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Old October 18, 2017, 10:11 PM   #1
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Daughter's Speed Goat!



Would have posted this sooner but we've been busy doing things. Opening morning we found this buck on my Dad's property, we put three stalks on this guy until we were able to get a good shot on him. My Daughter (14) has been using for the last four years a M700 Classic in .300 Savage with an older gloss Burris Fullfield 3-9X40 duplex reticle zeroed at 300 yards, and her load was manufactured by Double Tap using 125 grain Nosler BT at 3000 fps.

Details of the shot are 350 yards from kneeling position resting on Stoney Point shooting sticks. The hit was a little back but still managed to take both lungs with a very short death dash, leaving about a half dollar sized exit wound with a huge amount of blood and lung left behind. My Daughter has extreme confidence in this rifle and load, and is racking up quite a few one shot kills on game with it, unlike her old man who changes rifles and loads on a regular basis she has no desires to try anything different.

Anyway, just thought I'd share the success my Daughter is having.
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Old October 18, 2017, 10:17 PM   #2
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Wonderful story, thanks for sharing.
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Old October 18, 2017, 11:15 PM   #3
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That's fantastic! She's got a little blood on the toe of her boot, too.
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Old October 19, 2017, 12:20 AM   #4
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Nice! And good job to you, too, for taking her out hunting.
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Old October 19, 2017, 02:32 AM   #5
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Outstanding!
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Old October 19, 2017, 05:54 AM   #6
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Super nice Buck man Congrats!!
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Old October 19, 2017, 10:06 AM   #7
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Love it. Congrats!
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Old October 19, 2017, 01:24 PM   #8
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Good shot!
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Old October 19, 2017, 01:27 PM   #9
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Tell your daughter good shoot OP! 350 yards is quite a poke...
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Old October 19, 2017, 05:19 PM   #10
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Great job, young lady!
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Old October 19, 2017, 06:48 PM   #11
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Great job by both of you!
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Old October 19, 2017, 07:46 PM   #13
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Nice!!!
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Old October 19, 2017, 11:07 PM   #14
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Nicely done.


A "little girl" doing that at 350 yards with a .300 Savage makes it even better.
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Old October 20, 2017, 02:19 AM   #15
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Great job and congrats! Great to see young people out doing things in the outdoors rather than gaming online..
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Old October 20, 2017, 04:47 AM   #16
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Good job...I always liked that caliber and thought it was vastly underrated. Where were you hunting?
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Old October 20, 2017, 08:07 AM   #17
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Southeastern Colorado on the family ranch.
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Old October 20, 2017, 09:01 AM   #18
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Nothing like some quality outdoors family time. Fine looking animal she got, congratulations.
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Old October 20, 2017, 09:36 AM   #19
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Congrats taylorce1, great job!
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Old October 21, 2017, 07:54 AM   #20
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Congrats to the young lady for a great shot on her fine antelope.
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Old October 21, 2017, 07:08 PM   #21
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Old October 22, 2017, 08:40 PM   #22
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Old October 23, 2017, 01:48 PM   #23
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Outstanding. A lovely young woman, too. We could all learn from her mastering one rifle/cartridge.
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Old October 24, 2017, 01:31 PM   #24
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Wonderful! Always nice to hunt with young folks.
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Old October 25, 2017, 11:13 AM   #25
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Great work.
And great write-up. Congrats to her.

Everyone on the internet keeps telling me that 300 savage falls out of the air at 200 yards...
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