I took my eleven year old son to my honey-hole Sunday evening to see if we could connect on one of the 4 bucks that I watched the previous evening. He harvested his first deer here the previous year.
We set up our stake out blind on the high spot in the field to watch the corner that I had seen the bucks in the previous night.
The wind was blowing in a direction that would eliminate one of the 4 gullies that the deer use to get into the field.
We sat for a couple of hours, then just as the sun was setting, 2 bucks appeared on the treeline 158 yards away. Both appeared to be young 3x4 bucks.
My boy needs to shoot prone with a bipod as the rifle is still a bit too heavy for him.
When we went prone, the small rise in the ground blocked our view of the deer.
We used the 'hill' to block their view from us as we belly crawled closer to the treeline. At around 80 yards we could crouch and move a little faster and still stay hidden. We had the wind in our favor. At 45 yards, we continued to belly crawl. Once we got to around 25 yards, the buck turned and started feeding towards us.
I talked my son through the shot as the deer finally spotted us and was looking intently to figure out what we were and probably decide if he should flee.
The shot broke and the deer fell. The 6mm Remington sent the 80 grain Barnes TTSX @ 3400 FPS through the front shoulder, smashing it, continued through the lungs, broke a rib on the far rear offside and was recovered under the skin. Bullet retained 65% of original weight after going through 2 or 3 feet of deer.
A great night...
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80 TTSX after inflicting severe trauma
We set up our stake out blind on the high spot in the field to watch the corner that I had seen the bucks in the previous night.
The wind was blowing in a direction that would eliminate one of the 4 gullies that the deer use to get into the field.
We sat for a couple of hours, then just as the sun was setting, 2 bucks appeared on the treeline 158 yards away. Both appeared to be young 3x4 bucks.
My boy needs to shoot prone with a bipod as the rifle is still a bit too heavy for him.
When we went prone, the small rise in the ground blocked our view of the deer.
We used the 'hill' to block their view from us as we belly crawled closer to the treeline. At around 80 yards we could crouch and move a little faster and still stay hidden. We had the wind in our favor. At 45 yards, we continued to belly crawl. Once we got to around 25 yards, the buck turned and started feeding towards us.
I talked my son through the shot as the deer finally spotted us and was looking intently to figure out what we were and probably decide if he should flee.
The shot broke and the deer fell. The 6mm Remington sent the 80 grain Barnes TTSX @ 3400 FPS through the front shoulder, smashing it, continued through the lungs, broke a rib on the far rear offside and was recovered under the skin. Bullet retained 65% of original weight after going through 2 or 3 feet of deer.
A great night...
80 TTSX after inflicting severe trauma
Congrats on the deer!
