RGs huntin', shootin' and bullet making stuff.

The pic, per Matt, "not to be posted - not anywhere!" Well, it's just to good to pass up!

R.G. Robinett — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:20:41 GMT

The pic, per Matt, "not to be posted - not anywhere!" Well, it's just to good to pass up!

I didn't say I wouldn't post a "droky hat" pic . . . but may have implied it! ;) These guys 'kill me' - before a pic, they just gotta remove any trace of florescent orange . . . me, I like 'the dorky look' . . and Stan usually says he likes it too - don't want to disappoint our host! This one has to qualify as one of the dorkiest! ;) RG

Matt with his well deserved trophy mule deer - Wyoming, 2010.

R.G. Robinett — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:12:37 GMT

Matt with his well deserved trophy mule deer - Wyoming, 2010.

Matt poses with the end result of some hard hunting and a LOT of glassing - a classic sopt-and-stalk prairie mule deer hunt, with a few wrinkles throw in by Mr. Mule Deer! Matt's [competition] BR shootin', and our LONG RANGE (medium to some) practice paid-off, as this buck, by his actions, required Matt opt for a 517 yard shot, or, possibly no shot at all - more details as time permits. To my recollection, via B&C scoring, this is the fifth best buck harvested by any of our gang, while, since 1990, hunting [mule deer ] at THE RANCH: the gross, a solid 165+. Well done, Matt. :) RG

Matt, at the processor's, with the skull-plates/antlers of both His, and my 2010 Wyoming mule deer.

R.G. Robinett — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:01:30 GMT

Matt, at the processor's, with the skull-plates/antlers of both His, and my 2010 Wyoming mule deer.

Ya'd think he'd smile! ;) Two decent mule deer. RG

Matt, at the processors, with his 2010 Wyoming mule deer.

R.G. Robinett — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:57:02 GMT

Matt, at the processors, with his 2010 Wyoming mule deer.

This one's a keeper; his second mule deer! Congratulations, Matt! :)

Matt's 2010 pronghorn.

R.G. Robinett — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:09:02 GMT

Matt's 2010 pronghorn.

Here, we fast forward to 10/12/10 - our 9th day of hunting. The previous three days, Matt and I had been hunting mule deer on 'the South Forty' , roughly 30 miles S/SW of the 'home place', while Joe, who'd filled his deer tag, perused the goat population around the 'home place' grounds. Joe had located this nice (14" x13.5") buck hanging around a pond dam, where the goat preferred the open terrain, to the more cut-up country in the distant (left) background. Per usual, Joe had this goat pegged at 14", with 4.5" cutters, placed well up the horn. There just were not any goats of much better quality to be found - in fact, the pronghorn population was notably less than the previous several years - the goats had simply moved to somewhere else!

After locating this distinctive buck (by his limp - his left rear foot was badly swollen), and conferring with Joe, Matt and I positioned ourselves on the pond dam, while Joe drove down the fence-line about 3/8ths of a mile to the N/NW (behind Matt in this view), in an attempt to relocate, and if possible, shoot this pronghorn. During our conference, the goat had wanderedout of sight toward the butte on the (left) horizon.

We observed Joe dismount his quad and crawl up to the slight rise, 900 yards away, to peek over - the goat was now between Joe and us, and had joined a host of does and one other buck. Some of the does had 'made' Joe and began drifting back our direction, on a course that should take them within about 350 yards of our location! As the band neared good range (less than 400 Yd.), they mingled with some cattle, which had prevented Joe from shooting, then, cleared the beef and continued an angling course ,along a cow path which guided them to [a Lica ranged] 312 yards: when the buck stopped, Matt was ready! A single BIB 110 Gr. BT from Matt's .257 IdiotMag closed the deal - the goat folded and lay still. Another good job by Matt and the rifle - not to mention mentoring by Joe! :)

This left us with only Joe to fill his antelope tag - as picky as Joe is about goats, that could take a while! ;) RG

RG with his 2010 Wyoming muley

R.G. Robinett — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:00:07 GMT

RG with his 2010 Wyoming muley

Here, yours truly poses with his nice 2010 prairie mule deer buck - a green gross score of 158+. One shot, at 268 yards, using the Ware/Nyhus .257 Ackley Imp., and a BIB 110 Gr. BT, pushed by RL-17, to a 3333 FPS MV: another flawless performance. :) Even ~~BIG MIKE~~ was pleased. RG

RG's 2010 Wyoming mule deer buck.

