Spike elk tag in hand and sighted in the .30-06
Local range out to 200 yards. Browning X-Bolt Medallion with Federal Terminal Ascent 175 grain and have it sighted in 3 inches high at 100 yards. Should put it just under an inch high at 200 yards. With my eyesight corrected with transition lenses, I don't want to be out past 300 yards. The 3x9x40 scope does not help. Looking at replacing the Nikon with a Maven.
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Good gun and round combination and they should do the trick. I've been wearing transition lenses for 20+ years and have never had them cause a scope problem, even out to 500yds on prairie dogs. They key is consistent gun mounting and cheek placement. Of course if anyone else looks through my scope, odds are it is blurry because the focus is set for that one spot on my lenses that lines up when I shoulder the rifle. I hope your hunt goes well and it is any easy pack out when you get your critter down. Bob
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Sounds like your set. Good luck.
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It is probably your glasses not the Nikon. My Nikons have been 100% reliable. My transition lenses not so much.
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dunbarboyz: 29378372238235/comments/29378402230939
It is probably your glasses not the Nikon. My Nikons have been 100% reliable. My transition lenses not so much.
Moreso the magnification. I'd like to go beyond 9x.
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That 30-06 and bullet combination should do the job quite well. Good Luck to you and have a safe hunt.
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Have a great hunt, it seems like your equipment is in top order.
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Three high at 100, and 1 high at 200. That should get the job done, elk have big lungs, certainly bigger than the whitetail.
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I hope you got suckers (I mean friends) to help you haul if you drop one.
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yoshmyster: 29378372238235/comments/29378386661915
I hope you got suckers (I mean friends) to help you haul if you drop one.
Bad knees and bad back means, yes, I do. My son guides PT and knows the situation.
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.30-06? Good Lord in Heaven, man! That cartridge design is 118 years old! You can't possibly kill an elk with that! At least get something more modern, say, a .270 Winchester or something. 118 year old cartridges…. Phhttt! What is this world coming to?
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Good luck out there and be safe…
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hope this wasn’t in your hunting unit?
https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/utah-secret-elk-cull/
Mule
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dpmule: 29378372238235/comments/29378387034395
hope this wasn’t in your hunting unit?
https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/utah-secret-elk-cull/
Mule
No. Those areas on Deseret Land are all CWMU or private hunting preserves to my knowledge.
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9x, man that is a small field of view. Hope you have good binos for spotting.
Best of luck!
And tell us when to be there for dinner, I'll bring wine...
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utbrowningman: 29378372238235/comments/29437740783643
https://forums.gunbroker.com/discussion/comment/11450447#Comment_11450447
No. Those areas on Deseret Land are all CWMU or private hunting preserves to my knowledge.
but is your unit in the Monte Cristo area either side of the divide?
Mule
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dpmule: 29378372238235/comments/29437737468827
https://forums.gunbroker.com/discussion/comment/11450937#Comment_11450937
but is your unit in the Monte Cristo area either side of the divide?
Mule
No. Spike areas on the map
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