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First Deer!
A Buckless Yooper no more! Well not really a Yooper, same basic DNA though. Son #1 shot this six pointer, the one side had missing tines to make it an 8, with a .50 Thompson Omega Z5 at 25 yds with a 270 gr. Platinum Power Point and 90 grains ofBlackHorn 209 and a Federal 209A shotshell primer, this was the load we worked up for elk hunting this year with MHS.
We had one doe come out at 125 yds at sunrise and he almost took a shot be she never stopped walking so we hunkered down in 4* with a 15 mph NW wind and partly cloudy, supposedly felt like -13. I was checking the cell phone for time since we had to leave by 8:45 and I realized that I had 4 bars and 3G of service so I bumped the forum on and had read about one paragraph of Zee's hunt yesterday and KABOOM! I about crapped my pants, my kid had not said a word as 5 deer and this buck walked up to the elevated stand we were in, I thought for a moment he had touched one off in the stand, I immediately saw the buck was trying to get up and we tagged team reloaded while he kept an eye on the deer but he expired by the time we got the primer in. The kid did awesome, he was quiet and smooth, shoulder, lock, kaboom all in one motion. I took the above photo and decided it was way to cold to be bare handed and we were on some time constraints so I gutted it and sent him back for the truck, we were able to drive right up to the deer. We were hunting on my office managers parents place and out of her dads stand, her husband was bow hunting out of another stand and could not quite get the angle on a doe, he saw 12 deer this morning, they graciously allowed the kids to hunt since it has been tough to say the least up by the Canadian border where my family hunts, I only saw 2 does all season, 6 days of hunting and we only got one 6 pointer in camp the last weekend, bucks only in our zone this year.
Here is the entrance wound:
The other side of the hide:
Broke a rib and hit the spine, knife point is on the entrance, no exit wound.
Shredded the front of the loin, could not find the bullet, must have dumped it out when gutting. Bullet hole is at about 12'0clock to the left of the picture.
Did find a piece of bullet on the hide, looks like it went superior from the entrance.
Awesome Day!
We had one doe come out at 125 yds at sunrise and he almost took a shot be she never stopped walking so we hunkered down in 4* with a 15 mph NW wind and partly cloudy, supposedly felt like -13. I was checking the cell phone for time since we had to leave by 8:45 and I realized that I had 4 bars and 3G of service so I bumped the forum on and had read about one paragraph of Zee's hunt yesterday and KABOOM! I about crapped my pants, my kid had not said a word as 5 deer and this buck walked up to the elevated stand we were in, I thought for a moment he had touched one off in the stand, I immediately saw the buck was trying to get up and we tagged team reloaded while he kept an eye on the deer but he expired by the time we got the primer in. The kid did awesome, he was quiet and smooth, shoulder, lock, kaboom all in one motion. I took the above photo and decided it was way to cold to be bare handed and we were on some time constraints so I gutted it and sent him back for the truck, we were able to drive right up to the deer. We were hunting on my office managers parents place and out of her dads stand, her husband was bow hunting out of another stand and could not quite get the angle on a doe, he saw 12 deer this morning, they graciously allowed the kids to hunt since it has been tough to say the least up by the Canadian border where my family hunts, I only saw 2 does all season, 6 days of hunting and we only got one 6 pointer in camp the last weekend, bucks only in our zone this year.
Here is the entrance wound:
The other side of the hide:
Broke a rib and hit the spine, knife point is on the entrance, no exit wound.
Shredded the front of the loin, could not find the bullet, must have dumped it out when gutting. Bullet hole is at about 12'0clock to the left of the picture.
Did find a piece of bullet on the hide, looks like it went superior from the entrance.
Awesome Day!
I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn away from their ways and live. Eze 33:11
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Sako
Thanks for the autopsy pics. I'm learning the difference in lead (cast) bullets at lower velocity and fragmenting (expanding0 jacketed bullets at higher velocity. There is a distinct difference in terminal damage.
No holding him back now.
that was some cold weather to be out in.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
When I lived in Mn. & Wi. it was not unusual to hunt in -15f weather.
JAY
I keep waiting to see some pictures from his woods.
Kudos to you and your office manager for making it happen. As Jerm says, it looks like this year is a great year for young hunters and gives me hope for the future of hunting.
Thanks, he definitely like to read you hunting and fishing posts.
That was a good hour and a half after he was gutted, and after a 45 minute ride in the covered box of a pick up, can't cool them off fast enough even in cold weather.
Are you done or is there more season for the kids to hunt?
I will, thanks! I missed the past 4 weeks of church being on the road hunting, I feel like I have been gone 6 months. Couple more years you will be used to MN and they will stop asking you about your accent:jester:
Yes, a good day, he is thinking about meat snacks now, we will see how long a deer lasts 4 boys these days at my house.
Thanks, he has paid his dues, he has been hunting with his own tag since he was almost thirteen and with me since he was in second grade, lots of butt time in a stand, I am very glad he got a good opportunity at a younger age than I had. I have been surprised the boys enjoy the muzzleloaders as much as they do, I have had them for a couple years from banquets and never bought the the rest of the necessary stuff until late last year, they took right to them.
Good for them, hope they score, persistence pays off.