My daughter's 2005 mulie

'Boo

'Boo

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We were out Monday evening trying to find the bull moose we saw the day before when this little 3 x 4 mule deer (barely 4! LoL ) made the mistake of walking out 150 yards in front of my daughter.

A single 165 grain Partition launched @ 2650 fps from her lefty Savage .308 dropped the buck where he stood. (165 gr Partition, 43 1/2 grains IMR 4064, CCI 200 primer, Norma brass ) The shot was a perfect broadside, ribs on the way on, ribs on the way out with the top of the heart/bottom of the lungs liquified. The little buck droppped in his tracks.

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grouseman said:
if I recall correctly, thats your daughters third Big Game kill, congrats to her is in order :D
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Thanks for tthe comments guys. I will pass them on to her.

Grouseman, yes this is the third buck she has shot in tha last three seasons. She also shot a doe on a limited entry tag last fall but she didn't want to have her picture taken with it! LoL
 
Good for her!

Now what about that picture I was promised of her with a nice buck (or was it bear?) and a BLR in her hands!?!?

Doug
 
Doug said:
Good for her!

Now what about that picture I was promised of her with a nice buck (or was it bear?) and a BLR in her hands!?!?

Doug
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Hi Doug.

The BLR didn't fit her well at all and the recoil slapped her pretty hard. It was also too light for her to shoot well off-hand. That is not all bad however as the first moment I held it I told her that she would have to wrestle me for it come this fall. I used to have the same rifle in .358 and didn't realize how much I missed it until I shouldered the one we bought from you.

When Rembo posted a sweet little 1960's era left-handed Savage 110L in 308 a few weeks ago I decided to take a chance and see if she could shoot it better. I just received the Savage from Rick 10 days ago so had very little time to develop loads for it. I had a very accurate partition load worked up for the BLR that also grouped quite well when I tried in the Savage. Jill shot a few milk jugs off-hand at 100 yards the day before she shot deer so she had no hesitation to take the little buck at ~ 150 yards.
 
Well by golly then I guess I will need a pic of you holding the BLR and a monster buck, 'Boo! :wink:

If you get tired of the rifle, it does have a return spring........... 8)

Doug
 
Lazy Ike said:
Congrats, you must be one proud dad!
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Damn right!

Thanks guys.

She is my favorite hunting partner.

Here is her buck from last year. He is a real big-bodied 3 x 3 taken during the pre-rut from the edge of an alfalfa field. Like a lot of bucks that live their entire lives around cropland here in the BC interior he was around 300 pounds live weight. She shot him at ~250 yards with her 30-06 loaded with a 165 grain Interbond. BTW, The huge amount of blood-shot, even at 250 yards , has pretty well soured me on the Hornady bonded bullets.
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This one here was her first big game animal from 2003. A little fork-horn mule deer. The little buck was peeking around a tree and the only shot she had was the neck. A 180 grain ballistic tip from 75 yards launched from her 30-06 dropped him wher he stood.

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