Late Season ML Success/ added pics
12-18-2009, 03:35 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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Late Season ML Success/ added pics
Im gonna try and make this short. Bow Season went by with me passing up many Bucks and Does in hopes of getting 3 of the 150+ Class Bucks that never came closer than 40yds. Shotgun Season was the Least Snowiest November here in N.Y. in over 125 years, no snow, also it was warn, rainy and windy. The deer did'nt move much at all only at night and it only got worse. I did fill My Wifes Doe Tag with a 136lb Doe, that was it.
So with our Late ML Season Opener and all of my Tags left and finally some Snow and COLD Weather I was exited! Opening Day of our Late ML Season I Hunted during the hours of 11am-2pm as the deer were moving then and not in the morning or night. You could sit on stand all morning and not see a deer, go home eat lunch and be back on stand at 2pm and not see a deer......so I folled them and Hunted when they moved. On the first day of the Opener at 1:25 PM I heard deer walking in the woods, I was in stand at the edge of a un-picked Cron Field, I saw deer comming through the wood to the Corn, A Big Doe stepped out, looked things over and went roght to the Corn. Broadside feeding at 50yds I let the smoke fly.....she kicked both hind feet in the air, ran 30yds down the edge of the corn, jumoed a drainage ditch, stopped, looked around then ran into the woods. I was worried as I thought things did'nt look right with her stopping and looking.
I got sown walked over to the hit sight, one drop of blood and hair, that was it...I followed the tracks in the snow about 30 yards, no blood! I then looked where she jumped the ditch and looked around befor she ran into the woods, there was a blood trail spraying out 3 feet wide....GOOD! I looked in the woods and there she was about 25yds, dead. 1st deer, Doe 111lbs.
The next Day I was sitting by a apple tree and my Buddie was sneaking and peeking in the woods next to me when a Doe came trotting out quartering twords me, I let her get about 50 yards from me and shouted, HEY! She stopped, I shot, dead deer No.2, Big Doe 104lbs.
The next Day I was in the woods where I got My first Doe, I was sitting by my Favorite tree by a good deer run, my buddy was sneaking and peaking again, he radioed me deer were comming my way, I got ready.....2 doe followed by a 4pt Buck came running, I again yelled HEY! they stopped, I shot, dead Deer No3, 4pt Buck 108lbs. Today is Friday and I sill have till Tuesday untill it's over, plus I still have a (Either Sex Tag) so now my freezer is mostly full and now I can hope for a BIg Buck with 4 days to go.
Also in another post there were talks of the Hornaday XTP Mag Bullets and there preformance, well all three of my deer were shot with them and one of the pic's here is a Doe shot with the XTP Mag and the entrance Hole was about 3" in diameter. the bullet was a shoulder shot, lung, complete pass through, but it hit bone and also hit the paunch with part of the bullet.
The Setup used on all Deer was the CVA ACCURA 50cal. 240gr XTP Mags, 105gr's of Pyrodox RS and a T7 Primer. The ACCURA also has the Leupold Ultimate Slam ML Scope on her.
Also thank's to Sabotloader for posting my pics for me, Thank's Mike!
(BP)
So with our Late ML Season Opener and all of my Tags left and finally some Snow and COLD Weather I was exited! Opening Day of our Late ML Season I Hunted during the hours of 11am-2pm as the deer were moving then and not in the morning or night. You could sit on stand all morning and not see a deer, go home eat lunch and be back on stand at 2pm and not see a deer......so I folled them and Hunted when they moved. On the first day of the Opener at 1:25 PM I heard deer walking in the woods, I was in stand at the edge of a un-picked Cron Field, I saw deer comming through the wood to the Corn, A Big Doe stepped out, looked things over and went roght to the Corn. Broadside feeding at 50yds I let the smoke fly.....she kicked both hind feet in the air, ran 30yds down the edge of the corn, jumoed a drainage ditch, stopped, looked around then ran into the woods. I was worried as I thought things did'nt look right with her stopping and looking.
I got sown walked over to the hit sight, one drop of blood and hair, that was it...I followed the tracks in the snow about 30 yards, no blood! I then looked where she jumped the ditch and looked around befor she ran into the woods, there was a blood trail spraying out 3 feet wide....GOOD! I looked in the woods and there she was about 25yds, dead. 1st deer, Doe 111lbs.
The next Day I was sitting by a apple tree and my Buddie was sneaking and peeking in the woods next to me when a Doe came trotting out quartering twords me, I let her get about 50 yards from me and shouted, HEY! She stopped, I shot, dead deer No.2, Big Doe 104lbs.
The next Day I was in the woods where I got My first Doe, I was sitting by my Favorite tree by a good deer run, my buddy was sneaking and peaking again, he radioed me deer were comming my way, I got ready.....2 doe followed by a 4pt Buck came running, I again yelled HEY! they stopped, I shot, dead Deer No3, 4pt Buck 108lbs. Today is Friday and I sill have till Tuesday untill it's over, plus I still have a (Either Sex Tag) so now my freezer is mostly full and now I can hope for a BIg Buck with 4 days to go.
Also in another post there were talks of the Hornaday XTP Mag Bullets and there preformance, well all three of my deer were shot with them and one of the pic's here is a Doe shot with the XTP Mag and the entrance Hole was about 3" in diameter. the bullet was a shoulder shot, lung, complete pass through, but it hit bone and also hit the paunch with part of the bullet.
The Setup used on all Deer was the CVA ACCURA 50cal. 240gr XTP Mags, 105gr's of Pyrodox RS and a T7 Primer. The ACCURA also has the Leupold Ultimate Slam ML Scope on her.
Also thank's to Sabotloader for posting my pics for me, Thank's Mike!
(BP)
Last edited by Breechplug; 12-23-2009 at 06:44 PM. Reason: Im Done!
12-18-2009, 04:22 PM
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12-18-2009, 05:41 PM
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Great shooting...XTP mags is one of the sabots I am going to try this offseason as well....I agree with the cold weather...MN deer season was slow in the hot weather and no snow...but what a difference snow and cold makes...great hunting and good shooting, good luck on bangin the big one!!
