Well I'm currently en route to Sheridan, Wyoming to meet up with Tyler Grethrin, the marketing
manager for Weatherby Rifles at their HQ.
We're going to go on a little tour there to see where the magic happens.
If you live under a rock, Weatherby's been making fine rifles since I believe the 1940s,
certainly the 1950s.
And I'm really excited to check out their facility.
While we're there, we're also going to verify zero on a few rifles.
Tyler and I were both lucky enough to draw Sandhills Nebraska mule do tags.
So we'll be headed there tomorrow.
I think we have our Blackfield, which is a 19oz carbon fiber stock.
And then we have our Baskin, which is a 20g rotary drip stock with dual civil sets.
Things went well at Weatherby headquarters.
We were able to verify zero on two excellent shooting rifles.
And we're headed out to a ranch range now to verify our drops at distance.
After a long day, we hit the town for some food and brews and then retired to our room
for the night.
The next morning, we set off on our five hour journey into this unique region.
Filled with anticipation and high hopes, the deer sightings increase as we arrive closer
at our final destination, which is always a good sign.
Things happen fast opening morning as we bumped a very large whitetail buck from his bed
and followed him on foot in hot pursuit over the Yuca clad rollers.
After a 20 minute stare off, he trotted off half speed and stopped the broadside.
And the rest is history.
First big whitetail down.
Weatherby range XP 2.0, 6.5 RPM, hammered him. I think he was about 220 yards.
Didn't go a step.
Big thanks to Ty, Dustin, the animal.
Awesome.
Here's the setup.
After taking photos and field dressing him out, we brought the buck back to the pole bar
and strung him up.
After loading up on snacks and rehydrating, we headed back out and searched for a buck for Ty.
Ironically, a few hours later, we found a couple of neilder bucks bedded,
but it was a very large whitetail within 200 yards of them that kept our attention
and ultimately became Ty's muse and target to which he shot.
He has to shot a crank of a whitetail buck from 23 yards to 6.5 RPM
for a rock and pole tag down from whitetail today.
There were a lot of firsts on this trip.
It was my first time to the state, my first time deciding to trip my trigger on an opening day,
and Tyler says I was the first person to ever take an animal with the new Weatherby range XP 2.0 rifle.
We had neilder tags and left with exceptional whitetails.
The moral of the story is, be able to pivot and seize a good opportunity when hunting
and be grateful for it all.