Couple late season muzzy Does
12-09-2013, 05:26 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Far West central Indiana
Posts: 92
Couple late season muzzy Does
Shot these 2 last night at 5:08 and 5:11 p.m., shot the larger doe 1st after she walked out from behind some brush at a lasered 75 yds, hit her high shoulders and dropped her in her tracks, thought Id missed her at 1st because when the smoked cleared she was nowhere to be seen and I had broke the trigger a little early due to cold fingers and light trigger pull.. well I seen a deer moving behind some brush back down logging road so I hurried up and reloaded thinking this was the deer I had just shot at, when it walked out at 70 yds I put crosshairs low on chest/shoulder and at the shot I seen it run off and thought that it looked a little smaller then originally thought. Walked down to where I shot and there layed the big doe broke down but still alive, shot her again in the head to end her sufferig, then looked over and 35 yds away lay the smaller doe dead shot thru both lungs and the top of the heart....Weapon used was a Knight Black Knight that I payed 75.00 for w/a Burris 1.75x5 scope that came with gun and Hornady .452 300 gr. XTP w/short black mmp sabot, 85 gr. pyr. RS..This 75.00 gun has now more then payed for itself with 3 deer this year.
12-10-2013, 01:11 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Penns Woods
Posts: 1,628
Shot these 2 last night at 5:08 and 5:11 p.m., shot the larger doe 1st after she walked out from behind some brush at a lasered 75 yds, hit her high shoulders and dropped her in her tracks, thought Id missed her at 1st because when the smoked cleared she was nowhere to be seen and I had broke the trigger a little early due to cold fingers and light trigger pull.. well I seen a deer moving behind some brush back down logging road so I hurried up and reloaded thinking this was the deer I had just shot at, when it walked out at 70 yds I put crosshairs low on chest/shoulder and at the shot I seen it run off and thought that it looked a little smaller then originally thought. Walked down to where I shot and there layed the big doe broke down but still alive, shot her again in the head to end her sufferig, then looked over and 35 yds away lay the smaller doe dead shot thru both lungs and the top of the heart....Weapon used was a Knight Black Knight that I payed 75.00 for w/a Burris 1.75x5 scope that came with gun and Hornady .452 300 gr. XTP w/short black mmp sabot, 85 gr. pyr. RS..This 75.00 gun has now more then payed for itself with 3 deer this year.
Congrats and glad that you were able to harvest a pair of nice does with your ML. I'm assuming you had tags for both and weren't concerned about shooting the second deer, even though you didn't realize you shot two deer until after you got to where the first deer laid. I'm not trying to bust your balls, but I know of several instances in which individuals faced with the same situation only had one tag or only had one for the management area they were hunting.
One individual was fortunate enough that his hunting buddy forfeited his tag to keep things legal, the other individual decided that it was not ethical to leave one of the two deer in the woods for the coyotes and attempted to bring them both out, one tagged and one not. Needless to say he got caught, paid fines, lost hunting privileges for awhile and was ran through the ringer just because he thought he was doing "the right thing to do". I know it's a tough decision to make once you fire a shot, but I always pause and listen for awhile and then go check before shooting again. I have knocked deer down and heard them flopping or moving about even when I couldn't see them after I shot. Unless I see the deer I shot at trying to get back up, or it's still standing in the same spot it was in and has no idea where the shot came from, I won't fire a second shot and I never assume that I just plain missed until I've done a thorough inspection of the area. What you do is your business. I do things my way to avoid hassle.
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