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Posted: 11/13/2022 8:00:57 PM EDT
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Second day of VA muzzleloader season, this guy came walking by shortly after sunrise.
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Posted: 11/13/2022 11:33:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2022 1:26:34 PM EDT
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Hated to shoot this little guy but if you look closely, the bottom part of his mouth is hanging down. He would have been a nice buck in two more years. Unfortunately, the group that hunts near my place has no interest in working together to let little ones walk. I will and do take younger bucks for meat on property down south but not on this property. Rifle was a 6.8 SPC with Hornady 120gr SST. Shot was about 35 yards.
One of the guys from the adjoining property shot this guy at 10am and never found him... at least he won't suffer.   11 13 22 Wounded 6=pt |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 11/14/2022 1:34:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2022 6:48:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/14/2022 10:05:54 PM EDT
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First buck for me.
Tromix 16.25 in lightweight 458 socom barrel 325 Hornady FTX 30.2 grains of H110  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 11/14/2022 11:06:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kered: First buck for me. Tromix 16.25 in lightweight 458 socom barrel 325 Hornady FTX 30.2 grains of H110 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/233493/20221114_210504_jpg-2600380.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/233493/20221112_123530_jpg-2600381.JPG Congratulations! I bet that 325 FTX was devastating. |
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Posted: 11/15/2022 12:33:04 AM EDT
[Last Edit: spuddicus]
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 Attached FileSmall 9pointer. Biggest bodied deer I’ve seen in central Nc in a long time. Got him marinating for jerky at the moment.  Attached FileChews for the dogs  Attached FileNew farm I’ve hitched my wagon to. Farmer says not to let anything walk, there’s no selection process for shooter deer. If it walks out it gets the bullet Eta: Remington 700 .243 100gr federal softpoints. I bought a few hundred rounds when Walmart dropped the price to $11 a box a few years ago. They’ve gotten the job done on every deer I put the crosshairs on. |
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Posted: 11/15/2022 1:38:30 AM EDT
[Last Edit: firemedic5586]
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My Man Cub dropped this one in his tracks at 170 yrds.
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Posted: 11/17/2022 1:31:31 AM EDT
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Muzzleloader, Couldn't get a clean shot as I watched him walk the fence line & out of my sight. Luck was on my side, he came walking back 10 min later. Dropped him at 50yards as he was getting ready to jump the fence.
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Posted: 11/17/2022 12:15:04 PM EDT
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Dropped an 18" spread 11 pt. last night. Can't get the picture to work on here for some reason. 150 yards dropped on the spot with a 450 BM AR and Hornady factory loads. Weighed 181 lbs dressed at the processor this morning. That 450 just flattens anything it hits!
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CT, USA
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Posted: 11/17/2022 4:05:29 PM EDT
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 Doe -107 lbs dressed. Connecticut, 70 degrees during the last storm. Crossbow-41 lbs of meat. 22-23 yards from the ground, no blind. |
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Posted: 11/17/2022 5:27:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By spuddicus: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/150826/CFFFDF68-06E7-4673-81C9-A1CAE6DEA004_jpe-2600528.JPG Small 9pointer. Biggest bodied deer I’ve seen in central Nc in a long time. Got him marinating for jerky at the moment. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/150826/1FA9AD23-F5B8-4BC6-88B6-B60F33D38CE9_jpe-2600530.JPG Chews for the dogs https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/150826/18A69187-1208-44A7-9A0E-8D0674A92CC9_jpe-2600532.JPG New farm I’ve hitched my wagon to. Farmer says not to let anything walk, there’s no selection process for shooter deer. If it walks out it gets the bullet Eta: Remington 700 .243 100gr federal softpoints. I bought a few hundred rounds when Walmart dropped the price to $11 a box a few years ago. They’ve gotten the job done on every deer I put the crosshairs on.  Attached FileIt’s happening |
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Posted: 11/18/2022 7:48:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: -Sabot42-]
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I just LOVE typical Texas 8s |
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Posted: 11/19/2022 12:26:22 PM EDT
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9th sit of the season. Saw far I have seen a button buck, a 3 pointer, 5 black bear, 3 hogs, a bobcat, and this guy. Figured it was time for some meat in freezer.
