2020 kill thread

[BreechFace]

9 pt white-tail, 4.5 years old. .308 Savage model 12 and a 150 grain Hornady sp bullet.

What caliber is that branch? Should qualify as a "destructive device."

 

[JeffG]

The wife and I went hog hunting earlier this year, and I got this guy. @Paul7 jogged my memory because I used the same bullet to finish this boar, though out of a Winchester model 70. I'd taken a shot at him on the trot earlier in the day and hit his nose, but he kept on. I found him later on a stalk and put a round above his left eye from a kneeling position with him staring me down. The Remington 180gn Scirocco is a winner.View attachment 961760

Awesome hog!

 

[James Fonteneaux]

@JeffG, Thanks!

 

[nick22]

I was able to tag this nice 10 point on the 3rd of November he was cruising for a doe. He approached my stand through some thick stuff and stopped to work a scrape at 20 yards. after what seemed like 10 minutes of throwing leaves and beating up a tree branch he walked by me at 10 yards and I shot him walking. the 3 bladed muzzy went through the onside lung and his heart before burying itself in the offside shoulder. Around a 125 yards later he piled up.

 

[Patocazador]

Really nice buck. Good for you!

 

[shooterm1]

Ohio 8 point here.

 

[Patocazador]

Ohio 8 point here.

More info please.

 

[shooterm1]

45-70 shot at 100 yards. Dropped him in his tracks, DRT. 52 grains of H4198 under 300 grain Barnes Original flatpoint bullet moving 2400 fps.

 

[Rembrandt]

I'm sort of a trophy hunter, go for the big bucks until the last minute and the clock is running out. Strategy changes and it's fill the freezer for the winter. Sunday was last day to gun hunt before late black powder season begins, Took out four deer (3 pictured) in just a few hours with 450 BM before tags expired. No shortage of deer this year.

Still have three more tags to fill for the remainder of the season, black powder and archery.

 

[Masonlaw1]

First day of rifle, chasing a doe, happened so fast and close I thought he was bigger. 16 yards, Ruger Scout 308 with Burris 2-7. 150 grain Federal game load. Trying for mid-shoulder lung shot, hit high spine. Died in his tracks. Ground shrinkage is real.

 

[Patocazador]

Ground shrinkage is real.

Ha, ha. You're right about that but sometimes certain hunters just enlarge antlers logarithmically. We had a club member who never shot a deer that wasn't a "12 point monster".
Every time he shot at a deer, it was always HUGE. He never brought one to camp though after shooting because they "were too big to knock down."

4 or 5 members would go out looking for his deer and usually found it. The largest they every recovered was a forkhorn.

 

[md7]

Killed around 200 yards out. Trailing a doe. 270 Win, from an old Remington 700 Mt Rifle.

9 point.

 

[hq]

It was a VERY windy evening. We saw a few does and fawns before this fellow showed up and scared them away. It was cautious the whole time, tried to listen, backed up, twitched and kept looking around because it couldn't hear or probably even smell anything because of the wind.

It decided to leave pretty soon and walked right across the field in front of us. My son wanted to take the shot so I observed and tried to grunt to make it stop. Not a chance, the wind was too loud, so I whistled. It stopped. And dropped, DRT. Entry wound behind the shoulder, the bullet hit a rib and partially shattered, exited through the offside shoulder breaking it to pieces.

Not a monster but a nice buck nevertheless. Big body (my son behind it is 6'6" for scale), 4x4 with a fair spread.

He's a happy camper now.

 

[Patocazador]

Killed around 200 yards out. Trailing a doe. 270 Win, from an old Remington 700 Mt Rifle.

9 point.View attachment 965503

Great buck, congratulations.

 

[md7]

Great buck, congratulations.

Thank you sir. I’m typing this as I sit under a tree on a tall ridge line overlooking a hollow full of hardwoods. About half a mile into a national forest.

Saw two earlier, but they aren’t what I’m after today.

Hopefully my path will cross with Muy Grande’s. We shall see.

 

[sabbfan]

Nothing impressive to show off this year but did fill my doe tag this evening. 44 mag SRH with an Ultradot, using 240 XTP’s over H110.

 

[Casefull]

View attachment 963007I was able to tag this nice 10 point on the 3rd of November he was cruising for a doe. He approached my stand through some thick stuff and stopped to work a scrape at 20 yards. after what seemed like 10 minutes of throwing leaves and beating up a tree branch he walked by me at 10 yards and I shot him walking. the 3 bladed muzzy went through the onside lung and his heart before burying itself in the offside shoulder. Around a 125 yards later he piled up.

Nice deer Nick.

 

[marksman13]

Killed this morning at 7:15 on the dot. He was chasing a doe hard at 252 yards. Almost let him walk because I couldn’t tell if he was a mature deer. I yelled to get him to stop and when he turned his head to look my direction I saw that he had mass and was past his ears. Took a quick look at the body and could tell he was fully mature, so I squeezed the trigger on the ol No. 1 in 270 Win. He ran thirty yards into the woods and piled up. 130 Sierra Game King did it’s job, but no exit and no blood trail. Best deer I‘ve killed in nearly a decade.

 

[Nature Boy]

@nick22 and @marksman13

Those are a couple of bruisers, particularly that Mississippi buck, that's a rarity down there. Congrats

 

[Patocazador]

Killed this morning at 7:15 on the dot. He was chasing a doe hard at 252 yards. Almost let him walk because I couldn’t tell if he was a mature deer. I yelled to get him to stop and when he turned his head to look my direction I saw that he had mass and was past his ears. Took a quick look at the body and could tell he was fully mature, so I squeezed the trigger on the ol No. 1 in 270 Win. He ran thirty yards into the woods and piled up. 130 Sierra Game King did it’s job, but no exit and no blood trail. Best deer I‘ve killed in nearly a decade. View attachment 967874View attachment 967875 View attachment 967876

I love the deer, especially the mass, and the rifle. I'm happy for you.

 

[marksman13]

@nick22 and @marksman13

Those are a couple of bruisers, particularly that Mississippi buck, that's a rarity down there. Congrats

Gracias, amigo. I’m mighty proud of him.

 

[marksman13]

I love the deer, especially the mass, and the rifle. I'm happy for you.

Thank you. I’m a big fan of the No. 1s. Probably my favorite hunting rifle ever.

 

[marksman13]

Gracias, amigo. I’m mighty proud of him.

@nick22 and @marksman13

Those are a couple of bruisers, particularly that Mississippi buck, that's a rarity down there. Congrats

But, it’s not the rarity that it used to be. QDMA seems to have taken root down here and more and more big, mature bucks are being killed every year. Lots of really good deer have been killed around me this year.

 

[md7]

Killed this morning at 7:15 on the dot. He was chasing a doe hard at 252 yards. Almost let him walk because I couldn’t tell if he was a mature deer. I yelled to get him to stop and when he turned his head to look my direction I saw that he had mass and was past his ears. Took a quick look at the body and could tell he was fully mature, so I squeezed the trigger on the ol No. 1 in 270 Win. He ran thirty yards into the woods and piled up. 130 Sierra Game King did it’s job, but no exit and no blood trail. Best deer I‘ve killed in nearly a decade. View attachment 967874View attachment 967875 View attachment 967876

Well done, sir. And a fellow Mississippian to boot!

 

[marksman13]

Well done, sir. And a fellow Mississippian to boot!

Looks like you killed a heck of a deer, yourself. The rut seems to be starting to wind down just a bit, but they are obviously still chasing does at the moment.