two prong horns shot with 7mm 120gr nosler BT bullets

[eastbank]

i shot two small prong horn(good eateing) with a 7mm08 with 120gr bullets at 3000fps with a healthy charge of varget out of a rem sps left hand rifle with a 2.5x8 leupold BC, the first shot was at the prong horn standing at 310 yards, off of a harris bipod prone. i aimed right behind the front shoulder for a double lung shot, at the crack of the rifle the prong horn dropped like a rock, the second shot was at 280 yards with the prong horn standing, off of a harris bipod sitting for the same shot as the first goat. at the crack of the rifle the prong horn wheeled in a small circle and fell over. both shots were complete pass threws with a exit hole 1-3/4 to 2 inches wide and the lungs were destroyed. i have killed quite a few white tails with the same load with the same results. eastbank.

 

[Orcon]

Very nice, 310 yards is a pretty fair poke on an antelope! Glad to hear they didn't run on you, should make for good eating.

 

[wankerjake]

Good shootin!

 

[LoonWulf]

Nice shooting! Congratulations! I love those little balistic tips, i run them in my 7-30waters to good effect.

 

[eastbank]

i should have posted that the rifle was sighted in for 200 yards and the drop at 300 yards was close to eight inches and dialed in 10 clicks(1/4 at 100 yards and 3/4 at 300 yards) and held right on. eastbank.

 

[WestKentucky]

Your bolt is on the wrong side of the rifle...how did you make those shots with such crazy equipment...Remington 700? My niece is a switch hitter, does most things righty but shoots and throws a ball lefty. I want to start getting top or bottom eject guns so anybody can use them, but a nice lefty rifle would be good if I could find a screaming deal. Today's her birthday, I need to try gunbroker. She's turning 12 today and uncle Marc feels old. I now wish I hadn't traded off a Rossi break action for a store-brand 243 bolt rifle a few years ago.

Wish I could chase speed goats. There aren't many in the east.

 

[Peakbagger46]

Nice shooting. Know killed my first pronghorn this year with a 180g accubond in 30-06 at 120y. Overkill, but lost no meat to speak of thanks to the bonded bullet.

 

[Captcurt]

Nice shooting! Congratulations! I love those little balistic tips, i run them in my 7-30waters to good effect.

I shot a couple of Bambis with a 7mm TCU Contender pistol. The 120 BT made a mess of one. It was about 30 yards quartering to me. I took it on the shoulder and it exited the opposite flank. Nasty! I swore off anything but a broadside shot and then tried to keep it off of the shoulder. Worked fine on the second deer.

Not a big fan of the BT. I hit a yearling whitetail on the shoulder with a 90gr out of a 243 and blew the side out of it. I should have known better after blowing the guts out of a coyote and a armadillo. I saw chunks of dillo the size of a tennis ball go 20 ft into the air.

 

[eastbank]

i agree, if i don,t have a broadside shot, i wait for one and shoot for a double lung hit. i have shot enough deer(over 200) and if a few get away its ok by me. if you are taking quartering or rear angle shots a heavier jacketed bullet may be in order. eastbank.

 

[Peakbagger46]

Eastbank,
Have a chance to try the meat yet? Do you skin and quarter in the field?

 

[Captcurt]

Eastbank,
Have a chance to try the meat yet?

Have someone make you some summer sausage. They won't have to add any sage.

 

[eastbank]

we got it out of the hide and cut it into pieces and on ice with in two hours in a good cooler and kept it iced down ontill we got home, i cooked some in a crock pot(after i maranated it for a hour) and it was very good(the ones i shot were 3-4 year olds). cooked long and at a low heat seemed to do it. eastbank.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Have someone make you some summer sausage. They won't have to add any sage.

The best game meat I've ever had (and I've had a lot) were two pronghorns we got a few years ago. Neither were chased or harassed. One shot was at 300 yards and the other at 440. I don't get where people thing pronghorn is gamey or tough. And no sage taste either.

 

[Nature Boy]

Nice shooting eastbank.

(You guys are making me hungry)

 

[Paul7]

Excellent. To me, pronghorn is up there with elk as far as eating.