Finally Got One
10-26-2010, 08:01 AM
#1
Boone & Crockett
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Comance county, OK
Posts: 11,408
Finally Got One
A doe, that is. Hunted hard for six days.
Was in a tree stand watching a game plot last night. That place is very close to a section of land that is owned by an anti hunting bunch out of Dallas-Fort Worth. It would be an easy 75 yards for a wounded animal to get over the fence on that property.
A nice doe came in head on and was antsy. Closed my eyes and peeped at her once in awhile. Finally she calmed down and turned broadside. i did not like that shot and waited until she turned at an angle to my right. The doe dropped her head to browse and i fired.
Bang flop. The bullet hit the animal just behind the shoulder and exited the neck.
Distance: 45-50 yards
Gun: CVA StagHorn
Scope: Weaver Grand Slam 3X9 set on 4 power
Powder: 100 grains of 3F Pinnacle
Bullet: 240 grain .430 XTP in Knight sabot
Primer: Winchester shotgun
Tried to remove the primer with the CVA tool and the rim was missing from the primer. Had to pry it out with a knife. Never had this happen before.
According to my Cabela's scale the deer weighs 90-100 pounds field dressed.
Was in a tree stand watching a game plot last night. That place is very close to a section of land that is owned by an anti hunting bunch out of Dallas-Fort Worth. It would be an easy 75 yards for a wounded animal to get over the fence on that property.
A nice doe came in head on and was antsy. Closed my eyes and peeped at her once in awhile. Finally she calmed down and turned broadside. i did not like that shot and waited until she turned at an angle to my right. The doe dropped her head to browse and i fired.
Bang flop. The bullet hit the animal just behind the shoulder and exited the neck.
Distance: 45-50 yards
Gun: CVA StagHorn
Scope: Weaver Grand Slam 3X9 set on 4 power
Powder: 100 grains of 3F Pinnacle
Bullet: 240 grain .430 XTP in Knight sabot
Primer: Winchester shotgun
Tried to remove the primer with the CVA tool and the rim was missing from the primer. Had to pry it out with a knife. Never had this happen before.
According to my Cabela's scale the deer weighs 90-100 pounds field dressed.
10-26-2010, 08:13 AM
#2
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
Congratulations on the doe. That is a great eating size deer. How big of a wound channel did that 240 grain XTP make? The reason I ask is my Staghorn likes that bullet also, but I always figured to shoot the 300 for the extra weight.
I know all about those anti hunter groups. I hunted an excellent farm that had one such group as a neighbor. And they patrolled their property just waiting for someone to violate their fence line. I had a nice nine point come out and stand at the fence line on my side. I kind of had the same thoughts as you I am sure, about taking the shot. He was over three hundred yards away but shooting my Ruger 7mm mag, that distance did not bother me. I dropped him two feet from the fence. And when the howling horde came rushing in... there was nothing they could do but tell me how terrible of a person I was for killing that buck.. from the other side of the fence of course.
I know all about those anti hunter groups. I hunted an excellent farm that had one such group as a neighbor. And they patrolled their property just waiting for someone to violate their fence line. I had a nice nine point come out and stand at the fence line on my side. I kind of had the same thoughts as you I am sure, about taking the shot. He was over three hundred yards away but shooting my Ruger 7mm mag, that distance did not bother me. I dropped him two feet from the fence. And when the howling horde came rushing in... there was nothing they could do but tell me how terrible of a person I was for killing that buck.. from the other side of the fence of course.
10-26-2010, 08:34 AM
#4
Boone & Crockett
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Comance county, OK
Posts: 11,408
How big of a wound channel did that 240 grain XTP make?
This morning i looked for a hole in the chest cavity that deer and could not find one. i was sitting in a stand that is 18 feet off the ground and the bullet hit the deer at a pretty good angle. She had her head down when hit.
