Filled my Elk tag with the grendel!

[MKN574]

I filled my cow elk tag today with the Grendel. She was 204 yards facing me. I shot her at the base of the neck/chest. I used the Barnes 120ttsx's with 30 grains of 2520. What a great way to start the year off!

[bwaites]

Well done!

[hm2 clark]

WAY COOL!! ELK with a Grendel. Nice ! When you get rested and cleaned up tell us more. Did you recover the Barnes bullet?

[MKN574]

WAY COOL!! ELK with a Grendel. Nice ! When you get rested and cleaned up tell us more. Did you recover the Barnes bullet?

Thanks, I did look for the bullet but didn't find it. I didn't get to carried away looking for the bullet. I was by myself and needed to get her taken care of first and foremost. I clipped the one lung and the heart. After I shot her and got over there I saw the rest of the heard just over the hill(about 30). After I got home I started wishing I had spent more time looking for the bullet. Definately not worried about using the grendel for elk as long as you make a decent shot.

[LRRPF52]

Nice! What velocities are you getting with the 120gr TTSX and that load? Are you zeroed at 100 and used your point blank zero? Was she DRT?

[stokesrj]

Congratulations, also let us know if the bullet broke any bones or not.
Bob

[MKN574]

Nice! What velocities are you getting with the 120gr TTSX and that load? Are you zeroed at 100 and used your point blank zero? Was she DRT?

I am getting right at 2600 fps and the rifle is zeroed is at 200yrds. She didn't drop right there but only went 5 to 10 yrds.

[MKN574]

Congratulations, also let us know if the bullet broke any bones or not.
Bob

Thanks, Nothing broken for major bones. Shot went in at the base of neck/brisket. Wishing I spent more time looking for the bullet. My brain at the time was thinking about getting her taken care of and getting out of the woods before dark.

[Deezil]

nice job!!! now go fill some wolf tags!

[BjornF16]

Is that a 24 inch barrel?

[hm2 clark]

I know how reassuring it is to get your anmial out of the woods and taken care of before dark. A hunting partner can be nice. Years ago I took my girlfriend hunting with me so she could help. Now we're married and she stays home and shops. So I started taking my daughter out. Now, I gotta drag both of our kills out-mostly after dark...Hmm... .Maybe hunting by yourself is better afterall.

[MKN574]

Is that a 24 inch barrel?

Yep. It is AA's barrel, bolt and upper combo.

[MKN574]

I know how reassuring it is to get your anmial out of the woods and taken care of before dark. A hunting partner can be nice. Years ago I took my girlfriend hunting with me so she could help. Now we're married and she stays home and shops. So I started taking my daughter out. Now, I gotta drag both of our kills out-mostly after dark...Hmm... .Maybe hunting by yourself is better afterall.

I ended up getting help to get her out of the woods. Could have done it myself but was parked at a friends house so he came out to help. My wife is still hunting but the gutting is up to me. She harvested a mule deer with her 6.8 this last season. I love my me time in the woods but I love taking my wife, daughters or someone new to the sport. I get just as much or more out of it watching someone shoot their first animal!

[Whelenon]

Congratulations, nice kill.

[Variable]

Very nice! Congrats!