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Posted: 9/25/2022 1:26:08 AM EDT
Please include harvest method, round type and a brief description of the shot with your pictures below. Have a safe and successful season everyone!
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VA, USA
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Posted: 9/25/2022 2:16:05 AM EDT
[Last Edit: whitetailnut]
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 My son caught up with this guy this morning. He shot it at 45 yards with a 30-06 using 150grn ballistic tips. ETA- The deer was angled slightly towards him and the shot was thru the front shoulder, we recovered the bullet opposite side under the skin at the end of the rib cage. 
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Posted: 9/26/2022 11:03:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By whitetailnut: https://i.imgur.com/bSCGgqY.jpg My son caught up with this guy this morning. He shot it at 45 yards with a 30-06 using 150grn ballistic tips. ETA- The deer was angled slightly towards him and the shot was thru the front shoulder, we recovered the bullet opposite side under the skin at the end of the rib cage. https://i.imgur.com/IsoxCY6.jpg Great dear and great pic...  I hope to post one of these guys later on... 
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Posted: 9/29/2022 12:32:21 PM EDT
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WI, USA
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Posted: 9/29/2022 12:36:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MORifleman: Missouri doe taken on 9-26. 33 yard shot with my bow. Heart shot. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/275253/doe_2022_1_jpg-2543755.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/275253/doe_2022_jpg-2543757.JPG Hate it when that happens. Heart is delicious! Congrats! |
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Posted: 9/30/2022 7:57:07 PM EDT
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My just turned 9 y/o youth season ruger american compact 350L 50y or so he is a lefty so next year want to get him a southpaw something or rather probably a savage axis
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Posted: 10/1/2022 1:18:36 AM EDT
[#6]
Congrats to your son.
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Posted: 10/2/2022 11:10:09 AM EDT
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Wife's forst ever deer! She has busted butt to get it done. Deer went a whopping 15 yards from the point of impact!
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Posted: 10/2/2022 3:44:14 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LoudLyle]
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Congratulations to your wife. You have to bloody her face now !
ETA : with deer blood just to be clear |
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Posted: 10/2/2022 4:14:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By LoudLyle: Congratulations to your wife. You have to bloody her face now ! ETA : with deer blood just to be clear Funny you say that because it happened on accident. I told her I would help her drag and load, but her kill she gets to do most of it. Let's just say the loading process wasn't super smooth. |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 10/2/2022 5:46:57 PM EDT
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I don't hunt deer because there aren't any on my farm. We do have bontebok though, and a bunch of other species. This old guy wouldn't leave the camp he was in and join the others on another part of the farm. Tried to chase him out for 6 years. His teeth were worn down to nubs but since there were no other rams to fight the horns just got longer and longer rather than wearing from fighting. Accuracy International in 308win with a IOR Recon, Ase Utra suppressor and Accu-Tac bipod. Took a 200yrd stalk in toward him then proned out and zipped a 175gr ELD into the booping tube. Shot was not quite 200m at about 10 degrees down angle with a 3-5mph left to right wind so I held a bit high and just left of center predicting impact right between the peepers. Hit just right of dead center in his forehead putting me about 1cm high and a touch over 1cm right. Completely mushed the skull so it won't be any good for a mount but I'll turn the horns into coat hooks or something and the hide will be flat skinned. Very tasty meat, distinctive but not overpowering. He was almost 200lbs standing. Bontebok and the related and less cool looking blesbok are leggy bastards.
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Posted: 10/3/2022 7:55:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By drewptwo: Wife's forst ever deer! She has busted butt to get it done. Deer went a whopping 15 yards from the point of impact!https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/495603/20221002_090215_jpg-2547626.JPG Nice doe! Great deer for a first. |
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Posted: 10/3/2022 8:32:27 PM EDT
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Daughter got this one opening day of youth season. Went down like she was a pop-up target. Happy kid for sure.
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NJ, USA
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Posted: 10/10/2022 12:55:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: blackknightvmfa]
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Connected with this doe broadside at 30 yds from a tree stand with a 100 grain fixed blade broadhead. Got one lung, heart, and nicked the other lung on the way out.
