Back from deer hunting and couldn’t bee any happier.
Got this buck totally by chance as I was looking over a slope and heard something running on the rocks away from me on the other side of a few boulders.
I ran and stood on a boulder and saw this beautiful buck running away, I was so pumped and shaken up with adrenalin at the sight of his rack . I only saw his siloouet because the sun was just coming up behind him.
I tried whistling to get him to stop running but all that came out was some sort of stupid wind noise which worked and he stopped to look.
It was a split second aim through the iron sights of my marlin guide gun at his chest.
I was shooting a 45-70 300 grain barnes copper TSX. Over 39 grains of IMR 4227
I let one go, saw him jump with all 4 legs in the air and drop behind some rocks.
It’s the first deer I got using this gun and so far im in love with it.
At first I didn’t believe I got him, I was shaking like a leaf and doubted that I hit him shooting at that distance, standing on a not so steady rock shooting off hand.
We ranged the shot afterwards and it was 155meters.
The shot placement couldn’t have been better. Entrance just behind the front leg , obliterated the lungs and ripped the top part of his heart out and exited at the elbow joint on the other side.
Surprisingly and gladly there was almost no meat damage, very clean entrance and exit hole.
His weight is around 200lb and has a beautiful 4x4 rack to boot
One bang flop, just like in the movies.
You can see the top part of the hart is shot off, when I opened him up the heart was floating in the cavity.
overall i couldn't be more happy and needless to say i had a silly smile on my face for several days.
Got this buck totally by chance as I was looking over a slope and heard something running on the rocks away from me on the other side of a few boulders.
I ran and stood on a boulder and saw this beautiful buck running away, I was so pumped and shaken up with adrenalin at the sight of his rack . I only saw his siloouet because the sun was just coming up behind him.
I tried whistling to get him to stop running but all that came out was some sort of stupid wind noise which worked and he stopped to look.
It was a split second aim through the iron sights of my marlin guide gun at his chest.
I was shooting a 45-70 300 grain barnes copper TSX. Over 39 grains of IMR 4227
I let one go, saw him jump with all 4 legs in the air and drop behind some rocks.
It’s the first deer I got using this gun and so far im in love with it.
At first I didn’t believe I got him, I was shaking like a leaf and doubted that I hit him shooting at that distance, standing on a not so steady rock shooting off hand.
We ranged the shot afterwards and it was 155meters.
The shot placement couldn’t have been better. Entrance just behind the front leg , obliterated the lungs and ripped the top part of his heart out and exited at the elbow joint on the other side.
Surprisingly and gladly there was almost no meat damage, very clean entrance and exit hole.
His weight is around 200lb and has a beautiful 4x4 rack to boot
One bang flop, just like in the movies.
You can see the top part of the hart is shot off, when I opened him up the heart was floating in the cavity.
overall i couldn't be more happy and needless to say i had a silly smile on my face for several days.
