Son's first deer 2008

[pathfinder82]

11-12-08 Juvi hunt , 1 deer
Sceen= windy, Rain coming down sideways, trees and limbs dropping all around.Take home, Was one nice blacktail !!!!!! :grin:

 

[honkeetonkin]

Pathfinder, that is cool! We need more details, rifle, caliber, bullet, location, credit score?

 

[JD338]

pathfinder82

CONGRATULATIONS to both your son and yourself, nicely done! :grin:

As honkeetonkin mentioned, please share the details.
We just gotta know! :lol:

JD338

 

[FOTIS]

Congrats! Nice work.

 

[pathfinder82]

The hunt was in the Mckenzie unit by Brownsville off of Hwy 228.
It was in deed a nasty day out which made it nice for the deer in rut.My boy was using my Ruger M-77 243 topped w/ Simmons Atec scope.
A 90 gr ballist tip w/40.5 imr 4350 loaded up w/ a .411 moa group
so i new it was dead on.We saw some deer on private property so i new they were up and moving.We parked @ a gate and creeped in and took the road to the left (east).Right away 2 does ran from a clear ccut back to the trees. We lost them , they were gone.We procided down over the clear cut glassing and moving cause we were getting poured on by the rain.As we moved on i happen to look back on a side hill (clear cut) and a HUGE bodied buck w/ a BIG rack was running away from us moving away about 200yards on a dead run and adding distance.My boy was able to get 3 shots off at him off sticks but The buck was heading out 250 -300 yards and moving.He was upset but as i told him you never know where the will be ,you just have to be watching and be ready. We headed back down to the truck And i decided to take the right road heading west. Well 200 yards walking slowly and telling my boy to be watching ,wouldn't you know a buck come walking out of the timber @ 50 yards away on a trail and stood there looking at us(duh).One shot behind the shoulder and you know the rest ,,One happy camper.

 

[Powerstroke]

Congrats to you and especially your son !!
It's great to see the younger ones out and hunting! With a trophy like that I'm sure he won't remember the poor weather etc, but will be ready to go again next year !!

 

[SakoSteve270wsm]

Nice blacktail ! Congrats to you and your son 8)

 

[JD338]

pathfinder82

Again, congratulations. Your son did a great job.
Great story, thanks for sharing it with us.

JD338

 

[jr1968]

pathfinder 82

Nice deer congrats :lol: Just curious did the bullet exit or did it tranfer it's
energy inside the chest? Again tell your son nice job.

jr 1968

 

[pathfinder82]

The bullet did not exit, i've shot many deer w/ the 90 bal tip and no exit , it just flat dropped -em in there tracks. I also have 95 moly coated loaded up but yet to use them .The only reason my 243 is out fo the safe the last 5 seasons is my 30-06 needed a trigger and it sat in the safe. Well Dec 07 i finaly bought a Timney trgger. :lol: My 30-06 shots 150 g nos partitions w/ ? g rains IMR 4350 ......

 

[JD338]

The bullet did not exit, i've shot many deer w/ the 90 bal tip and no exit , it just flat dropped -em in there tracks. I also have 95 moly coated loaded up but yet to use them .The only reason my 243 is out fo the safe the last 5 seasons is my 30-06 needed a trigger and it sat in the safe. Well Dec 07 i finaly bought a Timney trgger. :lol: My 30-06 shots 150 g nos partitions w/ ? g rains IMR 4350 ......

Good thing you got the new trigger for your 30-06, you son isn't going to want to share his "new" 243 Win. :lol: :lol: :lol:

JD338

 

[honkeetonkin]

Awsome, Awsome, Awsome :grin: . Thanks for sharing.

 

[TScottW99]

I agree, Awesome!!