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VA, USA
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Posted: 10/10/2022 1:03:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By blackknightvmfa: Connected with this doe broadside at 30 yds from a tree stand with a 100 grain fixed blade broadhead. Got one lung, heart, and nicked the other lung on the way out. https://imgur.com/t64Gzrf STRONG first post to ARFCOM @blackknightvmfa Congrats on the harvest. Fixed your pic below: 
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NJ, USA
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Posted: 10/10/2022 1:14:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By xwinder: STRONG first post to ARFCOM @blackknightvmfa Congrats on the harvest. Thanks! LONG time lurker first time poster. Awesome day. My hunting pal got a nice doe too but the sun was down by the time we followed the blood trail. Everything is deboned and ready for the freezer tomorrow. |
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Posted: 10/16/2022 9:46:49 PM EDT
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65 yards with my suppressed 300 bo. He went about 25 yards. Heart shot. Still amazes me they can go so far with their heart exploded.
 Attached FileHad to take him because of the cool antler. It looks like it broke then healed downwards. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 9:13:50 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By boman250: 65 yards with my suppressed 300 bo. He went about 25 yards. Heart shot. Still amazes me they can go so far with their heart exploded. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/129859/20221014_162841_jpg-2565789.JPG Had to take him because of the cool antler. It looks like it broke then healed downwards. Cool! Keeping the skull? I got one a couple years ago that only had a nub on one side. It looked like a melted candle. I thought the same thing-broke off in velvet. |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 1:44:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By shack357: Cool! Keeping the skull? I got one a couple years ago that only had a nub on one side. It looked like a melted candle. I thought the same thing-broke off in velvet. Planning on it. I haven't done anything with it yet, I may have to glue the antler to the skull if it is too loose. Lol. |
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Posted: 10/18/2022 5:05:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By boman250: Planning on it. I haven't done anything with it yet, I may have to glue the antler to the skull if it is too loose. Lol. Cool. It'll be interesting to see what it looks like under the flesh. |
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Posted: 10/22/2022 12:55:20 PM EDT
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No wall hanger but it's meat. Small 7-pt. I jumped him up right as I got to my stand, confirmed by my game camera afterwards. He came back around 8am and I shot him at about 15 yards. He went about 20 yards. He's been hanging with a small 8-pt who was at my stand yesterday at 9am... he's out there and I plan on poking a hole in him too.
 Here is is back in Sept. Here is his buddy... maybe tonight he will come by looking for him.  |
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Posted: 10/22/2022 7:42:50 PM EDT
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Got his buddy this afternoon... he was already at my stand when I arrived. Looked up and there he was, 40ish yard kneeling shot.
 
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Posted: 10/22/2022 10:24:28 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ENGCPT]
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My 13 year old got this one 18 minutes after sundown on Sunday of youth weekend.
Dropped it where it stood.  Impact wound  75 lbs of hamburger. Ruger American Ranch in 5.56 Remington 62 grain Barnes TSX copper. Scope was a cheap nikon p-tac 5.56 4.5-14x40. Distance, 48m |
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USA
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Posted: 10/23/2022 7:55:20 AM EDT
[Last Edit: amediocreshooter]
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 Rifle was a Win Model 70 Featherweight in 6.5 Creed. Bullet was 143gr ELDX with 42.1gr of RL16 in Lapua brass. Hit him where the neck meets the shoulder at an angle. No exit. Disintegrated the far side shoulder, spine, and lungs. Bullet sounds awesome but I was unimpressed. Instead of mushrooming it exploded in his body like a grenade (no pics - it was late and I took him straight to the processor) 18.5” spread. Gotta be 4.5 years old. Has a nice brindle color to his neck. |
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Posted: 10/23/2022 12:24:18 PM EDT
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 Attached FileGot it done last night. He came in about 640PM and refused to turn broadside for me. After watching him for about 5 minutes he finally turned quartering towards me. Hit right behind front shoulder and exit mid body (you can see exit wound in pic). Double lung and he still ran about 100 yards before crashing. Pretty new to hunting and this is my second deer taken, but my biggest thus far. Very grateful to harvest this guy. |
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Posted: 10/23/2022 6:55:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/23/2022 7:00:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By loon_138: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/66713/IMG_20221022_183107061_BURST000_COVER_CO-2573743.JPG My son got his first deer, little doe, early youth hunt last night. Awesome! Congrats. It's also the early youth hunt in NH this weekend. I heard a few rifle shots at dusk while I was out with my bow and every shot brought a smile to my face. |
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Posted: 10/23/2022 8:01:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By eric496: Awesome! Congrats. It's also the early youth hunt in NH this weekend. I heard a few rifle shots at dusk while I was out with my bow and every shot brought a smile to my face. Haha, same here. There was a father/daughter team hunting across the road from us. As we were low crawling to get in position for a shot after this deer snuck up behind us, we heard 2 shots across the road, followed by a child's yell "wahoo"! My son dropped his 5 minutes later, so successful all around! |
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Posted: 10/23/2022 8:34:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By loon_138: Haha, same here. There was a father/daughter team hunting across the road from us. As we were low crawling to get in position for a shot after this deer snuck up behind us, we heard 2 shots across the road, followed by a child's yell "wahoo"! My son dropped his 5 minutes later, so successful all around! This is awesome to the 1000th degree |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 8:21:03 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dave_Markowitz]
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I took this large whitetail doe late Saturday on the final day of Pennsylvania's early muzzleloader season*. The range was approximately 55 yards. The location was private property in Tioga County.