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MO, USA
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Posted: 11/19/2022 3:22:22 PM EDT
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I got a doe and a button buck walking together. I shot the doe in the chest and she dropped, I shot the buck behind the shoulder and he ran about 20 yards. Range was 56 yards using my 6.5 Grendel with the Sierra 130 grain Game Changers. This is my second year using the Game Changer bullet and so far I'm impressed. Last year my longest shot was 80 yards through the chest and the deer just dropped.
 
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Posted: 11/19/2022 3:54:40 PM EDT
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Today was the first day of rifle season. Shot this guy about 9am following a doe.
 Attached File Attached FileSavage model 111 in 30-06. Nikon scope and Hornady custom 150 grain. He was about 100 yards and dropped in his tracks. |
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Posted: 11/20/2022 12:24:24 AM EDT
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Well today is the second day of antlerless deer season... I was after some doe I had seen yesterday, but due to the backdrop being a busy I-75, I passed and set up a better ground blind location.
Well, at about 5:25 I just happened to look back over my left shoulder at the main road and the access road my truck was parked on... I saw a brown spot and it was moving my way... at about 700 yards. I looked through my range finder and it was a buck. I grabbed my tripod with rifle still mounted and started across the hay field using a couple small oak clumps to mask my movement. The buck came around the left side of the last clump and I had to stop at the next to the last. I started to worry of he kept going left I-75 would be between he and I and I would not be able to shoot... but wait,,, there's more... 100 yards behind him is another buck following him I had not seen. So now I had two buck to my front. I got a good steady position using the tripod. The closest buck stopped, I figured he was close to 100 yards and it was now or never. I shot and he dropped like a rock. The other buck took a few steps and stopped... looking at the downed buck. He turned broadside and I figured he was about to light the burners so I got a good sight picture and dropped him in his tracks as well. Turns out the first buck was quite small but on this particular property butts up against a really nice limited hunt management area so there are plenty of deer... all legal bucks are good to go. Honestly I was so "into" the cat and mouse game of getting into position I really didn't size him up, I would have taken him anyway so what the heck. I also forgot to turn my video on... DANG IT! The closest buck was 109 yards and the second was 197 yards as measured by my laser range finder. I used my 6.8 SPC with 120gr SST hand loads. I'm tired... both are skinned, quartered, and on ice... time for a few beers.     
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Posted: 11/21/2022 8:00:59 PM EDT
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 Attached FileBeen holding out for a couple nice bucks I haven’t gotten a shot on due to lack of time. Boy said it’s time to make jerky, and after passing on 9 more I decided he was right. Just under 100 yards. 110 SST hand load from a Sugar Weasel. Never took a step. |
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Posted: 11/22/2022 12:01:37 AM EDT
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Got this guy yesterday, second day of rifle season here. Sat in my stand since daybreak and he came out as I was about to leave with just a little daylight left. Shot at maybe 75 yards then he Ran straight into the brushiest woods around, lucky to find him in the dark with a little headlamp…
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Posted: 11/22/2022 10:00:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By EBR-Okie: Today was the first day of rifle season. Shot this guy about 9am following a doe. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/350389/20221119_090936_2_jpg-2606303.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/350389/20221119_113157_2_jpg-2606306.JPG Savage model 111 in 30-06. Nikon scope and Hornady custom 150 grain. He was about 100 yards and dropped in his tracks. @EBR-Okie that's an amazing deer! Beautiful tines on that rack. |
