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TurdusMerula
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Second kill for the season
TurdusMerula
MemberPosts: 292 Member
Yesterday was a nice weather so I decided to go for a hunt after the work. Drove my one hour drive and went to one of my favourite spots to hunt. That particular field has given me seven deer and two moose so far.
I was pretty tired as I woke up too early in the morning and I kept falling asleep for a minute or two in the warm evening Sun.
Suddenly I woke up in the light breeze that was blowing to my face. I had taken a 15 minute nap while laying on my stomach. That gave me a nice refreshment and I started to wait for the deer with new current in my veins.
I didn't have to wait too long, perhaps 30 minutes when I heard something coming from the rear on my right. A young fawn was running through the barley field. He stopped on a slim wood area in the middle of the field and I desided to shoot him. Some of you might remember that we have to shoot fawns too according to our game officials in order to get licenses to kill deer.
Distance was 150 yards and I decided to shoot through the shoulder blades and spine in order to drop him on the spot. It's illegal here to go into the unharvested field without the permission from the landowner.
Crosshair onto his shoulder and trigger pull. With the suppressor noice is much smaller than with "free breathing" rifles. I could hear the loud smack as the bullet hit the deer. It dropped instantly, like I was wishing for.
Went to pick it up and drove home in the sunlight.
Today I processed it and was once again amazed how little overkill damage ttsx bullets make.
I got 15.5lbs of minced meat with 4.4lbs of straps and few steaks out from that little buck-to-be. It kinda sucks to shoot those roe deer sized fawns but the law is the law.
And it's ultimate sacrifice will feed me and my family.
And it was all alone. Cow possibly killed by a car or by reckless hunter as one's not supposed to shoot cows from the fawns.
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour
-William Blake-
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour
-William Blake-
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I do not agree, that will be really tender meat-----nice job.
Careful with those naps. I woke up once to a visit from curious bears. Quite a wake-up surprise.
"The Un-Tactical"
I still feel bad about the smallest deer I ever shot.
I thought it was bigger and a lot farther away. It was neither, and I was in more of a hurry than I should have been. Tasted good, but lasted only one meal for 6 hungry guys.
Mike
N454casull
Is your area that heavily populated that they make you shoot fawns?
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour
-William Blake-
Laws get weird from place to place, but far be it for a dude half a world away to tell y’all how to manage your deer population. All in all a great hunt!
BTW, probably my second favorite part of hunting is taking naps in the woods
-Mikhail Kalashnikov