R.G. Robinett — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:44:56 GMT

RG's 2010 Wyoming mule deer buck.

The end result of a 268 yard, head-on, shot, in a stiff (20 MPH +/- a little) "full value" (left-to-right) crosswind from the Ware smithed/Nyhus stocked .257 Ack. Imp. - yet another one-shot kill! :) The BIB 110 Gr. BT dropped this muley instantly: following the hit, he never even twitched - he just dropped. This was the capstone of a very interesting and rewarding day's hunt, as we had jumped this buck at a distance of about 50 yards, while crusing along on the quads, and occasionally glassing for bedded muleys! Both Matt and I carry our rifles in hard case, so a quick shot just does not happen - by the time we had uncased the rifles, this buck was jogging through a saddle, not overly firghtened . . . but, he knew better that to do the classic stop-and-look-back routine!

We got our heads together, and I decided to go cautiously forward, glassing all of the headers (these good bucks seldom run off in a panic, but rather, "hole-up" and watch their back-track), while Matt and Joe (his tag was already filled) went up the opposite side of the ridge, also glassing the headers. About 600 Yd. up the main trail, at the end of the third feeder darw, the Swarovoski identified antler tips! Then, an eye and a black nose - the buck could hear Matt and Joe, who were a mere two hundred yards away, but over the narrow ridge and safely out of sight.

This provided me the opportunity to uncase the .257 and range the rocks around the buck: 268 yards to the rock just in front of and under his head. When he had jumped, the rack had the look of a head-mounter, so I didn't want to risk the head-shot. I was prone, with the Harris bi-pod deployed, and a round chambered, trying to get a 'dope' on the wind (268 yards would require a little hold-off). Since the head-shot was out, I decided to stand up and see if the buck would stand - it didn't work - he only turned his nose directly at me! So, the manuver was repeated, then, three-peated! That was it, he rose, facing head-on: the hold was just inside the right shoulder (my left); later, the impact proved to have been about 2" right of his center-line - a good wind call! :)

Once again, patience, knowing the territory, and the habbits of the game had paid a nice dividend: a gross score of 158 & 7/8ths - not too shabby for an odd-ball configuration! The main-beams are the longest on any of my muley bucks - a full 24 inches - and the mass added up to over 16" per side: in all, a GREAT hunt and a better than average buck! How privileged we are to have access to THE RANCH. RG

Joe's 2010 WYoming Mule deer

R.G. Robinett — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:45:11 GMT

Joe's 2010 WYoming Mule deer

Here we are on day three - Oct.6,10 - late in the afternoon, while glassing for 'goats', we found ourselves in some seldom hunted chicken-tracks (roughs), which required some serious glassing for deer. At the head of the very last draw, from about 3/4 of a mile, and looking straight into the lowering sun, the Swarosvoski 10x42 revealed this nice prarie mule deer buck. Matt and I located Joe, and discussed the possibilities - one buck usually means more.

While Matt took up an observation post down the draw, I remained in my original location, while Joe opted to approach from above - directly at the bedded buck - and down-wind: his stalk put him within 15 feet of the unsuspecting muley! When Joe reached the lip of the 'blow', which provided the shade for the deer, he spied the 'other'buck' - a high, wide and heavy forked-horn (a GUMMER). Joe opted to pass on the 26" plus spread and classic mass; he had not yet observed the 4x3, which was bedded directly beneath his feet! Surmising that from my location, I could not see the BIG fork, Joe proceeded around the lip of the 'blow'. Predictably, "things got interesting - both bucks jumped their beds, with the heavy/wide 2x2 heading down the draw, while the 3x4 opted to head across the main draw, in favor of diving down a feeder draw - his fatal mistak: stopping to see just what the hell had gotten into his comfort zone: BOOM . . . whap. Joe executed the 75 Yd. off-hand shop perfectly!

