Home is the hunter...
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Home is the hunter...
I got back this afternoon from 3 days on the mountain. This is the last week of deer season so I set the Model 64 aside and pulled out another classic Winchester - a pre-64 Model 70 in 30-06. It has been a rough season with health problems. I have only been able to make short walks so I have been hunting along the road with everybody else. Regardless the spirits of the hunt smiled on me this morning. My partner joined me this morning and we were going to go in a canyon that he killed his buck in last week since he had seen 2 other legal bucks there. There were 2 other groups of hunters already there when we pulled up so we went up the road to a Forest service road along a mountain top.
My partner spotted a doe down in the canyon at our first stop. They are in the rut so we kept looking. Then I spotted another doe further up and she was soon joined by 2 more does and lo and behold a buck! I went back to the truck and got the rifle and my pack. The buck was in the brush so I got set up in the prone with the rifle resting over the pack and cleared the grass and weeds in my shooting lane. I ranged the does at 384 yards. We watched and waited for the buck but he did not show for a long time. My partner finally spotted him feeding at the top of the little ridge they were on. I laid the cross hairs on the top of his back and sent a 130 grain TSX cross canyon. The buck collapsed and kicked enough to fall into the brush. The range of the shot was 406 yards. We drove around to the top of his ridge, went down and he was right there. Better yet you could see the highway down the canyon below. Very nice for old guys who aren't to healthy! We boned him out and I took him down to the highway and my partner went back up and brought the truck down. So I got one in spite of all the set backs this year. I am a happy camper!
My partner spotted a doe down in the canyon at our first stop. They are in the rut so we kept looking. Then I spotted another doe further up and she was soon joined by 2 more does and lo and behold a buck! I went back to the truck and got the rifle and my pack. The buck was in the brush so I got set up in the prone with the rifle resting over the pack and cleared the grass and weeds in my shooting lane. I ranged the does at 384 yards. We watched and waited for the buck but he did not show for a long time. My partner finally spotted him feeding at the top of the little ridge they were on. I laid the cross hairs on the top of his back and sent a 130 grain TSX cross canyon. The buck collapsed and kicked enough to fall into the brush. The range of the shot was 406 yards. We drove around to the top of his ridge, went down and he was right there. Better yet you could see the highway down the canyon below. Very nice for old guys who aren't to healthy! We boned him out and I took him down to the highway and my partner went back up and brought the truck down. So I got one in spite of all the set backs this year. I am a happy camper!
My "HB" (Hunting Buddy) She's a good cook too!
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Congratulations on a successful hunt, Marc! Thanks for sharing it with us. That's a buck to remember!!!
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I wholly agree. Good job!mod71alaska wrote:Congratulations on a successful hunt, Marc! Thanks for sharing it with us. That's a buck to remember!!!
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That is a nice looking deer congrats. That is an incredibly long shot I cannot even imagine shooting that far.
Where I hunt in Michigan my longest shot is maybe 60-75 yds. Congrats.
Where I hunt in Michigan my longest shot is maybe 60-75 yds. Congrats.
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Glad to see you made meat despite everything. Good shot too. Eat well.
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Great to hear! That has to be a morale booster. Nice long shot too!
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Congrats Marc!
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Nice job.Being from Cal also I know how few deer can be.When you can score a buck in a
area with single digit sucess rates youre doing things right.
area with single digit sucess rates youre doing things right.
What in the wild world of sports is going on here
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Nice shot, good buck. What did you think of the TSX performance - what kind of ammo?
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Congrats! That was an excellent shot. I find it impressive as I've never shot a deer beyond 70 yards.
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Well done
That is a loooong way, all my deer have been within 30 yards!!
That is a loooong way, all my deer have been within 30 yards!!
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Excellent shot. You don't get shots like that around here in New England.
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Thanks, fellows. This one did mean a lot. For me, hunting is not the important thing, it is the only thing. To not be able to hunt was very discouraging.
As for the shot, I normally won't shoot that far. I will only do it when everything is perfect and I can't get closer. Prone with a rest is as good as it gets. Normally I don't shoot at anything much past 300 yards.
OS, I am very happy with the Barnes bullets. I also killed two deer last year with the 130 TSX. All three dropped in their tracks. These are my loads with Varget and they chronographed right at 3100 FPS. I have been using X bullets since 1995. My wife and I have killed over 30 deer with Barnes bullets. Most from a 264 Win Mag and the rest from a 6MM Rem and the three with the 30-06. My wife killed the buck in the picture below with a 6MM 90 grain X at 2800 FPS. They work!
As for the shot, I normally won't shoot that far. I will only do it when everything is perfect and I can't get closer. Prone with a rest is as good as it gets. Normally I don't shoot at anything much past 300 yards.
OS, I am very happy with the Barnes bullets. I also killed two deer last year with the 130 TSX. All three dropped in their tracks. These are my loads with Varget and they chronographed right at 3100 FPS. I have been using X bullets since 1995. My wife and I have killed over 30 deer with Barnes bullets. Most from a 264 Win Mag and the rest from a 6MM Rem and the three with the 30-06. My wife killed the buck in the picture below with a 6MM 90 grain X at 2800 FPS. They work!
My "HB" (Hunting Buddy) She's a good cook too!
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Excellent!! Nice Model 70 too
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Good going! I knew you'd do it.
I'm going to try once more this weekend but haven't seen much in the way of sign or tracks. Old Savage may have gotten the last one.
I'm going to try once more this weekend but haven't seen much in the way of sign or tracks. Old Savage may have gotten the last one.
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Good on you. That was a good shot. You keep getting out to hunt Marc!
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