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Posted: 11/22/2022 10:03:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bowhntr6pt: Well today is the second day of antlerless deer season... I was after some doe I had seen yesterday, but due to the backdrop being a busy I-75, I passed and set up a better ground blind location. Well, at about 5:25 I just happened to look back over my left shoulder at the main road and the access road my truck was parked on... I saw a brown spot and it was moving my way... at about 700 yards. I looked through my range finder and it was a buck. I grabbed my tripod with rifle still mounted and started across the hay field using a couple small oak clumps to mask my movement. The buck came around the left side of the last clump and I had to stop at the next to the last. I started to worry of he kept going left I-75 would be between he and I and I would not be able to shoot... but wait,,, there's more... 100 yards behind him is another buck following him I had not seen. So now I had two buck to my front. I got a good steady position using the tripod. The closest buck stopped, I figured he was close to 100 yards and it was now or never. I shot and he dropped like a rock. The other buck took a few steps and stopped... looking at the downed buck. He turned broadside and I figured he was about to light the burners so I got a good sight picture and dropped him in his tracks as well. Turns out the first buck was quite small but on this particular property butts up against a really nice limited hunt management area so there are plenty of deer... all legal bucks are good to go. Honestly I was so "into" the cat and mouse game of getting into position I really didn't size him up, I would have taken him anyway so what the heck. I also forgot to turn my video on... DANG IT! The closest buck was 109 yards and the second was 197 yards as measured by my laser range finder. I used my 6.8 SPC with 120gr SST hand loads. I'm tired... both are skinned, quartered, and on ice... time for a few beers. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/923/MS02j7.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/922/ygmwcv.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/J9GFe6.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/923/MvmNHT.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/923/7ScmdO.jpg That's an awesome hunt. The only downside to a double is double the work afterwords 
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Posted: 11/22/2022 1:35:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AeroEngineer: That's an awesome hunt. The only downside to a double is double the work afterwords I got carried away one late doe season here in MI. It was single digits and blowing 20+ and I shot 2 doe's off my food plot with a muzzle loader. I wasn't a 1/4 of the way thru gutting the 1st one before I was hating life. While gutting the 2nd one I could've cut a finger off and not known it. Seriously thought i was going to suffer from frostbite but luckily didn't. I don't do that anymore
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Posted: 11/22/2022 2:22:46 PM EDT
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Finally got my big jerky doe today with a 100g muzzy about 15y shot
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Posted: 11/22/2022 9:41:30 PM EDT
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My daughter shot a small buck. 183 yards, ran 32 yards and jumped the fence way too soon and into a tree bouncing off into the fence. Dead while running. 16” AR 77gr TMK. Video is available upon request, just IM me. It is quite entertaining.
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Posted: 11/22/2022 10:45:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By heavy260: My daughter shot a small buck. 183 yards, ran 32 yards and jumped the fence way too soon and into a tree bouncing off into the fence. Dead while running. 16” AR 77gr TMK. Video is available upon request, just IM me. It is quite entertaining. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/170936/C55D12AD-6ECB-41D1-A753-685E7961033A_jpe-2610462.JPG Definitely put me in line to see the video |
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Posted: 11/22/2022 11:41:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By heavy260: My daughter shot a small buck. 183 yards, ran 32 yards and jumped the fence way too soon and into a tree bouncing off into the fence. Dead while running. 16" AR 77gr TMK. Video is available upon request, just IM me. It is quite entertaining. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/170936/C55D12AD-6ECB-41D1-A753-685E7961033A_jpe-2610462.JPG |
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Posted: 11/23/2022 6:35:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Iowaredneck: Definitely put me in line to see the video You are now the first and biggest fan, lol. Quite a bit of flying snow and aerials. Oscar worthy. |
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Posted: 11/26/2022 12:48:15 PM EDT
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Got this guy on the last morning of our rifle season with the 300 PRC I built this summer. Definitely overkill but I wanted to try it out. 208gr. Berger LRHT worked as expected. Shot him quartering towards me at about 100 yards, went in just in front of the shoulder on the near side and exit was behind the far side shoulder. Fist size hole through the ribs on the entrance side but the shoulder itself wasn't bad at all. Took off the top of the heart and at least one lung and only a 1.5" or so exit. Ran about 25 yards and crashed in the snow. The thump of that bullet hitting him was louder than the shot. Both brow tines are broken off and half of one side, so he's been doing some scrapping apparently.
