I used Bondstrike bullets exclusively this past fall with great accuracy out of handloads in 6.5 prc. I will say that my experience is that it is a bonded bullet but does shed weight on impact with approximately 60% weight retained for shots within 200 yards. I took an elk, pronghorn, mule deer...
One month in and I’m down to 216. 13 lbs in a month is not sustainable but I definitely like the progress. It just tells me my fall hunting diet is really bad.
I was able to arrow this guy on Halloween evening and recovered yesterday morning. Having my son out for the recovery was the best part, SD archery only public area.
They could commit to aerial surveys, but won’t. They have a decent idea of rough numbers I think and really rely depredation claims/ sharing information with tribal game and fish agencies west river.
Runnings in Pierre is able to do basic bow set up and tuning. If you want to get really into the weeds on tuning I recommend heading to RC to Black Hills Archery. Runnings has a bow press and can get you hunting and shooting in town.
In our hunting group we have a Unit 2 cow tag (wife), 2 BH whitetail tags (myself and friend), and we get tribal deer tags for our ranch. Very busy fall.
I sent in and visited with one of our members locally on this issue. Sen. Thune and Dusty support this. Unsure of Senator Rounds but I am guessing he will.
When you hit the requisite post requirements to be able to PM, reach out to me to discuss. It can be a great hunt but those elk travel incredible distances day to day so access is by far the hardest part of the hunt.
Its hard to beat the confidence of functionality and off the shelf accuracy you get with Tikka's. I keep going through various rifle brands and then circle round to swapping for Tikka T3's in desirable calibers, they just shoot. Plus they are in the sweet spot for weight for active hunters while...