My first deer(2) 1 shot 2 kill
12-08-2012 | 06:42 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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That would be for a 3/4 oz load .33 diameter.
He stated at 25 yards his pattern was from shoulder to rump on a deer and a few also hit the other doe. I just think that is a pretty wide pattern even for 15 pellets, think I would try a tighter choke in my gun.JMO
so having a few outside of the original target deer doesn't sound so unheard of.
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12-08-2012 | 06:53 AM
#32
Nontypical Buck
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Right on target with this.
If this was my kid I would have been happy it got his first deer but then we would have had a little conversation about shot selection. Because if the buck shot hadn't luckily hit that second deer in the spine a long track job would have started and most likely ended with a wounded lost deer.
One question redkid, Would you take that same shot again?
If this was my kid I would have been happy it got his first deer but then we would have had a little conversation about shot selection. Because if the buck shot hadn't luckily hit that second deer in the spine a long track job would have started and most likely ended with a wounded lost deer.
One question redkid, Would you take that same shot again?
12-08-2012 | 07:05 AM
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Exactly Fastetti, I'll ask another question to everyone reading this. If this was your son or a new hunter you were mentoring, what would be the first thing you would say to them after you congratulated them on their first deer?
12-08-2012 | 07:38 AM
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Right on target with this.
If this was my kid I would have been happy it got his first deer but then we would have had a little conversation about shot selection. Because if the buck shot hadn't luckily hit that second deer in the spine a long track job would have started and most likely ended with a wounded lost deer.
Redkid, What choke you using that's pretty big spread of pellets especially if it was 00 buck.There are 9 pellets in a load.
One question redkid, Would you take that same shot again?
If this was my kid I would have been happy it got his first deer but then we would have had a little conversation about shot selection. Because if the buck shot hadn't luckily hit that second deer in the spine a long track job would have started and most likely ended with a wounded lost deer.
Redkid, What choke you using that's pretty big spread of pellets especially if it was 00 buck.There are 9 pellets in a load.
One question redkid, Would you take that same shot again?
12-08-2012 | 08:38 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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Lesson learned! Think safety and when to shoot/not shoot at all times and you'll be fine! Killing is the end result when we hunt, but it's what leads up to it that matters most. Happy holidays to all!
12-10-2012 | 06:46 PM
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Spike
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After reading the first few posts it reminded me of why I haven't been back here since Feb. with all the bashing and so called professional advice. This guy has plenty to be happy about by killing two deer with one shot. Who is to say that buckshot is not lethal and effective. I don't use it, but I sure don't condemn anyone who does. I have killed several in the past with it as it was the only legal method available to me. Let's all deer hunt together as a group and stand behind one another.
12-10-2012 | 06:50 PM
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Your post
After reading the first few posts it reminded me of why I haven't been back here since Feb. with all the bashing and so called professional advice. This guy has plenty to be happy about by killing two deer with one shot. Who is to say that buckshot is not lethal and effective. I don't use it, but I sure don't condemn anyone who does. I have killed several in the past with it as it was the only legal method available to me. Let's all deer hunt together as a group and stand behind one another.
12-11-2012 | 02:59 AM
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A tighter choke often deforms buckshot and makes the pattern wider....
12-11-2012 | 03:04 AM
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"Roll up your sleeves, we've got some deer to skin...Now watch closely as I show you how to gut a deer, you're going to do the next one"....
No way in Hades would I bust a youngsters bubble after a successful hunt...Maybe a few days later, I'd pull out my gun to "check it"...In doing so, we would do the same with his...It would be more of a conversation about tightening up his group than "You shouldn't have taken that shot"...
