Hunter26
Beginner
- Jul 10, 2024
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Took a buddy of mine hunting this AM with perfect conditions. It was 29 degrees (that's cold here!) when we got in the stand, the same one I shot my buck out of last week. We had a great wind and still morning. A couple minutes after 9 AM a single doe popped out in one of our shooting lanes at 50 yards. I told him to get ready and ease the rifle up to the shooting rail. As he was doing so, another doe popped out, then another & another until five were in our shooting lane eating acorns. Two were much bigger and I directed him towards one that wasn't blocked by other deer. My friend moved a little too much and the one I wanted him to shoot stared us down. She actually got nervous enough that she began to walk off but turned back around. The other big doe was blocked by two smaller ones. The nervous doe was almost completely facing us and was about to stomp her foot. I told him to shoot her square in the chest if he felt comfortable and a second later the doe was on the ground! He hit her between the left shoulder and neck and we found the bullet just under the skin between the last rib and opposite ham. My buddy had his second deer ever on the ground!
I don't have any weights or expansion measurements, I gave him the bullet and just took a couple pics. Doe weighed 98 lbs which is quite big for my area. Gun & load was the same as my buck; Tikka T3x Super Varmint in 6.5 PRC shooting 142 gr ABLR's over Staball HD at 2840 with a TBAC Ultra 7. ABLR once again did the trick!
I don't have any weights or expansion measurements, I gave him the bullet and just took a couple pics. Doe weighed 98 lbs which is quite big for my area. Gun & load was the same as my buck; Tikka T3x Super Varmint in 6.5 PRC shooting 142 gr ABLR's over Staball HD at 2840 with a TBAC Ultra 7. ABLR once again did the trick!