Thebear_78
Handloader
- Sep 30, 2004
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It’s been many years since I was home during deer season, probably 12-15 years.
Dad has been getting older and can’t really hunt by himself anymore. I took the week off to come down and hunt with him in Michigan.
My sister had put up a bunch of trail cams for him and he had been seeing several bucks regularly.
Opening morning dad had dialysis and the evening was a bust, the wind was wrong for one of the stands so I sat up on a hill that overlooked the whole property. A 100 acre mix of woods, cut corn fields, and thick bedding cover. Didn’t really see anything until right at dark a group of 6-7 does and a small buck came out into the corn right in front of one of the stands.
Today the wind was better so I sat with dad at the corn field stand. We had borrowed a tripod from one of my dads friends and that really helped him get steady from the seat.
He was using a Mauser that I had built him in 280 AI several years ago. In a bell & Carlson medalist stock with nitride finish topped with a Nikon monarch 3-9x50. It makes for an excellent all weather hunting rifle. It also just happens to shoot nosler trophy grade 140 AccuBond ammo extremely well.
Right at dark a small buck came out right on cue 100 yards in front of the blind, just about exactly where I had the tripod set up for him. It took dad a minute to find the deer but luckily it was in no hurry. He made a perfect shot at 102 yards dropping the deer on the spot. The 140 AccuBond entered high lung, scrambled lungs and left a 2” exit.
It’s the first deer he has gotten in probably 18-20 years and he was all smiles.
Dad has been getting older and can’t really hunt by himself anymore. I took the week off to come down and hunt with him in Michigan.
My sister had put up a bunch of trail cams for him and he had been seeing several bucks regularly.
Opening morning dad had dialysis and the evening was a bust, the wind was wrong for one of the stands so I sat up on a hill that overlooked the whole property. A 100 acre mix of woods, cut corn fields, and thick bedding cover. Didn’t really see anything until right at dark a group of 6-7 does and a small buck came out into the corn right in front of one of the stands.
Today the wind was better so I sat with dad at the corn field stand. We had borrowed a tripod from one of my dads friends and that really helped him get steady from the seat.
He was using a Mauser that I had built him in 280 AI several years ago. In a bell & Carlson medalist stock with nitride finish topped with a Nikon monarch 3-9x50. It makes for an excellent all weather hunting rifle. It also just happens to shoot nosler trophy grade 140 AccuBond ammo extremely well.
Right at dark a small buck came out right on cue 100 yards in front of the blind, just about exactly where I had the tripod set up for him. It took dad a minute to find the deer but luckily it was in no hurry. He made a perfect shot at 102 yards dropping the deer on the spot. The 140 AccuBond entered high lung, scrambled lungs and left a 2” exit.
It’s the first deer he has gotten in probably 18-20 years and he was all smiles.
