Mountaineer headed to Texas!!
03-17-2015, 07:59 PM
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Typical Buck
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Mountaineer headed to Texas!!
Taking the ol Knight Mountaineer to Texas to hunt Axis this coming weekend. I haven't had it out much lately due to work. I'm really looking forward to the hunt. Going to shoot a Barnes TMZ 290 grain bullet in front of 110 grains of Blackhorn 209. Should be enough muscle to get the job done. Hopefully I will have a few pics to post when I get back!!
03-18-2015, 05:20 AM
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Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 143
Taking the ol Knight Mountaineer to Texas to hunt Axis this coming weekend. I haven't had it out much lately due to work. I'm really looking forward to the hunt. Going to shoot a Barnes TMZ 290 grain bullet in front of 110 grains of Blackhorn 209. Should be enough muscle to get the job done. Hopefully I will have a few pics to post when I get back!!
03-18-2015, 10:46 AM
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Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Idaho
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Taking the ol Knight Mountaineer to Texas to hunt Axis this coming weekend. I haven't had it out much lately due to work. I'm really looking forward to the hunt. Going to shoot a Barnes TMZ 290 grain bullet in front of 110 grains of Blackhorn 209. Should be enough muscle to get the job done. Hopefully I will have a few pics to post when I get back!!
03-18-2015, 02:24 PM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Opelousas,La
Posts: 131
Should be more than enough. I killed a 275 lb Aoudad in West Texas this year with 110 gr load of BH 209 and the Harvester 300 gr. PT Gold. One shot at 120 yds. They are a lot tougher animal to kill than an Axis.The Axis drop their horns based on when they were born and they rut somewhat on the same basis. We hunted our lease in mid Feb. and some Axis were in hard velvet, some had dropped horns etc. They are make a great, good looking trophy and they are great eating. Good luck.
03-18-2015, 08:58 PM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 153
I have nothing against fenced operations. As I get older ippreciate the idea more and more every year.
I've hunted high fence in Texas a couple of times. It's different for sure. At one place they put out corn so much the deer were practically pets. On the other ranch they were a bit more jumpy but still pretty tame. You could put a stalk right on them.mthey would look up at you and as long as they had corn to eat they would keep on grazing. Sorta like cattle.
The differences saw was when you hit them they basically just went down when you hit them. They did not seem to have the flight and fight in them that the deer in free range have.
Good luck. I've been wanting to add a axis in my wall.
I've hunted high fence in Texas a couple of times. It's different for sure. At one place they put out corn so much the deer were practically pets. On the other ranch they were a bit more jumpy but still pretty tame. You could put a stalk right on them.mthey would look up at you and as long as they had corn to eat they would keep on grazing. Sorta like cattle.
The differences saw was when you hit them they basically just went down when you hit them. They did not seem to have the flight and fight in them that the deer in free range have.
Good luck. I've been wanting to add a axis in my wall.
03-19-2015, 06:28 AM
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Typical Buck
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Thanks guys! This will be a low fence free range hunt. Axis breed year round this is why they are becoming over ran with them in texas. I shot a doe and it is some of the best tasting venison I have ever eaten!!
