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Ammo Smith
- Mar 1, 2007
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Maria came up with this title 
It is true my wife has successfully brought home some game for us but lets start at the beginning.
Oct 29
We left early in the morning and made the drive to Prince Rupert for our trip to the Queen Charlotte Islands for some deer hunting.
We got there in the evening and started to hunt the next morning.
Oct 30
We drove into one of my favorite spots and after a little bit we saw a deer on the road. I wanted her to shoot it but she was too nervous we wouldn't get anything she wanted me to shoot it. A single 130 gr AccuBond from my 260 Remington and she was down in about 10-15 yards. She was a mature doe, you can see the exit wound on her shoulder.
I told Maria she needed to shoot the next one so we kept on going watching carefully. About 45 minutes later I spotted a young doe moving in the bush in a spot we have seen deer before. It took a bit of time before the deer presented a good shot for her but it finally did and she sent a single 120 gr Ballistic Tip from her 6.5x55 into it's chest. The deer ran hard but you could see it was hit hard so it only made it about 15 feet and was done.
This little deer is her first big game animal, I am proud of her.
Here she is the next day at the same place, the deer was in the brush over her left shoulder.
We got one more deer that day, again I used the 130 gr AccuBond. It would have been an easy shot but she wanted me to shoot, I asked her from now on to take the easier opportunities and I would take the harder shots.
Oct 31
We headed out early again and we spotted a deer in the distance, I was able to cut down the distance to 135 yards and dropped a young buck with a neck shot. No pictures of this one since the pictures wouldn't have been very nice. I used a 140 gr Ballistic Tip this time in the 260 Rem which performed great.
Going farther we spotted another deer and Maria was able to shoot it again with one of her 120 gr Ballistic Tips. The shot was a bit far back but the deer didn't go more than about 50 yards, I was able to find it in the brush and finish it off. No pictures of this one either after me finishing it off for her.
The road we were on was washed out last year and people had to pay to get their trucks taken out by helicopter. There are some pretty bad spots on the road so when it started raining hard we got out and went elsewhere.
We checked out a different spot and I spotted another deer, a single 140 gr Ballistic Tip on a quartering away shot and the young buck only went a few feet. Maria took a few pictures of me packing it out, he was beside the pale stump in the upper left of the picture and was found just behind it. Some how I nicked the gut, hit the liver and heart all in one shot :lol:
Nov 1
The day was beautiful and warm we saw a couple of deer that got away and after it got warm nothing moved. We enjoyed the day though.
I did manage to see this little guy in the afternoon deep into the bush so decided to take him. I was now tagged out with my 5 deer so Maria could relax that we would have some meat. Used the 130 gr AccuBond for this deer.
We spent the rest of the day not hunting and enjoying the sun.
Nov 2
We decided to head out for our last day to a totally different area. We didn't see many deer but I expected to see some bucks here. We saw a real nice one but he got away from us without a shot fired.
A spot we walked into after that. Will have to dig up a few more pictures later.
Driving on the way out all of a sudden there was a deer in the distance looking at us. We walked closer but it was farther than Maria wanted to shoot so we went closer. We were pushing our luck but closer we went. When I saw him move his head I told her she had to shoot so we had her sit down and the Bog Pod came in handy. This time she used a 140 gr SST and dropped the buck in his tracks from 180 yards. The buck was quartering to us sharply so the bullet entered the chest went through the shoulder blade and down the spine quite a ways. The bullet took out a lot of bone and was recovered, I'll post up a picture soon.
She ended up getting our biggest deer and took the longest shot. All her practicing paid off for sure After that she said she was done and just wanted to sight see the rest of the day which was fine of course.
Lots of cormorants I believe.
Nov 3
It was time to go home which was sad but all things must come to an end so we had to board the ferry and go home
I was a great trip and those 8 deer are going to feed us very nicely. We have eaten several meals so far and it was excellent. These deer are small but they are by far the best eating of any deer we have in B.C.
