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JimT
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by JimT Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:38 am
Spent 1st - 4th in Monterey, TN with Gary Reeder at the Handgun Hunters Challenge. Met a lot of nice folks and got to do a little hunting.
Took a cow Elk with my .41 Magnum .. 210 gr. XTP .. at about 90 yards.
Later I was standing in weeds and brush up to my armpits, taking photos of hogs slipping by. All of sudden I saw this in my viewfinder:
The .41 came out of the holster and somehow the bullet landed on the hogs head!
So we have meat in the freezer!!
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by M. M. Wright Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:41 am
I'll say you've got meat! Nice job Jim.
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Grizz
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by Grizz Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:01 am
Good shootin' and good eating as well. I bet the Elk is tender as lamb.
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by 2X22 Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:25 pm
Not sure about hogs, but I can't imagine anything more satisfying than elk with a handgun. I took my first one with a .44 S&W at 90 yards some 30 years ago!
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by Griff Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:04 pm
M. M. Wright wrote: I'll say you've got meat! Nice job Jim.
+1, "good food, good meat, dear God, gettin' late, let's eat! Amen!"
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by TedH Mon Oct 05, 2015 3:18 pm
That looks like a heck of a good time.
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JimT
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by JimT Mon Oct 05, 2015 5:06 pm
210 gr. XTP pushed by 20 gr. WC 820.
First shot I hit the elk in the left shoulder and shattered the shoulder. Not sure how far into the chest the bullet went. The elk dropped it's head and then took a couple steps to the right. I put the next one behind the left shoulder, angling forward toward the right shoulder. The elk turned to its right as if it were going to head for the trees where there is a really deep ravine. I put the next one through its neck and dropped it. When I looked at the elk up close there was a bulge in the hide on the right side. I slit it open and popped the bullet from the 2nd shot out. The guide said the elk was dying from one or both of the first shots and that it was getting ready to lay down. I just wanted to end it quickly.
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by Batman1939 Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:20 pm
Good Shooting Jim. I've taken several elk with a muzzleloader (old style with iron sights, etc.) but never with a handgun.
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by plowboy 45 Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:40 pm
Some fancy shootin threr Jim
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by rjohns94 Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:49 pm
Awesome. Looks like it was a great time. Saw some posts from others there also. Congrats.
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by JerryB Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:32 pm
Praise the Lord Jim, sure glad you had a good hunt. Reckon that just being there was good but that much meat to take back to Texas will sure be nice too.
JerryB II Corinthians 3:17, Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
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by JohndeFresno Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:53 pm
Great job! Thank you for photos and thread, Pastor Jim.
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by Rusty Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:49 pm
Nice shooting!
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by Daisyman Thu Oct 08, 2015 8:29 pm
At first glance there, I thought you got somebody's mule!!
I gotta' get my eyes checked! Good shootin', a pig on the barbeque, yummm!
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by hondo1892 Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:01 pm
Nice shooting Jim. I would have to practice for a year every day to shoot half that well with a handgun.
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by Blaine Fri Oct 09, 2015 3:28 pm
Great Pics/Story.....Thanks.
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JimT
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by JimT Sat Oct 10, 2015 6:25 am
Rusty wrote: Nice shooting!
Rusty .. It is all on private property so you don't need licenses or permits. You just need cash or good credit.
