Today is opening day in TN for our muzzleloader season.Got in and set up this morning about 45 mins before day light and while waiting for daylight a dang owl tried to fly in the ground blind with me,I yelled out loud a little,it scared the crap out of me!Daylight came and at about 7:30 1 doe cross in front of me,to far 10 mins later another doe to far,and another 10 mins another doe,all too far to shoot at,about 140 yds ranged.I felt that I would get a closer shot.At about 9:30 this doe steps out at about 100 yds and starts walking toward me,and I let her to to about 60 yds and I say thats close enough!And let my ol kodiak speak!Smoke flys and when it clears I see her running back the way she came with her tail up.I think to myself,there is no way i missed her.I get out of my blind,and go and look,feeling pretty discouraged,I find blood and say to myself,we got a doe down!So i go back to my blind and grab my kodiak and pick up the trail.It was a very good blood trail,she ran problly 40 yds and piled up.I shot her with the new Hornady FPB bullet and 2 triple seven pellets!The hole wasn't nothing to brag about,but I got a complete pass thru and it did give me a good blood trail to follow,so im happy![img]http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/">
Congratulations on the nice doe. That is some good eating there. Was this a frontal shot? The reason I ask is you mentioned not a good wound. Frontal shots I found will do that for some reason. Maybe because your hitting a lot of mass. Was her insides all messed up too? Those bullets you shoot interest me. I might have to get some and give them a try.
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She was quartering to me and I shot her in her chest at an angle and it came out right behind her shoulder on the opposite side.Her insides wasn't that tore up,but you could tell that I had got a double lung hit on her,I guess the bullet held up and didn't fragment.You knowing that was a frontal shot,was pretty awsome.I guess years of experience!
Lee - have you shot them? If so what grain and what kind of powder charge?
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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, a total wreck, screaming Yahoo, with a big smile on your face."
I got out at 5:30am and heard deer milling around for probably half an hour. 15 minutes before shooting light, something spooked them and they ran off. I didn't see a darn thing all day after that.
Big TN doe down!! Hornady FPB!
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