Hope you enjoyed the story.
It is true my wife has successfully brought home some game for us but lets start at the beginning.
Oct 29
We left early in the morning and made the drive to Prince Rupert for our trip to the Queen Charlotte Islands for some deer hunting.
We got there in the evening and started to hunt the next morning.
Oct 30
We drove into one of my favorite spots and after a little bit we saw a deer on the road. I wanted her to shoot it but she was too nervous we wouldn't get anything she wanted me to shoot it. A single 130 gr AccuBond from my 260 Remington and she was down in about 10-15 yards. She was a mature doe, you can see the exit wound on her shoulder.
I told Maria she needed to shoot the next one so we kept on going watching carefully. About 45 minutes later I spotted a young doe moving in the bush in a spot we have seen deer before. It took a bit of time before the deer presented a good shot for her but it finally did and she sent a single 120 gr Ballistic Tip from her 6.5x55 into it's chest. The deer ran hard but you could see it was hit hard so it only made it about 15 feet and was done.
This little deer is her first big game animal, I am proud of her.
Here she is the next day at the same place, the deer was in the brush over her left shoulder.
We got one more deer that day, again I used the 130 gr AccuBond. It would have been an easy shot but she wanted me to shoot, I asked her from now on to take the easier opportunities and I would take the harder shots.
Oct 31
We headed out early again and we spotted a deer in the distance, I was able to cut down the distance to 135 yards and dropped a young buck with a neck shot. No pictures of this one since the pictures wouldn't have been very nice. I used a 140 gr Ballistic Tip this time in the 260 Rem which performed great.
Going farther we spotted another deer and Maria was able to shoot it again with one of her 120 gr Ballistic Tips. The shot was a bit far back but the deer didn't go more than about 50 yards, I was able to find it in the brush and finish it off. No pictures of this one either after me finishing it off for her.
The road we were on was washed out last year and people had to pay to get their trucks taken out by helicopter. There are some pretty bad spots on the road so when it started raining hard we got out and went elsewhere.
We checked out a different spot and I spotted another deer, a single 140 gr Ballistic Tip on a quartering away shot and the young buck only went a few feet. Maria took a few pictures of me packing it out, he was beside the pale stump in the upper left of the picture and was found just behind it. Some how I nicked the gut, hit the liver and heart all in one shot :lol:
Nov 1
The day was beautiful and warm we saw a couple of deer that got away and after it got warm nothing moved. We enjoyed the day though.
I did manage to see this little guy in the afternoon deep into the bush so decided to take him. I was now tagged out with my 5 deer so Maria could relax that we would have some meat. Used the 130 gr AccuBond for this deer.
We spent the rest of the day not hunting and enjoying the sun.
Nov 2
We decided to head out for our last day to a totally different area. We didn't see many deer but I expected to see some bucks here. We saw a real nice one but he got away from us without a shot fired.
A spot we walked into after that. Will have to dig up a few more pictures later.
Driving on the way out all of a sudden there was a deer in the distance looking at us. We walked closer but it was farther than Maria wanted to shoot so we went closer. We were pushing our luck but closer we went. When I saw him move his head I told her she had to shoot so we had her sit down and the Bog Pod came in handy. This time she used a 140 gr SST and dropped the buck in his tracks from 180 yards. The buck was quartering to us sharply so the bullet entered the chest went through the shoulder blade and down the spine quite a ways. The bullet took out a lot of bone and was recovered, I'll post up a picture soon.
She ended up getting our biggest deer and took the longest shot. All her practicing paid off for sure
After that she said she was done and just wanted to sight see the rest of the day which was fine of course.Lots of cormorants I believe.
Nov 3
It was time to go home which was sad but all things must come to an end so we had to board the ferry and go home
I was a great trip and those 8 deer are going to feed us very nicely. We have eaten several meals so far and it was excellent. These deer are small but they are by far the best eating of any deer we have in B.C.
Hope you enjoyed the story.