  
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Posted: 11/26/2022 6:56:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SDeadeye: Got this guy on the last morning of our rifle season with the 300 PRC I built this summer. Definitely overkill but I wanted to try it out. 208gr. Berger LRHT worked as expected. Shot him quartering towards me at about 100 yards, went in just in front of the shoulder on the near side and exit was behind the far side shoulder. Fist size hole through the ribs on the entrance side but the shoulder itself wasn't bad at all. Took off the top of the heart and at least one lung and only a 1.5" or so exit. Ran about 25 yards and crashed in the snow. The thump of that bullet hitting him was louder than the shot. Both brow tines are broken off and half of one side, so he's been doing some scrapping apparently. https://i.imgur.com/dXi7e0x.jpg https://i.imgur.com/zJQcX50.jpg https://i.imgur.com/VObWnVx.jpg |
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Posted: 11/26/2022 11:18:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SDeadeye]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JCoop: That looks like a heavy bodied deer. Do you know what he weighed? Good old ND corn feed deer! I got just under 70# of meat off of him after it was all trimmed up and packaged, that's all I weighed. Definitely a bigger body than some of the other bucks that I saw. |
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CT, USA
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Posted: 11/28/2022 12:55:56 PM EDT
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I hunted opening morning of Ohio gun season, only shot a coyote so far. Sounded like there were a few deer shot around me. I’m inside checking work emails and warming up, gonna go back out in an hour or so. Hoping to get a deer early in the week since I have to drive back to CT by the weekend
   
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TX, USA
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Posted: 11/29/2022 10:31:24 AM EDT
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7mm Rem Mag with 150gr Nosler Solid Base bullet over H4831. Victoria Texas. Sunday before Thanksgiving I went out looking for this deer. It had just rained with more on the forecast so I knew if I was going to be able to hunt I had to get out there soon as possible. It gets muddy on the dirt road to the property, so heavy rain means a good chance to get stuck. We had driven 7 hours south from Fort Worth the day before and this was the first sit of the week. Only one deer showed up that morning, but it was the right one. Personal best for me so I was pleased. I was a little bummed that my hunting week was over, but it rained so much it ended up being a blessing in disguise.
Sore on his neck was isolated to the hide. No meat contamination that I could find.  
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Posted: 11/30/2022 6:17:33 AM EDT
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IL, USA
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Posted: 12/5/2022 4:44:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Bucktail_Bob]
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Drinks were pouring last Saturday.
Browning A-Bolt 12Ga. Slug gun, Federal Barnes Expander 328 Gr. Illinois 2nd Gun Season 20 yard shot  [url=https://imgur.com/92vRDAZ]  [/url |
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Posted: 12/5/2022 8:31:57 PM EDT
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2nd in a week.
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Posted: 12/6/2022 9:45:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Timberghost]
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Here is my 2022 buck that I shot on Saturday, 12/3. This has been a rough year dealing with "life" and this past Saturday was the first time that I've had an opportunity to really hunt. Me and two buddies were pushing one of his properties and I was "in position" in the fence row for only about two minutes. Rifle (Bushmaster .450) was laying on the ground while I took my pack off and was setting up my little folding stool. I happened to look to the South and saw Antlers running up the fence row right at me. Picked up the rifle, flipped off the safety and basically made a passing sporting clays shot on him as he ran by me at about 12 yards. I hit him right in the lungs behind the shoulder when he was pretty much broadside to me (maybe slightly quartering to) and immediately saw blood through my red-dot sight. I watched him run at least 100 yards down the fence row in the cut corn field before he stopped for about 10 seconds and just collapsed. Waiting the hour plus for my friends to finish their push was painful, but the rule is to stay put until it's done so we know where everyone is.
