140gr Accubond vs Muley buck

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On the way home from town this afternoon, we spotted a couple muley does at the back end of our alfalfa field. I thought I'd check it out before heading out to my usual hunting area so I tied up the dog, stuck my rifle on the quad rack and went for a look-see. About 200 yards behind the house I crested the hill and spotted a buck and a doe across the field close to the treeline. The buck bedded down beside the tree line and the binoculars revealed a couple more deer in the trees behind him. I decided to try something bold, so I fired up the quad and headed across the snowy field right towards the deer. As I closed in to about 250 yards the buck noticed me, then stood up and walked away into the trees. I kept plowing through the snow drifts until I was about 100 yards from the tree line below the deer then turned parellel. I spotted two does watching me plow past them and then the buck came into view, intently staring my way. I bailed off the quad with my rifle and dropped into a sitting position and stuffed in a round. The crosshairs settled onto his chest and the .270WSM cracked, sending a handloaded 140gr Accubond on it's way. At the impact, the muley stumbled a couple steps, then turned & walked into the trees. The does trotted back into the trees then emerged on the far side and headed somewhere quieter. The buck wasn't with them so I waited for a few minutes then headed the 125 yards to where I last saw him and found him piled up dead beside the trees. I went back to the house and my wife and I soon had the buck hanging off the tractor. While skinning the buck, I recovered the nicely expanded bullet under the hide in front of the opposite hind quarter. Now I have a week left so it's time to locate a whitetail...

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Nice Muley, I was not impressed with my bullet's performance, After skinning my buck I was able to see what it did.. (MORE like what it did not do) It hit the buck on top of his left shoulder and blew up with out penetrating the chest cavity.

I remember my shot, the buck actually backed up just as I squeezed the trigger with the cross hairs behind the shoulder.. that last min move made my shot less than perfect.

But I think I will have to look into my bullet choice in future.
 
I've taken several mature bucks ranging from about 70 yards to way, way out there with the .277" 140gr Accubonds and all have resulted in quick, one shot kills with the farthest buck travelling about 50 yards before dropping. All shots were through the chest cavity from various angles, broadside to head on. Good deer bullet from my experiences.
 
Congrats on the deer but Iam surprised that the Accubond did not blow the hell out of the exit side of this deer. I have taken a couple deer with the 270wsm and found that bullet to much for deer and I went to the Silver Balistic Tip in the 150 and get great kills with it.
The 140 Accubonds are great for Moose, just a bit much for deer in my opinion...

Congrats
 
AJ Hare, the bullet struck just foreward of the right shoulder, exploding the brisket area, jellied the lungs and took the top off the heart. It carried on diagnally through the diaphram tearing the hell outta the left side of the guts (yuck) and stopped under the hide in front of the left hind quarter. This buck went about 25 feet after the impact and dropped. I'll weight the bullet later but it looks just like the other two 140gr Accubonds I've managed to recover. They do seem to hold together quite well and I wouldn't hesitate to use them on moose and elk if I didn't already have a .338-06 for that purpose.

Edited: recovered bullet = 97gr = 69% retention
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Congrats on the buck! I am using the 140 grain Hornady boattails in the 270 Weatherby, and they have performed flawlessly on all critters from deer to elk. They work well on yotes, too, but you need a mop if you plan on taking the yote home! Haven't tried the accubonds, as I have 1000's of the Hornady's and the Nosler partitions and Speers on hand.
 
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