His reliable custom .270WSM had launched yet another Barnes 110 Gr. TTS through the lungs, and the buck slid down into his chosen feeder draw - another memorable hunt on THE RANCH!

RG's 2010 Wyoming pronghorn

R.G. Robinett — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:17:19 GMT

RG's 2010 Wyoming pronghorn

Yours truly (Rt. in pic) is pictured pictured here with long-time huntin' pal, Joe, who, as usual, had judged this 'goat' to within 1/2 inch - his poor judgement worked in my favor! ;)

This was the first animal we harvested on the 2010 mule deer/pronghorn hunt. This 'goat' had only 14" horn length, but very nice 'cutters' and mass (7" bases, with 6 &7/8ths 2nd circumferences and a surprising 4" above the cutters!), and green scored 77+ via B&C methodology. He was dropped with one shot, from a distance of 456 yards, using my Ware/Nyhus (smithed/stocked) .257 Ackley Imp., driving a BIB 110 Gr. BT at 3333 FPS. Matt made a great video of the whole thing! :) This was our second day of hunting - 10-05-10 . . . and things got even better . . .

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R.G. Robinett — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:51:02 GMT

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Nov. 24, 2009 - I walked out the shop-door at 2:50 PM, and in a steady rain, but light Easterly breeze, headed for the timber - late again! Just one short hour later, I had already 'walked' the LoneWolf climber up a [new] tree, arrowed this white-tail, and was descending toward terra firma to begin the real work! I had just hauled the gear up, hung the bow and was finishing tying-off the CatQuiver, when I observed this buck apporaching the boundary fence between my uncle's and the neighbors - about 100 Yd away - the lay of the land dictated that he'd have to pass within 40 yards of my location - I decide right then, to accept any decent offer! As expected, he jumped the fence and dropped into the ditch, headed straight for me! Though he was traveling at a fair pace, when he came back up out of a ravine, at about 50 Yd., he saw me - the angle had his eyes pointed UP - I had positioned myself on the 'dry' side of the trunk, which at this location, for a deer approaching from the East, didn't provide much shilouette fracturing background clutter. Upon observing the new 'blob', the buck paused long enough to allow me time to buckle on the Scott release! His next stop was at 20 yards, where, once again, he saw my shilouette, paused for the longest time, then decided to veer 90 Deg. to the North - as he passed behind a nice screen of green briar , I came to draw - he stopped again, to check me out from the new angle - that proved to be one too many pauses! Now, it's back to work full-time . . . well, if I ever get anymore jackets! ;) RG

RGs 2009 archery white-tail

R.G. Robinett — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:29:08 GMT

RGs 2009 archery white-tail

Rain, 42 deg. F, wind NE at 12 mph . . . this buck approached from dead east, to 15 yards, where upon, I loosed a CarbonExpress shaft, headed by a NAP Spitfire [125 Gr.] and guided by Wild Turkey fletch from Hope Carleton - the arrow passed through both lungs and stuck in the ground. The buck bolted and ran as far as I've seen a 'double-lung' shot travel - a full 99 long paces - I was elevated enough to see him 'go down'. Although not at my beloved Memory Valley, still, yet another memorable archery hunt! :) RG

RG's 2009 Pronghorn.

R.G. Robinett — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:15 GMT

RG's 2009 Pronghorn.

And, then, there are pronghorns . . .

Following ‘tagging-out’ on mule deer, we began looking over the pronghorn (‘goat’) population – we invested a full six days glassing the numerous, perplexing critters, which due to the unseasonably COLD weather, were bunched-up as if it were the dead of a snowy winter – and a winter with DEEP snow at THAT! ;) Rather than the normal early-mid October day-time highs in the mid-sixties, Mother Nature had decided to put a little ‘chill’ on the ‘GLOBAL WARMING’ thing, knocking-off a whopping 30-35 degrees F each day! Thinking that a new ice-age was imminent, the goats were running in herds from a couple of dozed, up to 300!

The good news was that this made ‘comparative’ analysis of the horns relatively easy – simply find a bunch of pronghorn bucks – there were many buck-only herds – and look for one which ‘stood out’! Well, so it says here . . . but in all that time, we observed but a single exceptional buck, and he was happily munching the herbs on the neighbor’s side of the fence! ;) There were literally multitudes of 12.5" – 13.5" inch bucks, but precious few that looked to be a honest 14" plus.

