Son's first deer
01-19-2008, 07:53 PM
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Son's first deer
My 23 year old son finall got hisfirst deerandalso thsfirst deer we have ever taken with a muzzleloader. Taken on a doe management hunt.Shot was a neck shot at 114 yards and he was shacking so bad I thought he was going to miss (this was the first shot he has ever goten to take at deer). He was not amiming for neck but his mother and I both asked God to let him get a deer and he guided the bullet perfectly. She dropped like a rock right there. Also his old Dad got his first muzzleloader on this hunt also but not near as exciting as his!!
01-19-2008, 08:02 PM
#3
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
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RE: Son's first deer
That is a beautiful doe.. a lot of good eating there. Congratulations on taking the doe. And as they say.. if you can't be good, be lucky. I will not be one to tell you I have not had lucky shots like that, because I have. I am guessing the excitment of the deer and all was a little too much for his aim. Which is understandable. I am just glad that it worked out so well for him and you. Good eating.
01-19-2008, 08:10 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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RE: Son's first deer
He was shooting a 240 44cal xtp in harvester sabot over a load of 20 grains of fffg app and then 80 grains of 777. I have found that the app cleans up the 777 a little and no crud ring. Can't get app to group by it's self but this mix works nice and consistent.
01-19-2008, 08:34 PM
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Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Idaho
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RE: Son's first deer
jhawk40
Congratulations! to all - it is epsecially neat when it is a family thing - to often now families are not interacting together.... Now you are bitten by the bug you will be ML hunting again next year.....
Congratulations! to all - it is epsecially neat when it is a family thing - to often now families are not interacting together.... Now you are bitten by the bug you will be ML hunting again next year.....
01-19-2008, 08:42 PM
#8
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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RE: Son's first deer
You may just be right. I have all kinds of guns and reload but I think muzzleloading is more relaxing and fun than all of them. Up until now all I have killed is paper but am now planing to go on a axis hunt in march and will probably take the muzzleloader just in case. Also as a side note my son's gun was a new optima that i got him as a after christmas present becasuse they had them on sale for a $169 and i had a $20 off coupon. I have a optima also that i got on clearence a couple of years ago and I think that this is the best fitting gun for me out of all i have.
01-19-2008, 10:04 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 1,607
RE: Son's first deer
ORIGINAL: jhawk40
He was shooting a 240 44cal xtp in harvester sabot over a load of 20 grains of fffg app and then 80 grains of 777. I have found that the app cleans up the 777 a little and no crud ring. Can't get app to group by it's self but this mix works nice and consistent.
He was shooting a 240 44cal xtp in harvester sabot over a load of 20 grains of fffg app and then 80 grains of 777. I have found that the app cleans up the 777 a little and no crud ring. Can't get app to group by it's self but this mix works nice and consistent.
Congrats to your son as well!