The shot entered behind the right shoulder and penetrated the chest cavity but did not exit. Upon skinning the deer, there was a large bruised area behind the left shoulder. It ran a bit and because the shot was a little too high, the blood trail sucked. It bled out internally.
 Attached FileIt's my first deer with a smokepole. It dressed out at well over 100 pounds. We had a heck of a time getting into the back of my Xterra. Between this deer and a button buck my friend took in the morning, we filled a gallon ziploc bag with fat that I'm going to render into tallow for patch lube. * Inlines, percussion guns, and optics are legal in the early season. PA also has a flintlock-only, no-optics late season after Christmas. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 8:57:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dave_Markowitz: I took this large whitetail doe late Saturday on the final day of Pennsylvania's early muzzleloader season*. The range was approximately 55 yards. The location was private property in Tioga County. The shot entered behind the right shoulder and penetrated the chest cavity but did not exit. Upon skinning the deer, there was a large bruised area behind the left shoulder. It ran a bit and because the shot was a little too high, the blood trail sucked. It bled out internally.
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54763/102222-DM-doe_jpg-2575049.JPG It's my first deer with a smokepole. It dressed out at well over 100 pounds. We had a heck of a time getting into the back of my Xterra. Between this deer and a button buck my friend took in the morning, we filled a gallon ziploc bag with fat that I'm going to render into tallow for patch lube. * Inlines, percussion guns, and optics are legal in the early season. PA also has a flintlock-only, no-optics late season after Christmas. Excellent
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Posted: 10/24/2022 8:59:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ENGCPT: My 13 year old got this one 18 minutes after sundown on Sunday of youth weekend. Dropped it where it stood. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/50724/89072__1_-2572809.jpg Impact wound https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/50724/20221009_203044-2570554.jpg 75 lbs of hamburger. Ruger American Ranch in 5.56 Remington 62 grain Barnes TSX copper. Scope was a cheap nikon p-tac 5.56 4.5-14x40. Distance, 48m Nice one. Not a fan of head shots but at least it worked out. 
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Posted: 10/29/2022 10:08:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By shack357: Nice one. Not a fan of head shots but at least it worked out. In the "wild" I would never do it but we shoot at 48m. The rifle is zeroed for that range. My boy isn't a great shot but he can shoot 10 rounds into a 1" circle at 48m. I wish I could bow hunt on my place but it's too small and the neighbors don't want us on their place. |
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Posted: 10/29/2022 10:12:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ENGCPT: In the "wild" I would never do it but we shoot at 48m. The rifle is zeroed for that range. My boy isn't a great shot but he can shoot 10 rounds into a 1" circle at 48m. I wish I could bow hunt on my place but it's too small and the neighbors don't want us on their place. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ENGCPT: Originally Posted By shack357: Nice one. Not a fan of head shots but at least it worked out. In the "wild" I would never do it but we shoot at 48m. The rifle is zeroed for that range. My boy isn't a great shot but he can shoot 10 rounds into a 1" circle at 48m. I wish I could bow hunt on my place but it's too small and the neighbors don't want us on their place. Like I said, it worked. |
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Posted: 10/31/2022 11:46:15 PM EDT
[Last Edit: eric496]
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Broke the ice with this nice little 6 point. NH muzzleloader.