This is by far the biggest bodied deer I've ever taken. I was using Hornady 250 grain SST ammo and I guess the bullet must have exploded as it hit a rib on the way in. Upon skinning him, the entrance wound was the size of a golf ball. There was a tiny exit wound on the back of the off-side rib cage the size of bb. I was a little sad that my season ended so quickly, but I feel very blessed at the same time to take a nice mature whitetail buck!  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/7/2022 11:54:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Timberghost: Here is my 2022 buck that I shot on Saturday, 12/3. This has been a rough year dealing with "life" and this past Saturday was the first time that I've had an opportunity to really hunt. Me and two buddies were pushing one of his properties and I was "in position" in the fence row for only about two minutes. Rifle (Bushmaster .450) was laying on the ground while I took my pack off and was setting up my little folding stool. I happened to look to the South and saw Antlers running up the fence row right at me. Picked up the rifle, flipped off the safety and basically made a passing sporting clays shot on him as he ran by me at about 12 yards. I hit him right in the lungs behind the shoulder when he was pretty much broadside to me (maybe slightly quartering to) and immediately saw blood through my red-dot sight. I watched him run at least 100 yards down the fence row in the cut corn field before he stopped for about 10 seconds and just collapsed. Waiting the hour plus for my friends to finish their push was painful, but the rule is to stay put until it's done so we know where everyone is. This is by far the biggest bodied deer I've ever taken. I was using Hornady 250 grain SST ammo and I guess the bullet must have exploded as it hit a rib on the way in. Upon skinning him, the entrance wound was the size of a golf ball. There was a tiny exit wound on the back of the off-side rib cage the size of bb. I was a little sad that my season ended so quickly, but I feel very blessed at the same time to take a nice mature whitetail buck! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/31978/2022_Buck_png-2626477.JPG |
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Posted: 12/10/2022 9:19:43 PM EDT
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Daughter joined the club today and got her first deer. Been a tough season with warm temps, high winds, and smart deer that know which side of the property lines to be on. She took this doe at 90 yards with her 243. 80gr Barnes TTSX. Dead right there.
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Posted: 12/10/2022 10:14:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2022 1:29:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/18/2022 10:00:19 AM EDT
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 Attached FileFirst deer with muzzleloaders. Property owner said only monsters or spikes, leave the middlins to grow. It’s meat. |
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Posted: 12/19/2022 2:25:09 PM EDT
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Opening day of rifle season. Was only in the stand 20 minutes.
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Posted: 12/23/2022 6:03:29 PM EDT
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Legally I can get one more this year, but we don't have the freezer space.
Took this doe in September. Not sure if my aim was off or she ducked the shot, but it hit high, and I had to fire again up close.  Attached FileTook this buck on day 2 of gun season. Not the best shot in the world, but he didn't go far. People complain about the performance of the Hornady Black round, namely that there's not much blood loss for tracking, but if I do my part, the round certainly does the job.  Attached FileGood luck to everyone else out there hitting it this winter! |
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Posted: 12/25/2022 8:41:22 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/25/2022 10:42:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By semosparky: Opening day of rifle season. Was only in the stand 20 minutes. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/201107/1AA878E6-A28B-4DE6-8DEF-BB49C5359E83_jpe-2641054.JPG I need a tractor with a front end loader gif. |
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Posted: 12/25/2022 6:36:38 PM EDT
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10 minutes before dusk closing day of rifle.
150 yards ish. Snowing like a mother. 422pm I said I'm done in 10 minutes not even waiting the extra half hour. Was out all day in the shit and didn't see any deer. Didn't even push one walking in in the morning. This guy walks put into the pumpkin patch where I already killed 2 does earlier in the season.  My biggest buck. |
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Posted: 12/30/2022 5:57:30 PM EDT
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First whitetail. Hunting in Kansas with my daughter.
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Posted: 12/30/2022 6:29:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By distrflman: First whitetail. Hunting in Kansas with my daughter.https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/22604/deer_Kansas_jpg-2654444.JPG Amazing! |
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Posted: 1/1/2023 11:18:34 PM EDT
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Quote History@LoudLyle What is that ruger chambered in? |
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