This year I was hoping to get a long shot at a whitetail with my 7mm RUM. I use 160 Nosler AB & finally got the chance yesterday. I was hunting with my brother-in-law to help him fill his antlerless tag. We were on a long narrow firebreak & this little guy came out at 348 yards (rangefinder). Put the gun up on my rest held at the top of the shoulder point & let her rip. 8) Deer disappeared. At this point, while looking through the scope, I noticed a light clump of willows in the centre of the break, right in my line of sight which I had not seen and I thought, please, not again :!: A number of years ago, I hit a very small willow with a 160 NP in my 7mm Rem. Mag. It was an easy 150 yard shot but bullet deflected slightly & went through the liver. Thank God it was the liver :roll: I went back to where the deer was standing & found the willow I hit. I still have it. So now I have the same scenario. I walked down the break & to my surprise there's the deer; it didn't take a step :shock: So I guess I shouldn't be surprised where the bullet had entered. The AB went in back of the last rib but ahead of the hind end. The Filets & Tenderloins exploded in that spot & of course the spine was sawdust 
This time I didn't go looking for the willow. If this deer had taken 2 more steps, it might have made all the difference. At least my brorher-in-law didn't yell too loud, he was happy to get it finished. What a job that AB did :!:
This time I didn't go looking for the willow. If this deer had taken 2 more steps, it might have made all the difference. At least my brorher-in-law didn't yell too loud, he was happy to get it finished. What a job that AB did :!:
