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Post by edge on Jan 4, 2009 7:47:41 GMT -5
I went hunting New Years Day in the afternoon. The morning and the day before had been very windy and had anticipated a fair amount of early action. I waited around until a bit after sunset and saw zero deer so I decided to quickly check another spot before dark. As I walked down an abandoned railroad bed I saw a deer about 250 yards across a field coming from where I was headed. A little further on another and then another deer came out into a clearing. They stopped and looked in my direction but don't know if they saw me or were just looking for danger. The middle deer was the largest so I rested my rifle on a powerline tower that runs along the abandoned tracks, took my usual aim and I think that I squeezed the trigger. The three deer ran into the brush but I did not see them pass a tree that I used for a reference point. Since it was getting dark and I didn't have a flashlight I ran to the tree and made a short grid search and found the deer about 50 yards from where he had been standing.  The End   edge. |
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Post by dans on Jan 4, 2009 7:58:41 GMT -5
edge those powerful loads you are using blew that deers heart completely out of its body.
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Post by jtwodogs on Jan 4, 2009 8:13:30 GMT -5
Perfect heart shot. Its amazing how far they can run just on adrenaline.
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Post by youp50 on Jan 4, 2009 8:15:31 GMT -5
That is some pretty good shooting. I take your word that it is cervid and not caprine.  |
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Post by edge on Jan 4, 2009 8:31:45 GMT -5
The chain appears to be holding at the moment edge. |
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Post by DW on Jan 4, 2009 9:41:54 GMT -5
Nice shot!
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Post by rexxer on Jan 4, 2009 10:01:24 GMT -5
Nice shot Edge! Knlfe looks like a old Gerber.
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Post by bigmoose on Jan 4, 2009 10:59:04 GMT -5
Edge,
Good Shot, excellent results
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Post by DBinNY on Jan 4, 2009 11:28:37 GMT -5
You didn't tell us whether the bullet failed or not ;D.
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Post by edge on Jan 4, 2009 11:42:30 GMT -5
Since it kept going and wasted energy in the dirt past the deer I can't analyse the bullet for failure edge. |
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Post by fowlplay on Jan 4, 2009 11:48:47 GMT -5
Since it kept going and wasted energy in the dirt past the deer I can't analyse the bullet for failure edge. Congratulations on your long shot deer. The good news is that you will not be eating bullet fragments.  Steve |
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Jan 4, 2009 11:51:01 GMT -5
Good shot Edge. Nothing like stories involving a broken heart....at least on this forum! ;D
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Post by SW on Jan 4, 2009 12:49:52 GMT -5
Since it kept going and wasted energy in the dirt past the deer I can't analyse the bullet for failure edge. Of course it failed: it wouldn't even let you look at it! In spite of the obvious bullet failure, the deer apparently died anyway, just like with those pitiful bullets: the 200SSTs. Congratulations. |
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Post by mike3132 on Jan 4, 2009 14:19:42 GMT -5
Edge, Good shooting. mike
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Post by jims on Jan 4, 2009 14:30:45 GMT -5
Nice shooting but the heart may no longer be edible.
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Post by hillbill on Jan 4, 2009 14:52:20 GMT -5
Its apparent this poor deer died of heart failure, One look at edge / massive heart attack!
good shooting, Bill
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Post by CraigF on Jan 4, 2009 15:33:01 GMT -5
Edge, if you had a picture of you holding that heart you would look like the guy out of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!
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Post by E.T. on Jan 4, 2009 16:39:34 GMT -5
Edge nice shot and congrats on a late season harvest.
Looks like you got that bullet to strike at the heart of the matter.
Ed
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Post by richard on Jan 4, 2009 16:54:46 GMT -5
I would say that was an excellent shot!
Richard
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Post by dave d. on Jan 4, 2009 17:05:54 GMT -5
:)bud congrats on that long range shot...
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Post by KerryB on Jan 4, 2009 18:53:31 GMT -5
Where is a pic of the deer? Is the heart all that was left? I think you just found a gut pile from another hunters kill and you brought the heart home! ;D |
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Post by deadeye on Jan 4, 2009 19:21:49 GMT -5
looks like that deer died of a "heart attack" ;D ;D ;Dbtw-great shot
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Post by petev on Jan 4, 2009 19:37:22 GMT -5
Great shot Edge!
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Post by shooter on Jan 4, 2009 19:52:44 GMT -5
Edge,Awesome shot. |
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