The sheer volume of EYES made for ‘crazier’ than normal goat behavior – for the first four days, the mere sight of a vehicle persuaded the beasts to head for some remote part of the pasture . . . and post haste! And THAT occurred following having invested a good deal of time glassing ‘empty’ prairie, until we stumbled onto one of the exceptionally large bands – we observed precious little of the traditional, "six here and ten there" dispersion, where, from almost any vantage-point, one can see small bunches scattered across the savanna . . . it was a crazy goat hunt . . . oh, and did I complain about the rain and snow? ;)

Well, following four days of perusing the goats, my rifle was itching to be uncased – by noon, I had decided to try to shoot the first 14" buck I could get close enough to . . . now, judging pronghorns adds yet another frustrating aspect to the game – if you’re looking for something ‘respectable’, an inch here or, there, is a BIG deal. Knowing my weakness at ‘sizing’ them from afar, I look for good ‘cutters’ (prongs), placed well up the horn, mass, and then, length – I’ll take good ‘cutters’ over longer horns, with poor prongs . . .

While motoring down the East boundary fence, of a large pasture, I observed several goats just below the sky-line, and ½ mile to my west – they had yet to see me. I stopped, shut off the motor and pulled out the Swarovoski binocular – there were two bucks, the better of which sported decent ‘cutters’. These goats fed down the rise, and out of sight! This might provide an opportunity – between my position and the pronghorns, were two more ‘basins’ , the first of which I could get into without being seen, and cut the distance in half – I uncased the .257 Ackley and departed on a direct line – quartering into the 30 MPH, 10:00 O’clock wind.

The lay of the land dictated that reaching the cover of the second depression would entail a slight detour, to the North, and navigating a slight saddle, via belly-down technique . . . not something I do well, but I managed. I was then free to waltz right across the bottom of the ‘hole’, but would need to execute another crawl, and hope the goats were still grazing where I’d last seen them . . . Following an extended serpentine path – had to avoid the cacti – I finally relocated ‘my’ pronghorns – ‘their’ basin was larger than I had anticipated, and they had move to the bottom of the far left-hand end. I got the bucks sized-up, and decided that, "at best, the largest might make 14" - probably not – but he’s got good cutters and mass" . . . I ‘popped’ the Harris bi-pod, loaded the .257 and dug-out the Lica range-finder: 297 yards; 298; 298 – "that’s close enough" – and ‘clicked-in’ the 300 Yd. zero. The wind dictated about 3MOA (9") of ‘drift’. I set the power selector at 10X, held for just over 2MOA - BOOM, whop . . . the goat dropped, and didn’t move.

The shot was perfect, entering just slightly down-wind of my hold (my initial 3MOA guess would have been only slightly better), wrecking the heart/lungs, and angling forward, to exit the off-side shoulder: the exit-hole was slightly smaller than a quarter: blood-shotting was minimal – in all, excellent bullet performance.

The horns turned out to be less than my best guess – the longer taping at 13 & 3/8Ths, the shorter at 13 & 2/8Ths . . . both the cutters and mass held up nicely: 5"+ on both cutters, with base diameters of 6 & 6/8Ths and 6 & 7/8Ths – in all, for this area, a respectable pronghorn. Matt collected his fist goat the following day - more later . . . RG

Another view of RG's 2009 mule deer buck.

R.G. Robinett — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:29:52 GMT

Another view of RG's 2009 mule deer buck.

Matt snapped this pic of yours truly . . . BIG MIKE stayed off in the distance, apparently, pleased to have converted me to his way of thinking. ;) Despite the lack of tine-length, this buck sports nice mass and a decent inside spread: B&C gross is 148+ a few 8Ths. Even looking at myself, it appears that the hunter was well pleased - apparently, BIG MIKE is right - "thurzz mor t' it az juzt gittun BIGG unns"! ;) Yep, I've been a lucky fellow . . . RG

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R.G. Robinett — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:25:13 GMT

