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MY first deer of the season!
Rancher friend called me while my kids and I were at the movies early this afternoon. Of course, I was polite and stepped out of the theater to answer. He asked if I could come cull a doe this afternoon. Yup!
As soon as the movie was over, i dropped the kids at the house, grabbed my gear, and headed to the ranch. He wanted it to be quieter as not to spook the whole ranch, so I had to use the .243 Medium again instead of some of the other toys I want to use this season. But, I do what the man requests.
Showed up and we jumped in his Ranger ATV. Drove down the road that runs through the middle of his ranch and threw out some corn to stop the deer. Parked up on a hill overlooking the road and got in the prone position.
After a little while, deer began to come out of the brush and cross the field.
Eventually, there were a BUTT LOAD of deer in the field, on the road, coming and going......... A lot of deer. Most of the does had twin fawns. Only a couple had singles. But, we were looking for a solo doe and that actually took a little bit of looking and filtering. Finally, we picked one out that didn't have a tag along. I reached up and started the video. Got back on the gun and...............
http://vid26.photobucket.com/albums/c106/lovinmycaitlynn/Hunting/.243%20Mill%20Doe%2011-27-16%201_zpsug02vroy.mp4
End of story.
Nothing fancy. Caught her behind the chin as she fed away from us with a 105gr A-Max and it came out her off side eye. Distance was something over 100 yards. I didn't actually range her. Knew she was between 100-150 yards so I held POA/POI.
Loaded her in the Ranger and drove to the barn
Pretty simple. But, I'm on the board for deer season.
As soon as the movie was over, i dropped the kids at the house, grabbed my gear, and headed to the ranch. He wanted it to be quieter as not to spook the whole ranch, so I had to use the .243 Medium again instead of some of the other toys I want to use this season. But, I do what the man requests.
Showed up and we jumped in his Ranger ATV. Drove down the road that runs through the middle of his ranch and threw out some corn to stop the deer. Parked up on a hill overlooking the road and got in the prone position.
After a little while, deer began to come out of the brush and cross the field.
Eventually, there were a BUTT LOAD of deer in the field, on the road, coming and going......... A lot of deer. Most of the does had twin fawns. Only a couple had singles. But, we were looking for a solo doe and that actually took a little bit of looking and filtering. Finally, we picked one out that didn't have a tag along. I reached up and started the video. Got back on the gun and...............
http://vid26.photobucket.com/albums/c106/lovinmycaitlynn/Hunting/.243%20Mill%20Doe%2011-27-16%201_zpsug02vroy.mp4
End of story.
Nothing fancy. Caught her behind the chin as she fed away from us with a 105gr A-Max and it came out her off side eye. Distance was something over 100 yards. I didn't actually range her. Knew she was between 100-150 yards so I held POA/POI.
Loaded her in the Ranger and drove to the barn
Pretty simple. But, I'm on the board for deer season.
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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Good shot, I never shot one in the head.
I paused your video when the shot went off and then frame by framed it forward. The deer on the far side jumped up high enough to almost go into sub orbit!
You see the bullet ricochet off the road in front of her? Ha!
"The Un-Tactical"
I does a number on them. That's for sure.
If the trigger and nut behind it work well, they aren't that hard. A stable platform is a must, though. I wouldn't try one if I was wobbling around.Unless it was relatively close.
"The Un-Tactical"
Dad 5-31-13
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour
-William Blake-
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
Not to mention that ODing on Adrenalin makes em taste a little strong.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
That view looks similar to the panhandle or up that way.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
But we have large motts of almost Impenatrable thick brush here. The deer stay in there and with the exception of rut, which it seems we had little of, due to the temperatures, eat acorns and never show their faces until the acorns rot.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Nice thing about the .243 / 6 Rem - there ain't no trajectory to 'em for the first 300 yards. I've seriously got to take up 'yotes with mine. . .
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee