Got a nice doe this morning, first day of shotgun hunt here. My hunt pardners say 180 - 200 lbs, I just know it is biggest doe for me.
Walking broadside right to left 120 paces, no wind moderate rain. Heard the whallop when I fired, she ran 60 yards then did a couple tumbling ground loops and that was all she wrote.
Using a CVA Wolf purchased on the EE this spring, Bushnell 3-9 scope.
Win 209 primer, 2 White Hot 50 grain pellets and a 278 grain Platinum Powerbelt.
The round made a double size entrance wound and .50 exit wound and bored through the centre of heart and both lungs. About 6 inches of meat needed to be trimmed from the ribs near exit wound. Lungs were toast - soupy.
I had been concerned about the bullet because the reviews are mixed on the internet, and I see no need to step up to 3 pellets at this point. Loading her back up tonight with somewhat more confidence.
Walking broadside right to left 120 paces, no wind moderate rain. Heard the whallop when I fired, she ran 60 yards then did a couple tumbling ground loops and that was all she wrote.
Using a CVA Wolf purchased on the EE this spring, Bushnell 3-9 scope.
Win 209 primer, 2 White Hot 50 grain pellets and a 278 grain Platinum Powerbelt.
The round made a double size entrance wound and .50 exit wound and bored through the centre of heart and both lungs. About 6 inches of meat needed to be trimmed from the ribs near exit wound. Lungs were toast - soupy.
I had been concerned about the bullet because the reviews are mixed on the internet, and I see no need to step up to 3 pellets at this point. Loading her back up tonight with somewhat more confidence.
