Originally Posted by
Oldtimr
Nice going, venison for dinner. Nice job taking the boy to school as well. How did you like the way Thor's hammer knocks em down? What ammo were you using? I use the lever evolution 325 grn, they pretty much make soup in the chest cavity. I had a couple that the heart was pretty much gone and not connected.
I used Winchester Super X 300 Grain Jacketed Hollow Point.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/29...oint-box-of-20
When I bought it the action was pretty rough, so I ran several boxes of different brands through it to smooth out that action. Including the leverevolution. I still have a box of those and their point of impact at 100 yards is the same as these 300grains so I could use either load. These shot the best groups consistently so that's what I stuck with. Next year it'll be all handloads but I didn't have time to work up a load for it this year.
My dad shot a cow elk with this rifle as well back in October. It hammered the cow, spun it around and dropped in it's tracks. However, as is often the case.... I'm amazed at how tough a whitetail can be. This entered right behind the shoulder bone, and exited through the other side. The heart was torn up, and only the bottom quarter of the heart was recognizable. Left a very good blood trail as well. When the deer took off running it's leg was flopping, so I knew I had taken out the shoulder. When I skinned it the shoulder pulled off with the skin. Allot of damage. My fault for hitting so tight onto the shoulder. But still, a good shot as it put the doe down quickly.
The boy has been doing well in the woods. He sat with me a few times during archery season(He can only last about an hour for now) and we went squirrel hunting a few times this fall. We'll be doing some squirrel hunting later this week again if the weather holds as he's asking to go and I found a spot with some nice fox squirrel. I figured this was a great first trail to put him on. I kept him going slow, watching ahead, and staying on the blood. Was able to show him hair at the impact sight, blood smeared on trees, and some other little tricks. Obviously it was an easy trail that didn't require tracking skills. But as a five year old he was pretty proud of himself for tracking it and finding it.
-Jake