Guy Miner
Master Loader
- Apr 6, 2006
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Stalked and shot a fat 3x3 mule deer buck. One shot kill from the 7mm Rem Mag Ruger Number One. Sitting, braced with the Montana sling. That worked great. Used a Sierra Game King for the first time in maybe 20 years. Something like that. The 160 SPBT worked great and I recovered it from the off-side hide. Instant death.
My antelope decided to kick it into a higher gear while I was tracking him, from standing.... I didn't allow enough distance in front of him and took out his hindquarters with the shot I'd intended to put in his vitals. A follow-up shot ended things, but it wasn't pretty. My elevation for that first shot was perfect, but... Well, I don't think I'll be shooting rifles at animals moving across the field in front of me again. Phooey. Didn't taken any photos of the antelope - just an average goat - but any of us would have wanted a quicker kill. Sigh. I can tell you that doggone Sierra inflicts a lot of damage!
My son and I are going for opening day of mule deer season here in Washington on Saturday.
Guy