And the Steyr Scout Scores!

[Anonymous]

Took a buddy and my son hunting today. Really wanted to get the kid on a caribou today and as a result just packed the Steyr...giving my Nosler the rare day off.

We got on two bulls right out of the gate and they busted us on the wide open snow covered tundra about 300 yards out. He showed a lot of restraint and said- "Too far for me to shoot...you take him Dad." and handed the rifle to me. My buddy thumped his with a Montana in .338 with the 180AB on a strongly quartering away shot- Bang. Flop. DRT.

I rested the Steyr on the bipod and lined up on the bigger bull- Fired, hit. Still up. Fired, hit. Still up. Fired, miss. Fired, misfire. Eject bum cartridge and...Fire, Hit. Down. Hit twice in the chest, once in the neck close to the body. No exits and not much meat damage- Remington 150gr Corelokts. Took 5 loads to get him out and he was the size of a goodly sized elk.- probably 250 on the bone which is right reasonable for the Interior.

 

[DrMike]

Well done. A couple of fine looking bulls. Your son appears to be becoming a man; good restraint on his part. Congratulate him on knowing his limits.

 

[Thebear_78]

Great looking couple of bou. Sadly I'm going to miss out on the late season. Guess my wife will end up missing out on her draw tag. Lots of good eating sitting there in the snow.

 

[LD375]

Well done!.. congrats on a fine pair of boo!

Lou

 

[Guy Miner]

Congratulations, and thanks for posting those great photos!

Three hits, a miss and a missfire? Huh. Stuff happens. Caribou is down.

Congrats on a successful hunt with your son and a friend. Looks like there was a lot of work to be done once the shooting stopped. Excellent!

Guy

 

[JD338]

Congratulations on 2 nice bulls, way to go.

JD338

 

[Anonymous]

Congratulations, and thanks for posting those great photos!

Three hits, a miss and a missfire? Huh. Stuff happens. Caribou is down.

Congrats on a successful hunt with your son and a friend. Looks like there was a lot of work to be done once the shooting stopped. Excellent!

Guy

I was actually pretty surprised by the amount of shooting he took- he was dead on his feet after the first but I think he'd have ran around a bit before tipping over after dressing him out. By the time I fired the second shot I was wanting my Nosler in a pretty bad way. Better ballistics, and much better bullet performance. Even at the mild impact velocity at that long range- I still found some bullet fragments.

Yeah- I've got a small amount of Remington .308 150gr. I've been feeding this rifle. This was the 4th bad cartridge in 5 boxes. They're not light hits because they don't fire on a second strike. Apparently Big Green isn't churning out what they used to in that regard.

A lot of work to pack those 2 bulls out of there- we were about 1/2mi in and about 1000' up with 12-18" of fresh snow. Lots and lots of post-holing but at least it was all downhill so you fell on your face than your back :lol: . Kid was a real trooper though and packed something every trip up and down- even if it was just water for the old guys!

 

[Hegland]

Great work, and thanks for sharing it!

 

[SJB358]

Great hunt!

 

[Vince]

Great story and congrats.

I admire your son's restraint.

 

[FOTIS]

What did the bullets look like? 308 I suppose?

 

[truck driver]

Great pics and good shooting, You've taught your son well that he knows his limitations at such a young age.

 

[Anonymous]

What did the bullets look like? 308 I suppose?

Yep... the neck shot bullet came apart on bone and pretty well fragmented. I found one in the chest cavity- not much mushroom. The other was surely in there as well but I didn't spend much time digging around for it.

 

[longrangehunter]

Nice heavy wide tops and front shovels on your Caribou Hodgeman!

Years ago I had issues with Remington primers not going off so I stop using them, whatever that worth, but all that matters is you did end up getting him!

Your son should be proud to know his own limits..... he's a better person for that.

 

[Elkman]

A beautiful bull, great hunt. !!!!

 

[REDGREEN]

Well done! Great eats laying in the snow.

 

[ElmerThud]

Nice story, great pics and good hunt for the three of you. Well done. No doubt you are rightly proud of your Son. Excellent!

Occasionally it can take more than a couple of shots for the beast to finally go down...as long as it does, it's just fine.
Duff ammo just isn't much help as the hike after a wounded beastie really isn't much fun.
Cheers, ET

 

[sask boy]

Thank you for the story & great photographs. Those are 2 nice bulls that will definitely help the winter meat supply!
Sometimes knocking the animal down is the easy part & getting them out is a lot of hard work :wink: !!
Thanks again for the post.

Blessings,
Dan