mcb
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Well I spent Sunday deer hunting. I got a nice buck during muzzle-loader season earlier this year so I left the 450 Bushmaster in the cabin and took the 300 BO pistol with my SDN-6 can. I was fidgety in the stand that morning and was busted by two does.
The wind was picking up making everything noisy so I got down and started stalking. Pushed one or two more deer early that morning but never really had a shot. Did find this buck-rub down in a bottom. Would have liked to met the buck that made it.
About 2:30 that afternoon the wind rather abruptly stop. The wood was supper quiet and the armadillo thumping started. We have had armadillos on the property since we bought it over six years ago but the population seems to have taking a marked uptick in the past year or so. They were easy to locate by sound with no wind and dry leaves (like squirrels are), and once located it was simply a matter of stalking into shooting range and they have such poor eyesight that was easy.
Was shooting 220gr Maker Rex bullets (left bullet in above picture) from my 9.5 inch 300 BO pistol and the loudest part of shooting was the bullet impacting the Armadillo. Sounded like hitting a truck tire with a hammer. The bullets worked well going in as 30-cal holes and exiting in large ragged holes. That said it was remarkable how tough a critter armadillos are. 4 of the 5 required follow up shots despite the damage the first hit did. Even the one I hit just behind the head in the neck (between head and armor) required a follow up shot to anchor despite him being dead from the first hit. After the head shot he flopped and bounced 40 yards down a trail. Shooting them on steep hill sides was amusing, they roll a long way after you hit them dead or not.
So not a great day deer hunting, didn't see another deer until after sunset on the way back to the cabin and that was a fleeting glimpse of a doe and her yearling but it was an entertaining afternoon in the woods none-the-less.
The wind was picking up making everything noisy so I got down and started stalking. Pushed one or two more deer early that morning but never really had a shot. Did find this buck-rub down in a bottom. Would have liked to met the buck that made it.
About 2:30 that afternoon the wind rather abruptly stop. The wood was supper quiet and the armadillo thumping started. We have had armadillos on the property since we bought it over six years ago but the population seems to have taking a marked uptick in the past year or so. They were easy to locate by sound with no wind and dry leaves (like squirrels are), and once located it was simply a matter of stalking into shooting range and they have such poor eyesight that was easy.
Was shooting 220gr Maker Rex bullets (left bullet in above picture) from my 9.5 inch 300 BO pistol and the loudest part of shooting was the bullet impacting the Armadillo. Sounded like hitting a truck tire with a hammer. The bullets worked well going in as 30-cal holes and exiting in large ragged holes. That said it was remarkable how tough a critter armadillos are. 4 of the 5 required follow up shots despite the damage the first hit did. Even the one I hit just behind the head in the neck (between head and armor) required a follow up shot to anchor despite him being dead from the first hit. After the head shot he flopped and bounced 40 yards down a trail. Shooting them on steep hill sides was amusing, they roll a long way after you hit them dead or not.
So not a great day deer hunting, didn't see another deer until after sunset on the way back to the cabin and that was a fleeting glimpse of a doe and her yearling but it was an entertaining afternoon in the woods none-the-less.
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