Several years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go to my stand before first light. I parked my truck at my daughter's house, grabbed my scoped, Remington 700 BDL .270, folding stool, ammo, and walked up the paved road to the end, then walked up the old woods road. It was a cloudy day, so still a bit dusky. I put out some deer lure on cotton balls and sat down about 30 yards from the trail crossing.
About 15 minutes passed and it was decent light, so I loaded-up. Then, I heard a deer walking on the dry leaves, coming my way. I saw the antlers, then a few seconds later, the deer broadside, about 40 yards away. I put the crosshairs on the lungs and fired.
The buck took a couple of jumps and got behind some small evergreens, then I heard it coming towards me on the trail. I was pretty sure I hit it and since it was coming toward the old woods road, decided to wait and see if it would drop. If it didn't I'd shoot as soon as it came into the road.
It kept coming and coming and I had my rifle up and ready to fire, but just as the deer's nose came into the road, it dropped DEAD!
I walked over to it and saw the bullet hole in the middle of the lungs and decided to clear the ammo out of my rifle, in preparation to gut the deer. I noticed that I'd grabbed the wrong ammo box, the one with my light turkey-shoot rounds, having 90 grain bullets. No wonder that deer walked so far before dropping!! I felt pretty stupid for having that ammo in the vehicle, in a box similar to that of my hunting ammo.
About 15 minutes passed and it was decent light, so I loaded-up. Then, I heard a deer walking on the dry leaves, coming my way. I saw the antlers, then a few seconds later, the deer broadside, about 40 yards away. I put the crosshairs on the lungs and fired.
The buck took a couple of jumps and got behind some small evergreens, then I heard it coming towards me on the trail. I was pretty sure I hit it and since it was coming toward the old woods road, decided to wait and see if it would drop. If it didn't I'd shoot as soon as it came into the road.
It kept coming and coming and I had my rifle up and ready to fire, but just as the deer's nose came into the road, it dropped DEAD!
I walked over to it and saw the bullet hole in the middle of the lungs and decided to clear the ammo out of my rifle, in preparation to gut the deer. I noticed that I'd grabbed the wrong ammo box, the one with my light turkey-shoot rounds, having 90 grain bullets. No wonder that deer walked so far before dropping!! I felt pretty stupid for having that ammo in the vehicle, in a box similar to that of my hunting ammo.
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