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This is an 8 pointer I took in early Novemberof this year. He was rattled in and taken at a distance of 80 yds with a shot through his neck with my .243. Check out the branch that was stuck in his horns. This is exactly how he was when he came in.



And heres a 10 pointer I took in late november, also rattled in and shot through the neck at 80 yds. The scenarios were identical and both were shot while facing and looking right at me.

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awesome deer

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Great bucks! Good job on some awesome kills.

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By looking at the pictures, your 243 packs a hell of a punch. Awesome deer.

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nice bucks!:)

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Good job!

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congrats!! 2 great bucks!! good job!! that 10pt......thats not from the bullet is it?!?! it looks like a dog got it or something almost...and you said they were walking at you...so the holes shouldnt be that HUGE...thats a crazy hole!.....is that from the bullet? heck even the 8pt hole looks like an exit! lol....and all these years i been hunting with a 30 cal!!!! is the second a bullet hole?!

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No the 10 pointer is after I gutted it. It is slit all the way down to the head so as to remove the esophagus, and partionally bullet dammage too. I cant emphasize enough how important bullet selection is though.The 8 was shot with 100 gr Hornady's and had a complete pass through, check out the exit hole on this next pic. (not a very good pic) But you will see the 3 inch hole.
I was out of Hornady's and borrowed a couple of bullets from a friend, they were core lockts and failed to pass through the 10 pointer but still did pretty good damage leaving a descent entry hole and shattering the spine.
This has happened to me several times using core lockts, failure to pass through, while the hornady's go right through bone and tissue. Give me the Hornady's. To me core locts are junk. Although they still kill.

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c'mon man!! your not on america's most wanted!!! smile a little!!! awsome bucks. had one walk by my stand at 12 yards during bow a little bigger than the eight. but i was in another stand during bow and could only watch. with the ten you got the thumbs up, but SMILE!!! you should be happy and proud. sould u send their relatives to the place i am hunting. i will email you the address! ;)

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We let those walk where I hunt, but it may be a trophy in your area.....congrats........

I'm kidding, great buck!!!!!!!!!

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Both nice bucks congrats twice

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bump.

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Nice deer.

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Great deer, why the neck shots?

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Nice bucks.Congrats

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GroundHunter, if only you knew the can of worms you were getting into..[8D]

Congrats, nice deer.

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nice bucks there,congrats

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2 nice bucks ya got there,congrats:D

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Congrats on 2 fine bucks, I have a feeling that the reason your not getting pass throughs with the corloks is because your shooting a .243. I am not knocking the gun at all, as you have clearly shown it is enough gun for deer, but I can tell you 180 grain 30-30 corloks will blow right through them with vicous damage.

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awesome pics. and congradulations on the two bucks, oh and i hear you on the neck shots, by the looks of it the deer never moved,love those 243's also nice caliber,

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:):) Double smileys for you zrexpilot. I always have a hard time smiling too. After hauling out lunkers like that you're just happy to be propped up with them.

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nice deer congrats!!

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rockin deer, congrats

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Great bucks. Congrats!

Re. neck shots...
I've only taken one deer w/ a neck shot but can tell you this...
At the shot the deer dropped immediately as if it had been hit by the hammer of Thor. I shot mine as it was facing directely away from me and if you didn't look really close you'd think there was no entrance or exit wound. In my case, it was the only shot that presened itself and was relatively close (60 yards maybe) and my gun was perfectly sighted in and I was shooting from a rest. Confidence also counts here, for w/out it I would have never taken the shot.

To each his own...

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nice bucks man congrats.. if i only were so lucky!!

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He He ! man we can go around and around on this one. a .243 is shooting 1000 fps fastter than the bullet lobbing 30-30. He He LOL. Hell the .243 has even got more energy than the 30-30.
Me and my buddy shot 2 pigs earlier this year with his .300 mag at a distance of 60 yds and failed to pass through either one. One was in the body and one was in the neck. The neck shot one dropped, the one in the body ran a little ways. Both were around 175 lbs. Needless to say we were using the core-junks. While I took one with my .243 at a disatnce of 220-240 yds with hornadys and had a completes pass through and dropped him right there, it also was a neck shot . Also around 175 lbs

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Darn nice lookin buck's but where did the rack go hahaha.

nubo

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Nice deer. I bet your taxidermist hates you. ;)

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LOL, no doubt! :D


Nice deer for sure! Love them Hornady's!

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Nice bucks, congrats!!

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Awesome deer!!! Congrats on a great season!! Good luck next year.

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nice bucks is all i can say

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Really nice deer. I go for the neck shots a lot, SAVES TRACKIN !

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243 or should fire missle.....great deer

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Na. I did euro-mounts on both of them, and best of all I did it myself.
My house is to small fer deer heads to be sticking out of the walls. :0) LOL !

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Nice Deer!:D

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Nice ones.

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good job, nice deer

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u the man

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Nice bucks.. They both kinda look the same. Nice job.!