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The clock rolls back to our 'opening day' - Oct.5,2009 (actually, in our hunt-area, the fifth day of the open season) - a blustery, mostly to partly cloudy affair. A cold rain had fallen for most of the previous day, and the way-in, pulling a trailor loaded with a pair of ATVs, proved somewhat 'Western' - even in 4WD, Matt was doubtful that we'd make it, but I kept after him to keep the power on and rely on the front wheels for the 'power steering' - no braking here . . "if it begins to slide, just ease into the throttle and steer out . . ." And that was on the county road! ;)

Typical of the prairie, by late afternoon, the rain having ceased during the previous night, the ATVs weren't even throwing mud as we putted along the two-track trails/roads, halting often, to glass for bucks. Late in the afternoon, we decided to do a walk-about in the NW pasture - this on an isolated, 'satelite' property of THE RANCH - not infrequently, at least one decent buck resides in those deep roughs. The plan called for Joe and Matt to secure vantage points at the mid-level points, while I shuffled through some badlands at the headers - when disturbed, the BIG boys usually prefer to head DOWN to the bottom and stay out of sight . . .

The first time I paused to glass, following our parting, I spied three bedded bucks - one of some interest . . so, the plan changed and the hunt was ON! I was able to get into the bottom of a draw and quickly cut the distance to something less than 500 yards, then more cautiously, reduce that span to 300 - well within range. But, from that vantage point, I still could not see ALL of the cuts underneath the three bedded bucks - they could have more pals! Some crawling got me to the 200 yard marker - the decision had been made to 'pass' on the better of these three bucks (he was a nice, heavy, but short-tined 3x3, with less than a 18: inside spread) , so, in order to peruse the cut below the bedded trio, I risked getting to my knees. Nothing more showed - not even an antler-tip . . . so, I stood right up! The three bedded bucks remained thus, but now, had me made! And four more, previously undetected bucks were scrambling in as many directions - one smallish 4x4 bolted my direction and bounced past at a mere 15 yards, headed straight for thre ATVs . . . the remaing six, including the three I'd stalked, were now scattering on more, or, less, North/North Westerly courses . . .

Going over a ridge, at about 100 Yd., a nice looking set of antlers caught my attention - the best of the seven - but quickly, he vanished over the rim . . . as luck would have it, he decided to head back UP, rather than stay low, which proved a fatal mistake. By now, I was prone, Harris bi-pod deployed and settled into a decent looking lead - the buck was pogo hopping up a shallow/short cut . . . when he slowed to a trot - "he's got good mass, decent spread" . . . and, as he slowed to a walk, "a STICKER" - BOOM! The SGR smithed, PacNor barreled, Nyhus stocked, .257 Ackley Imp. launched a 110 Gr. BIB BT at a whopping 3333 FPS (RL-17 load) - I saw the bullet impact - a perfect hit!

The buck bounded two hops up, then did a 160 and made two bounds down, whereupon, he collapsed and slid/tumbled to the bottom of the 75 foot deep ravine . . . my '09' deer hunt was over. I only caught a glimps of BIG MIKE, waving and smiling, approvingly from the ridge-line as he headed West . . .

Upon inspection, the bullet had struck the heart, nearly separating it from the aorta (a few days later, on his deer, Matt's I-Mag would do just that), and causing considerable damage to the lower lungs - excellent performance: the distance, ranged to the point of impact, was 207 yards . . . not the biggest buck in Wyoming, but another GREAT hunt on THE RANCH ! :) RG

Joe's 2009 mule deer

R.G. Robinett — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:08:17 GMT

Joe's 2009 mule deer

Joe, with his 2009 Wyoming mule deer. He made a nice 150 yard shot: once again, his custom .270WSM proved adequate for mule deer - the Barnes 110 Gr. TTSX, exited the muzzle at nearly 3500 FPS, slowed slightly, before reaching the deer, then passed right on through, dropping this buck pretty much in his proverbial tracks! :) RG

