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Posted: 11/21/2007 10:37:24 PM
Yeah. Usually an extra point in that area comes out as a forked brow tine or just grows out of the main beam. That one would have caused some problems next year. No one who saw him this year before I killed him saw that back point. I got a pretty good look at him opening day and thought he was just a big eight point. Another guy who was bow hunting on opening day of rifle season got a really good look at him at twenty yards and did not see it. |
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Posted: 11/21/2007 11:39:25 PM
Big North Florida deer taken on our farm last November by my son - 205 pound nine point - will be out again tomorrow morning
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Posted: 11/22/2007 9:17:51 PM
Here are some pictures of my deer, he was taken with my 6.8 SPC AR on Thanksgiving morning at 7 A.M . I love the 6.8 SPC.
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Posted: 11/22/2007 10:31:23 PM
So, is a .223 effective for normal chest cavity shots, or is it only good for a head/neck shot?
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Posted: 11/23/2007 12:24:37 AM
Iv shot 2 deer this yr with my 223 AR. Both were right behind the shoulder shots and both dropped like rocks and that was with 55gr V-max handloads. So id say the 223 is good for chest shots.
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Posted: 11/23/2007 8:44:52 PM
Is it because the .223 round fragments, that it is effective on deer size game? Also, I had a friend tell me that the .223/5.56 was designed with the intent to wound only, and not to kill (in combat). I think he is full of shit.
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Posted: 11/23/2007 9:04:34 PM
The key to the 223/5.56 killing power is the fragmentation. When I opened up the first deer I shot this yr the lungs were completely shredded from the V-max fragmentation. All the people I hunt with were in complete shock at what such a small bullet could do. The military bullets fragment aswell but if the velocity isnt high enough they will just make a .22 size hole and wont kill as fast if at all as when they fragment, thus the just designed to wound theory comes into play.
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Posted: 11/24/2007 10:58:36 AM
Do they make 223 cartridges w/55 grain V-max bullets right out of the box?
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Posted: 11/24/2007 4:58:14 PM
Hornaday, Ultramax and Black Hills have them. I bought some Ultramax at Cabelas recently.
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Posted: 11/25/2007 4:56:44 PM
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Here is a pic of the 8 point buck I shot at 10:30 on Thanksgiving morning. He field dressed at 170lbs.
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Posted: 11/25/2007 5:26:34 PM
My 07 deer. (still have 2 tags left..
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Posted: 11/25/2007 6:45:40 PM
Well, this is the first year that Indiana has allowed any sort of rifle for deer hunting (must be certain "low-powered" rounds), so I haven't amassed any sort of AR-15 deer kills yet (all of my bucks were taken with shotguns.)
I've been passing does so far this season waiting on a 125"+ buck. Well, I got in my tree at 6:00 AM this morning. Over the course of the day, I had 12 DIFFERENT does and one little buck come past. It started raining heavily around noon, and never let up. I decided then that if my .458 SOCOM was going to be completely soaked, I was going to kill something with it today for my troubles. At 3:30 PM (after 9 1/2 hours in the tree) a group of 4 does showed up. It was raining so hard that after I flipped my scope covers open, the lenses got wet immediately to the point that I could hardly see through the scope. I found the ribcage of the largest of the four in the crosshairs at around 40 yards or so and pulled the trigger. All four took off running about 30 yards and then stopped to look around. I was thinking to myself, "Man, how could I have missed???" when one of them fell over and started kicking. The others just stood there, and I could have shot another one, but I don't want to overhunt that property, so I let them walk. I didn't do any sort of autopsy in the pouring rain as I gutted it. Entrance wound was dead center of the ribs on the right side. I honestly don't know if there was an exit wound, as the offside ribcage was intact. I was just wanting to get in a warm house.  |
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Posted: 11/26/2007 10:07:05 AM
 UUmmmm. Damn nice buck! |
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Posted: 11/26/2007 10:07:58 AM
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VERY nice buck!  Did I mention Nice buck? |
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Posted: 11/26/2007 10:30:09 AM
DPMS sweet sixteen Federal 62gr. bonded 252 & 256yards by laser. One neck shot, the other behind shoulder exited through offside shoulder. Both bullets exited. Severe internal trauma. dropped as if struck by lightning.
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Posted: 11/27/2007 9:31:19 PM
Here's a big one I killed a couple years ago. I doubt I'll ever see one this size again in the area I hunt. I was really lucky that day.
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Posted: 11/28/2007 2:19:53 AM
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Posted: 11/28/2007 9:32:03 AM
about 5 minutes apart.
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Posted: 11/28/2007 11:00:28 AM
Thanks! I'm pretty proud of him. I'll post pics of the euro when I get him back. . |
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Posted: 11/29/2007 2:47:11 AM
[Last Edit: 11/30/2007 12:26:30 AM by IdahoJohnny]
Took this guy tonight in snowy North Idaho
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Posted: 11/29/2007 9:32:29 PM
 For where I hunt (Harrison County, WV) they are huge, LOL. This seasons deer (don't laugh, they are eaters) opening day 6 point:  Biggest deer I have seen on our land, died of blue tongue (EVH) and I found it while dragging my 6 out. It's a nice 8, the Game Warden gave me a non hunt tag so I could go down the road with it.  My buddies largest deer to date, long time in the coming. These 2 hunt hard year after year so it was nice to see them both connect with their best.   6 point on the trail cam (no one hunted over the feeder):  |
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Posted: 11/30/2007 8:18:47 AM
Does my 6 year old son taking his first turkey count? More photos posted in the bird hunting forum.
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Posted: 11/30/2007 9:49:19 AM
Nice Job! I love that picture. Awesome perspective. |
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Posted: 12/1/2007 1:02:31 PM
WOW! What a brute! That is a beautiful buck and a once in a lifetime animal. You should do a shoulder mount as a minimum. If it were me I'd do a pedistal mount. Let us know what he scores! . |
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Posted: 12/1/2007 1:04:39 PM
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Awesome job! Tell your son congrats on the great bird. . |
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