todd
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i went out deer hunting tuesday afternoon and i took my win m94 in 35/30(JES Reboring). it was windy(15-20mph, gusts 35mph) and around 33 degrees. i was sitting there for about two hours with an hour till dark. i go to myself, "ah. .), its windy and i'm tired of sitting there and i'm ready to gimp back down to my utv." i give it a lookaround and suddenly, downwind of me, comes a buck. i have earth scent and it works well, so i wasn't surprised the buck came there. i look it over and i go to myself, "it looks like 4pt and i don't have any meat......i'll wait till turns, then i'll shoot it." it turns, goes about 10 yards, then the buck stops. the buck is 50ish yrds, about broadside, so i take the shot. the buck jumps up and runs about 20ish yards and it stands there. but the buck stops behind a tree, only leaving his hindquaters in view. i put another "shell in the chamber" and wait. then there is a "sniffing" sound and the buck is blowing air(entrance and exit wound) out of the lungs. it must have taken me 5 minutes(only about 40-50 seconds) before he fell down and died.
i gimp up to the 4pt and i see that the shot was high and behind the shoulder. that would explain why i heard the "sniffing" sound. the 200gr rcbs fn gc with 20.0gr of 2400/tuft of dacron(1726fps) went thru the rib, thru both lungs, and went out thru a rib. i guess that made a 1 1/4 - 1 1/2" exit hole. i gutted it and and "tried" to drag it, i was like a one legged man in an butt kicking contest!!!! it was getting dark so i left it there, go home and call my brother to drag it out(he and the buck went 30 yards over 4 broken trees.) i guess that it 150-160lbs field dressed. i should have took some pictures, but i didn't. both antlers were around 1" base, goes up about 4 or 5" and the Ys off and ends and 9 or 10". i'm just glad that i got a deer, gimpyiness besides!!!!!!
i gimp up to the 4pt and i see that the shot was high and behind the shoulder. that would explain why i heard the "sniffing" sound. the 200gr rcbs fn gc with 20.0gr of 2400/tuft of dacron(1726fps) went thru the rib, thru both lungs, and went out thru a rib. i guess that made a 1 1/4 - 1 1/2" exit hole. i gutted it and and "tried" to drag it, i was like a one legged man in an butt kicking contest!!!! it was getting dark so i left it there, go home and call my brother to drag it out(he and the buck went 30 yards over 4 broken trees.) i guess that it 150-160lbs field dressed. i should have took some pictures, but i didn't. both antlers were around 1" base, goes up about 4 or 5" and the Ys off and ends and 9 or 10". i'm just glad that i got a deer, gimpyiness besides!!!!!!