big honkin jeep
01-06-2020, 09:34 PM
My annual family Bama hunt during the rut was fantastic as always this year.
After taking him to the range a few times in the past year or two I took one of my nephews on his first ever hunting trip. He didn't tell me about the solid gold horseshoe in his pocket.
I had him all set up with an old flatback model 11 in .308 I set up for the kids. It's cut down to a 12" length of pull and chopped the barrel to 16" before it was threaded and braked, homemade cheek riser to put smaller heads in the proper position for the scope, a bolt lift kit to ease bolt operation, and a trigger job to ensure there's no guessing as to when during the trigger pull it's going to fire. He was shooting a .308 youth hand load consisting of Hodgdon H4895 (38gr) under a 125gr Hornady SST. (super mild recoil)
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It instantly dropped this big Alabama 175# 8pt like a light switch with a high shoulder shot. I can't wait till his mount comes back from the taxidermist. He had the green light on any deer he saw, but was really patient passing on several does and a smaller buck before this big ol dude appeared and gave us both the buck fever shakes. It was truly a great experience to share and one I'll never forget.
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After taking him to the range a few times in the past year or two I took one of my nephews on his first ever hunting trip. He didn't tell me about the solid gold horseshoe in his pocket.
I had him all set up with an old flatback model 11 in .308 I set up for the kids. It's cut down to a 12" length of pull and chopped the barrel to 16" before it was threaded and braked, homemade cheek riser to put smaller heads in the proper position for the scope, a bolt lift kit to ease bolt operation, and a trigger job to ensure there's no guessing as to when during the trigger pull it's going to fire. He was shooting a .308 youth hand load consisting of Hodgdon H4895 (38gr) under a 125gr Hornady SST. (super mild recoil)
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It instantly dropped this big Alabama 175# 8pt like a light switch with a high shoulder shot. I can't wait till his mount comes back from the taxidermist. He had the green light on any deer he saw, but was really patient passing on several does and a smaller buck before this big ol dude appeared and gave us both the buck fever shakes. It was truly a great experience to share and one I'll never forget.
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