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Old 11-07-2012, 04:38 PM
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Got lucky and took this little guy this past Saturday which was the BP opener in VA. 250 gr Shockwave pushed by 90gr BH209.
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Old 11-07-2012, 04:41 PM
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Congrats on the kill!!
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Old 11-07-2012, 04:47 PM
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Congrat's!
No Story??? How far of a shot, how far did he go? where'd ya hit him?
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Old 11-07-2012, 04:57 PM
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Congrat's on the deer. nice looking rifle ya got there.
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Old 11-07-2012, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Breechplug
Congrat's!
No Story??? How far of a shot, how far did he go? where'd ya hit him?
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Alright here goes .........
Climbed down from my stand a little early on Saturday morning to take a walk around the farm. Probably walked about 1.5 miles and decided to check one last spot before I headed back to the house. It is a little 1/4 acre overgrown clearing that you can see from the farm road next to a mix of standing oaks and pines that is a travel corridor from a big block of woods and an 8 acre cut corn field. The clearing is fairly hard to see from the road because of all the brush and briars. As I get close to the clearing I slowed down because I know the deer use this area alot. As soon as I get to a point that I can see thru the briars I spot this buck on the tree line about 70 yards away. In front of it about 30 yards is a doe. I slowly walk up the road about 10 yards and sit on the ground where there is literally about a 1 ft opening to shoot thru. The doe doesn't offer me a shot but the buck does so I take it. All that is exposed is the deers head and neck so I put the crosshairs on the base of the neck as far back as I can and squeeze the trigger. I don't know if it was the slight breeze or the BH209 but I watched the deer drop on the spot. I just started shooting BH209 this summer so this is my first kill using loose powder!
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Old 11-07-2012, 05:25 PM
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Well that is a real nice buck you got there.. congratulation. And good story. Is that an Encore or a Pro Hunter?
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Old 11-07-2012, 05:58 PM
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congrats.....good shooting
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Old 11-07-2012, 05:59 PM
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Real nice buck Dakine. You've got to love those no tracking shots.
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Old 11-07-2012, 06:23 PM
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Congrats. Nice shot.
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Old 11-08-2012, 03:35 AM
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Originally Posted by cayugad
Is that an Encore or a Pro Hunter?
ProHunter. I was having the same problem others were having not being able to reload without swabbing using 777 pellets. Still need to fine tune my load a little bit more but happy so far with the BH209 results.
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