Featured Hunts
Joseph Taylor III
To the Barnes team, I would like to take the time to send a picture of the best white tail buck of my hunting career and share a brief summary of the hunt. I picked up a very nice 8 point buck on my trail camera last year. I am hunting a small 100 acre tract of land not far from my home. This guy was the best buck that has been captured on camera on the property. He entered my dreams at that moment. I hunted him the rest of the year without a glimpse of him. As the rut started up this season, I picked him up again on camera. This year he grew a couple more points making him an impressive 10!
I was delighted to see that he had survived the last hunting season. The fever was back, fueled by the possibility of getting him in my in my scope. I started hunting hard. All of my off time was spent in the woods. One week after taking a smaller 10 point and letting a few respectable 8 points walk, it happened. I was in a ladder stand near one of his bedding areas on a rainy Tuesday afternoon. About one hour before dark I had a decent 8 point buck chase a doe into my area. I decided that he was not what I was looking for, still hoping to see the “one”. The 8 pointer and the doe ran into a thicket behind my stand, ran around for a few minutes and became quiet. After a few moments on silence I looked over my shoulder and saw my dream deer coming in to check out the all the fuss that the 8 pointer and doe were making. I managed to slowly pull up and make an over the shoulder left handed shot at 25 yards that went right into his boiler room. He never took a step. The 140 grain 7mm Triple Shock shot from my custom 7mm-06 did everything that could be expected of it. I wanted a bullet that would give fast expansion and still hold weight retention, it did.
Thanks guys, you helped make the best hunt of my lifetime.
Joseph Taylor III
Dennis Demsky
I wanted to drop you an email and share some pictures about my recent hunt using your 140gr TSX BT bullet in my .270 WSM. As expected it did its job. This was my first sheep hunt and first trip to Alaska. I hunted With Rick French with Alaske Alpine Outfitters. Rick was a very encouraging guide and made me feel very confident that I could make the shot, even though he’s never seen me shoot. I shot 5 shots a week at 200yrds for a couple months almost religiously every weekend before the hunt and was confident in my shooting. In the end I shot at one of two legal sheep (full curl) in a band of 14 rams at 467yrds. He was standing dead after the shot and only stumbled a couple steps. One shot ended my hunt, for that shot I am thank full to you for the bullets you make, they are truly incredible. Thanks again!
Sincerely,
-Dennis A. Demsky