I shot him and he wobbled a bit, and went down. Then he got up and did it again. I reloaded the muzzleloader and looked up to see him gone. Then I heard a deer running off and couldn't believe it but he had just slid down out of sight. Never saw the other deer.  Attached File |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 11/3/2022 4:02:40 AM EDT
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Got this fella yesterday with my bow. 10:15am he meandered to about 7 yards and I turned him into food and a wall decoration for my house :D Not a great pic but it's all I got at the moment. BIG bodied deer...didn't put it on the scale...but it was NOT fun dragging him up hill to the tractor path.
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Posted: 11/3/2022 10:18:59 AM EDT
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Posted: 11/5/2022 11:19:58 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Iowaredneck]
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Got this guy yesterday in the Iowa monsoon with my bow 40y shot. I actually left because of lightning walked to my truck but it let up so I walked back in wasn't 5 minutes and a small buck was chasing a doe this buck came in following another doe.
Pics suck because as mentioned it was freaking pouring.  
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Posted: 11/5/2022 1:57:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Iowaredneck: Got this guy yesterday in the Iowa monsoon with my bow 40y shot. I actually left because of lightning walked to my truck but it let up so I walked back in wasn't 5 minutes and a small buck was chasing a doe this buck came in following another doe. Pics suck because as mentioned it was freaking pouring. https://i.imgur.com/n2t9RDO.jpg [urlhttps://i.imgur.com/oyByLgx.jpeg[/url] Nice one! Had one the other day coming in to my grunt call, he smelled a doe just before he got within range and turned. Still got time left. |
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Posted: 11/5/2022 5:45:18 PM EDT
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USA
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Posted: 11/5/2022 9:04:49 PM EDT
[#40]
My niece got one this morning!!!
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Posted: 11/6/2022 3:28:10 PM EDT
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Got my first buck today. Shot plenty of does.
Never saw this fella on the cameras. He showed up in the field while I was watching a rabbit through my rifle scope. 30 yard shot. He bounded about 5 more before dropping dead. 
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Posted: 11/6/2022 5:25:35 PM EDT
[#42]
Congratulations on the deer, everybody! Rifle opens up on Wednesday. I might not sleep between now and then!
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Posted: 11/6/2022 6:01:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LineOfDeparture]
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Double tap
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Posted: 11/6/2022 7:32:57 PM EDT
[Last Edit: eric496]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JCoop: Congratulations on the deer, everybody! Rifle opens up on Wednesday. I might not sleep between now and then! Good luck! One of these years my NH firearm tag will survive muzzleloader season.  The temps will finally drop so I'll probably be out with the archery tags. Congrats to all! |
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Posted: 11/6/2022 8:31:49 PM EDT
[#45]
Nice ones
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Posted: 11/11/2022 12:21:14 PM EDT
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Not the buck I was looking for but he'll do.
6pt, chasing a doe. Rifle is an Alexandria Interarms MarkX in .30-06, custom free float stock. Leupold 2-7 scope. Ammo was Rem Core-Lokt 180gr PSP. A small doe came in and was feeding for a while but kept looking back the way she had come. Sure enough, I saw this buck quite a ways out, slowly working his way closer. It took him close to a half hour to go 75 yards. I really didn't have a shot until he was about 40 yards away - most cautious deer I've ever seen. In the end, though, the scent of a woman was his undoing. He made a sudden leap towards the doe, she took off and he turned broadside to me, watching her. Bam. 120lbs dressed weight.  |
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Posted: 11/12/2022 11:48:13 PM EDT
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Tagged my first ones with a bow this year. Almost had #3 yesterday.
 
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Posted: 11/13/2022 1:31:44 AM EDT
[Last Edit: walther1978]
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Posted: 11/13/2022 5:45:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LeadBreakfast]
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 Attached FileOpening morning, 8 AM. 10.5" 5.56mm pistol, 77gr TMK handloads, 50ish yards  Attached FileThe weekend before firearms opener. 100gr Muzzy 3 blade through the boiler at 15ish yards. |
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Posted: 11/13/2022 7:33:18 PM EDT
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