
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Calling Time

Looking back, I could not help but laugh at myself. I had read several magazine articles about two fellow Texans, Murry and Winston Burnham and their ability to have “critters ...
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My Casull
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My Casull

“What is it with you and extremely old whitetails?” asked David Archer. We were standing next to an ancient 6-point, with a very narrow spread, I had just shot with ...
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Taking Does...
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Taking Does...

“The deer census is completed and we’ve received our harvest recommendations for this coming hunting season from the local Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildli...
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Facing Summer Doldrums
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Facing Summer Doldrums

Was a time with the arrival of June, July and early August I had my bags packed and was headed to or preparing to head to southern Africa where they were into their fall and win...
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Planning the Fall Hunt
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Planning the Fall Hunt

“What are you doing this coming weekend?” asked a friend at our 2022 DSC Foundation Gala. “Going to depend upon whether or not I get the bid on a particular h...
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