Been on a bucket list of mine since I bought my wife (haha) her Ruger 77 Varmint 223 so she had a reason to goto the range with me back in 1999. Fast forward to Nov 2021. 3 dads with 3 High School senior boys got to talking and the boys wanted to do a hunting trip vs their HS senior trip. Booked a place in South Dakota in Dec 2021 and starting building rifles and gathering gear. 8 months in the making and we finally had our trip last week. 2 days of shooting in Meadow SD. 3400 rounds later of various ammo (223, 17 WSM, and 224 Valykrie). Over 400 confirmed kills with many others "most likely". Unless they do 6 back flips or body parts fly at 500+ yards, some that just "slump" down into their holes its hard to see if they were kills or they just said the hell with it, I'm going into my hole until this shit ends.
We all brought multiple guns to let them cool off in the 95+ degree weather and used chamber chillers to cool the barrels more efficiently. 1 father and son had Can's on their 223's and next time, all of us will have those. They are a must to keep the dogs from scattering at close distance (100-150 yds) at the sounds of the rifles after their buddies meet their demise.
My longest confirmed kill was 550 yards with my 224 Valkyrie and my son was 420 yards with his 223 wylde
We all brought multiple guns to let them cool off in the 95+ degree weather and used chamber chillers to cool the barrels more efficiently. 1 father and son had Can's on their 223's and next time, all of us will have those. They are a must to keep the dogs from scattering at close distance (100-150 yds) at the sounds of the rifles after their buddies meet their demise.
My longest confirmed kill was 550 yards with my 224 Valkyrie and my son was 420 yards with his 223 wylde
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