Handgun Kill Pic Thread "Hunting"

dang, you blew the skind right off 'im

You can't fool me. That deer was killed with a grenade launcher.

Here's a picture of a small 8 point Texas white tail I got in 2003.

The gun is a S&W Mountain Gun in 45 Colt. The load is a 250 gr. Hornady XTP over 18.7 grains of 2400 powder. I made a broadside shot from a kneeling position at about 18 paces. The bullet went through both lungs and exited. The impact of the bullet visibly moved his body and lifted the near side front leg off the ground. He still ran about 30 yards before collapsing.

I think he was using that Ithaca Deer Flayer

It slices, it dices, cuts it, guts it, skins it, hangs it, butchers and mounts it! It's the Ronco© All-In-One .88 Magnum Blunderbuss. (patent pending)

Semi-actual user testimonial: "All I did was pull the trigger, and the next thing I know I've got a deer head on the wall, tenderloin on the skillet, venison in the freezer, and a Hefty bag full of deer innards! Thanks Ronco!" - Luther Hess, Podunk, NC
(Warning: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Your mileage may vary. Objects in mirror may be larger than they appear.)

A spike I took this season. Twas a decent hunting season. About 90 yards with Contender in .30-30 and 2x fixed power Tasco 30mm scope and handloads involving a 150 grain Nosler BT and a healthy charge of 3031. Lung shot behind the shoulders and a little high, folded dead on the spot. Bullet passed below the spine about 3-4" and I speculate the pressure wave shut him down because all I hit was lung otherwise. This .30-30 don't take no prisoners.

I am a long-time reader here but just registered. Here is a post I made on this subject over on the Sixgunner.com forum. I don't have a pic but I thought somebody else using factory ammo may be interested:

Nothing spectacular here, just sharing a small bit of excitement from last fall's deer season. I had been hoping to take a deer with my Ruger Blackhawk .45 Colt, five and a half inch model. I don't reload so was using commercial ammo, the 200 grain JHP from Cor-Bon, which moves about 1100 f/sec. as I understand. Took a careful shot at a slow moving doe from about 35 yds. The deer bucked when hit, ran in a small circle, and expired. When my buddy cleaned her, we found the bullet had fully expanded and the jacket had slightly fragmented; the shot entered behind the left shoulder and penetrated the lungs, lodging in the hide on her right side. It was effective, and I have no complaint, other than the lack of an exit wound negated a blood trail if she had run into the woods to die. I use the same cartridge when I load this gun for home defense, and this bolsters my confidence in it for general use.
Practice is my real need, as the ammo seems ok.

My last mule deer was taken with a 454 (FA, 7.5") with 260 gr partitions @ 1,730 fps. The deer was quartering towards at +/- 100 yds, the shot felt good, the deer buckled, just about went down, then regained it balance and started running down the hill towards a brush filled gully. I shot a second time and the deer dropped hard. Was congratulating myself as I walked towards it until I saw that the second shot had hit him in the base of the antler and knocked him out (a case of leading too much, his head was low as he ran down a steep spot, I was across the draw). It turned out that the first was fatal, punching the inside of the shoulder, holding its direction and making it through the lungs into, at least, the stomach...I was on foot and quartering, did not open up the abdomen to perform an autopsy.

Sorry, no picture... I took a doe at 63 yards with my GP100 and was using 180 grain Partition Gold. It was a broadside shot and I was using a red dot scope and had been practicing a lot... now I reload and will be using a lead cast Beartooth Bullet 185 grain, 180 grain Hornady XTP or Cast Performance 180 grain.

Damn 90 yards while the deer was riding a motorcycle backwards!

Now THAT's a trick shot.

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Yeah, an' I was usin' a mirror sightin' over my shoulder like Annie Oakley.

Yeah, that riding backwards trick has become pretty common with the deer around here too. I read an article in Field & Stream that said they do that to confuse you about which way they're going.

Shot this at Nugents ranch

I just have to say, you guys are a trip over here in the "hunting" section.
I can't even make a post. I need a box of "Depends"!

Nice deer, and nice wheelgun, too.

Curiosity: Why'd you shoot the porcupine?

Can you eat them? Are they a pest where you are?

Certainly can't make a jacket from the hide...

We don't have them here, so I don't know what they do with their time.

Contrary to what a lot of people think, the worst pests here are probably ground squirrels. They can actually cause landslides if there are too many of them. So people kill off too many coyotes and snakes, not knowing they're sending their own houses down the hillsides in the longer term.

not very big game

i only hunt appliances that P*** me off

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I'm not talking about shooting the odd coyote. And I've got nothing against shooting varmints.

I'm talking about people who poison all of the coyotes in an area. And yes, if you wipe all the predators in an area, their prey will multiply, especially small prey like rabbits and squirrels. They do undermine entire hillsides here, when they multiply freely.

But of course, understanding that would take some basic knowledge of biology. You know, that class you skipped to go cow tipping?

Hadn't thought about dogs. I'd bet a porcupine could really wreck a dog's night, and your next day.



Come to think of it, I have seen stuff made from porcupine quills, too. Trying to think about what.

Just a small game pic

this thread is probably meant for big game but i'll put in my little marmot. several years ago i had my first Ruger handgun but i was not very good with the fixed sights so i got a scope put on it. i got a surprise shot at this little marmot up in the mountains.



now i hunt squirrels, rabbits, and marmot with this:



its a Ruger MK II 22/45 6 7/8" slab side bull barrel, Truglo 2X red dot scope, and some specially placed 3M grip tape. this is possibly the most accurate handgun i've ever shot.

handgun hunting is the best for me when in the mountains, i can keep my hands free and they are much lighter to carry. -Eric

Nice Ruger. I've got six Ruger handguns and narry a Mk 2. It's the gun that started it all. I need one.

By a long shot my most accurate handgun is my Contender. I have a scoped 10" .22 barrel for it that outshoots most rifles. In fact, this .30-30 barrel will outshoot a lot of rifles. I have a 2x scope on it and my .22 barrel. I really like the Contender as a hunting system and use it almost exclusively anymore for my handgun hunting. Only one shot, but I don't need, but one. I wear one of those Koplin shell holders made to slip over a butt stock on my off side arm for quick reloads. With the .22, I just dig 'em out of a pocket.

BTW, countryrebel, did I mention that the last "dumbasses who killed all the coyotes and had serious problems with rabbits and ground squirrels in a California canyon" was told by a wildlife biologist type in Idaho?