Matt's first mule deer: Oct, 2009

R.G. Robinett — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:57:14 GMT

Matt's first mule deer: Oct, 2009

Here's a pic of son-in-law, Matt, following a GREAT walk-about (hunt) for mule deer, which took place at THE RANCH, where we were privileged, once again, to roam for the better part of two weeks. During the previous days, Matt had opted to pass on several smaller bucks and one, which was probably about as good, but which sported a full 4x4 rack. Two other [possibly larger] bucks, were able to get away without being either well enough oogled or, fired upon . . . that's huntin'! ON this hunt, we saw several smaller bucks and a couple of antlerless deer - and, I was able to 'film' most of the best action! :) When called upon, Matt exercised good judgement and executed flawlessly - for him, "school's out!" ;)

This particular buck was attempting to sneak back between the two primary draws, down which Joe and Matt had agreed to hunt - I took the easier 'middle ridge' and kept the digital camrea recording - well most of the time! ;) Regrettably, prior to being pronounced dead, this buck did not expose himself to the video camera - but, his pal did! :)

Matt used the 700 Remington based .257IdiotMag , featuring a PacNor 1:10" twist barrel, which I had presented to him, as a gift, earlier in the year. The bullet was the new 110 BIB BT, featuring a 3% antinony/1% tin core: this load, chronographed at 3530 FPS @ 15' from the muzzle. Except that the bullet failed to exit, performance was ECXELLENT: perimeter blood shotting was minimal, but vital organ damage was extensive. This was the first time I have observed a heart completely severed from the aorta - upon field-dressing, the heart was found 'floating' in the chest cavity, completely disconnectedfrom arteries, vessals and connective tissue. Due to time constraints and policy at the local locker, we were unable to recover the bullet, which also broke the off-side shoulder. After taking the shot, this deer made two bounds and called it quits. The range was 168 yards - Matt ffired from an obscured rock-pile: as viewed, just to the right of the one visible in the background - this view made the best pic.

Rg's 09 Late Muzzle-Loader white-tail.

R.G. Robinett — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:44:25 GMT

Rg's 09 Late Muzzle-Loader white-tail.

Here, the 2009 Late Muzzle-Loader Season, 'shoulda been' an 8-point (the right brow-tine was broken off) was posed with the faithful White M-loader - in talking me into trading some bullets for this rifle, Dan was correct: it's a real joy to shoot anf hunt with! :)

RG's 2009 Late Season (Muzzle-Loader) white-tail

R.G. Robinett — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:40:12 GMT

RG's 2009 Late Season (Muzzle-Loader) white-tail

This view is of the 09 Muzzle-Loader white-tail, prior to touching him. Following a 20 Yd. heart-shot, he managed to run about 50 Yd. before expiring as shown here. The load consisted of a 110 Gr. [equivalent] charge of Hogdon Tripple-7, a Remington 209 M-L primer, and a 420 Gr. White Sabot HPBT slug - the rifle is a White 50 Cal. This buck is representative of a 2.5 year old buck from this locale. The second pic was 'posed' with the addition of the White.

Here's the buck on the left (as viewed) - 2003 GUMMER

R.G. Robinett — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:45:38 GMT

Here's the buck on the left (as viewed) - 2003 GUMMER

From the viewed perspective, here's the left-hand GUMMER - NE Wyoming, 2003 - this one fell to another 132 GR. BIB FB, which exited the muzzle of the .300WSM at something over 3400 FPS. The distance was 268 Yd. - it was the first time I used a range-finder, but following the shot - I didn't make time to get it deployed prior to shooting - the buck had me "MADE", so minimal movement dictated a quick decision. The bullet entered just "off center" (perfect placement fo the extreme angle) and was recovered, where, following a dash through the lungs, it came to rest between the last two ribs , and just under the skin on the "off-side". Amazingly, the deer bounded UP to the top of the draw, where he decided he'd, "had enough" . . . RG

P.S. Last year's "GUMMER" (2007) - as viewed, the far-right Euro mount, is already in the album.

The center buck - THE OLD GUMMER.

R.G. Robinett — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:52:53 GMT

The center buck - THE OLD GUMMER.

Here's a pic of the "center" buck in the previous pic - following a shot from about 18 yards (.300 WSM/132 Gr. bullet, @ 3400+ FPS), this old boy jumped to his feet and charged along a razor-back for about fifty feet, whereupon, he expired and dove, nose first, into the bottom of the narrow, but 50 foot deep ravine - the steepness here, at the bottom, is relatively gentle . . . RG