I was out sneaking around my friend's farm this morning to see if anything was around. I had been hunting his place almost all week. I missed one last Sunday and haven't seen anything since. I was very frosty this morning and the ground was frozen hard making walking sort of crunchy. I did my normal walk around and saw nothing. Decided it was time to call it quits and head home.
Just as I came around the end of his machine shed I saw a doe on the bush edge of his hay field at about 150 yards and walking slowly across the field. I crouched down and made over to his wood pile to be better hidden from view. As I stuck my head up I notice 2 more coming out of the bush and following the first one. I sighted on the larger of the 3 and waited for a decent shot. She turned broadside to me at around 125 yards and looked like she thought something was wrong so I aimed a couple of inches below her back, in line with her front leg and fired. She dropped right there. My 50 cal Thompson Center Impact got its first deer. I was using a 300 grain, 45 cal Hornady SST in a sabot and 90 grains of 777. The bullet hit right where I was aiming, She should be good eating as there are corn and soy bean fields all around the area.
Just as I came around the end of his machine shed I saw a doe on the bush edge of his hay field at about 150 yards and walking slowly across the field. I crouched down and made over to his wood pile to be better hidden from view. As I stuck my head up I notice 2 more coming out of the bush and following the first one. I sighted on the larger of the 3 and waited for a decent shot. She turned broadside to me at around 125 yards and looked like she thought something was wrong so I aimed a couple of inches below her back, in line with her front leg and fired. She dropped right there. My 50 cal Thompson Center Impact got its first deer. I was using a 300 grain, 45 cal Hornady SST in a sabot and 90 grains of 777. The bullet hit right where I was aiming, She should be good eating as there are corn and soy bean fields all around the area.
