Trophy Room
These photos were sent to me by Dan Pease. Dan has been hunting with a 270 WSM I built for him in 2007 and has taken some very nice animals with it. Below are some of his nicest trophies and I am sure there are many more to come. Dan just received the second rifle I built for him. Its a splitting image of his 270 WSM but this time he wanted a little more fire power so we built a 300 Winchester Magnum. He has several hunts booked for this fall and if I was a betting man I would lay some money on him bringing back some more impressive trophies. Keep up the good work, Dan...
Antelope dropped in his tracks. B&C book animal at 80-2/8"
#1 - Caribou in velvet, one shot, dropped on the spot. Rough scored 295" B&C
#2 - Caribou, dropped with one shot. SCI bronze at 305-2/8"
#3 - Elk, dropped in his tracks, one shot. SCI silver at 328-6/8"
Randy Dorroh sent in these two photos. Each is a target he shot with the rifles I rebarreled for him. Randy did his own stock work and bedding and I must say from the looks of those targets, he did one heck of a fine job. The 6 BR Lupua on the left measured .234 for 3 shots and the 300 WSM on the right looks like it would measure under 1/2 inch. *WAY TO GO RANDY*
Message from Jim Z.:
"Jeff, I had to send you this picture! The Hankins Custom 30-06 did the job on this 12 point. I took this buck last week in West Virginia. It field dressed in excess of 200 lbs, and had a Boone and Crockett score of 172. Thanks again for a great rifle."
These two pictures were sent to me from Doug Davis of San Antonio, Texas. He shot this big boar hog in the head at 187 yards using 42 grains of Varget and 168 grain Barnes TSX bullets. He said that this shot was the first shot he fired from the rifle after receiving it from me. Thanks, Doug, for sending this photo. Sure looks like fun.
Message from Doug:
"Jeff, we shot so many hogs, we didn't take many pictures. Here are a couple; the one hanging from the truck was the first shot out of the rifle."
I started off my 2009 deer season by taking these two beautiful girls hunting during the youth season. They both took their first deer using a 300 WSM Varminter I built for shooting extreme long ranges. Both deer were shot at over 300 yards. Each of the girls did their own shooting from sandbags set up in a big tree stand overlooking a 100 acre river bottom full of white clover.
Ivy (left, 15) shot her deer at a fast walk and hit it just a little far back in the chest area. Still the deer only ran about 50 yards and fell dead. 125 grain ballistic tip bullets at 3800 FPS can do some real damage.
Ilisha (right, 12) shot her deer perfectly through the heart and it dropped in its tracks. It was a great shot for her and she is ready to get out there this season and shoot another deer. This year though, she says she is holding out for the big boy...
My 2009 season ended with a good score. I shot this nice 8 pointbuck on a dead run, chasing a doe, at about 60 yards. My nephew, Garret, was with me and it just made his day to get to watch his uncle shoot this deer. I had been seeing two nice bucks earlier during the bow season and I knew this was one of them. I had to react fast and shoot or he would have been gone in a flash. Nice way to close out the season, making memories that will last a lifetime.
This is the buck I shot in the 2008 Kentucky Deer season. This buck came sneaking down a fence row at 8AM on the third day of our rifle season. I shot him straight through the chest from 220 yards. He bowed up and ran about 20 yards and I watched him crumble to the ground. That was a good day for me, I took him with a rifle I built chambered for the 6mm Remington using 80 grain Sierra Game King Bullets. The small calibers can do the job when the bullet is placed in the right spot. Yea ha....
Deer Season 2011
My little brother Jason had a pretty good season this year. Opening day he nailed this Coyote running at about 100
yards, Blew the poor thing almost in half. Then He goes out the next weekend and nail this nice 10 pointer from
the same stand. He said the buck came sneaking through trying to get to the corn fields in the river bottoms.
His custom 300 WSM LRT put a stop to that. I'm still wondering if he is that good of a shot or was it the rifle?
Doug Scott bought a Custom 25-06 from me this year and boy has he ever put the hurt on the big buck population in west Texas.
Doug Has been hunting all his life but told me this has been his best year. I would love to take a trophy buck like that once a year. Doug, It looks like you are in Whitetail Heaven
Here's Doug holding the 25-06 I built for him. He said every animal went down with one shot and the farthest shot was
on the small Black Buck at 290 yards. Looks like he was busy dragging all these trophies out of the wood.
I would hate to see his taxidermy bill......
