Thought I might at least give a discription of the two incendents mentioned above.
The Caribou: 1971 I had just arrived in Alaska and had been sent along with a bunch of hunters (Military VIPs) on a hunting trip up the Steese Highway, for Caribou. At the time I only owned one gun, a Parker Haile in cal .308. I had worked up a good load using the Nosler 165gr partition bullet. After the incident involving the Grizzly, I decided I needed to learn to shoot long distances better. I knew that shot had been pure luck, with a lot of intervention. I had slghted my rifle in for 300 yards, and had started shooting at 400 yards regulerly. Occasionally I would try a 500, 600, or 700 yard shot just for the heck of it. The guys that ran the range kept a gong set up at 1000 yards, and everyone would take their last shot at it before leaving the range. And sometimes someone would hit it. Anyway, on the hunt one of the VIPs not knowing the differance shot a reguler size Caribou. The Caribou had been running when he shot, so he had hit it too far back. It got into a draw and disappeared. The shooter and his partner ran down the draw expecting to intercept it. I walked up the hill. After walking a couple of hundred yards up the slope I saw the Caribou come out and run across the tundra. The Caribou stopped out there on the flat tundra a long ways out. I sat down on the ground between two large tussocks of grass. I placed my rifle across one using it as a rest. I guessed about the distance and for the hold over. I took the shot and saw water fly in a pond just over the animals back. That gave me a referance point to lower my point of aim. I took my second shot an the caribou started to run. Then I heard a solid "whack" and after five jumps the Caribou dropped. I'll tell the rest in the Outdoor Experiences Forum. I'll try and get it in today. Rog
