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Hello all new to site, but been deer hunting exclusively w muzzle loader for past 10 years, (in DE only other option is shotgun).
Had absolute pleasure of starting off our first gun season by picking up my 2 younger sons from school at 3 and hightailing to one of our blinds for evening hunt.
As we left truck had small deer in field, and 5 turkeys on way to blind. Snuck in gently bumping all on way. next 1 1/2 hour had steady action from deer beyond range, particularly for 8 year old, different group of turkey come out between us and truck, joined by original 5. have deer now feeding just beyond 100yds. but opt to wait for closer shot.
Continue to check on turkeys, some what challenging to keep 4 year old interested even with all game around us.
Check behind us one more time an very nice buck is standing just clear of wood line.
Rapid reshuffle to open window, need to move both chairs, turkey notice movement start leaving field, hand my Traditions rifle to son, while telling younger to be quit an hold still. Buck turns around head now obscured by brush of wood edge, appears to be about to step back into wood. Son says he can't make shot bout 90 yds. wants me to shoot, he was planning on starting w small deer. hands rifle back, I quickly line up, but as I find deer in scope, he turns back towards us and begins steady walk towards us.
All seeming to good to be true, hand rifle back, 4 year old crouching w fingers in ears, I tell him to find him in scope, watch him, be ready to shot when he stops, buck closes to 60 yds, turns to 45degree to us stops. After all our broadside shot imaging, picking lung aim point... not happening. I tell him to aim for front shoulder 1/2way down, expecting about 4" high impact.
Boom..... smoke....... deer in exactly same position........ back end falls. down...... head up for second..spine shot ....start reloading as fast as I can. telling both to watch for him to get up...... by the time gun is restuffed he is motionless... of course clipped spine on way in but destroyed offside lung.
nice typical 8pt, trying to upload pics, any suggestion's?
Had absolute pleasure of starting off our first gun season by picking up my 2 younger sons from school at 3 and hightailing to one of our blinds for evening hunt.
As we left truck had small deer in field, and 5 turkeys on way to blind. Snuck in gently bumping all on way. next 1 1/2 hour had steady action from deer beyond range, particularly for 8 year old, different group of turkey come out between us and truck, joined by original 5. have deer now feeding just beyond 100yds. but opt to wait for closer shot.
Continue to check on turkeys, some what challenging to keep 4 year old interested even with all game around us.
Check behind us one more time an very nice buck is standing just clear of wood line.
Rapid reshuffle to open window, need to move both chairs, turkey notice movement start leaving field, hand my Traditions rifle to son, while telling younger to be quit an hold still. Buck turns around head now obscured by brush of wood edge, appears to be about to step back into wood. Son says he can't make shot bout 90 yds. wants me to shoot, he was planning on starting w small deer. hands rifle back, I quickly line up, but as I find deer in scope, he turns back towards us and begins steady walk towards us.
All seeming to good to be true, hand rifle back, 4 year old crouching w fingers in ears, I tell him to find him in scope, watch him, be ready to shot when he stops, buck closes to 60 yds, turns to 45degree to us stops. After all our broadside shot imaging, picking lung aim point... not happening. I tell him to aim for front shoulder 1/2way down, expecting about 4" high impact.
Boom..... smoke....... deer in exactly same position........ back end falls. down...... head up for second..spine shot ....start reloading as fast as I can. telling both to watch for him to get up...... by the time gun is restuffed he is motionless... of course clipped spine on way in but destroyed offside lung.
nice typical 8pt, trying to upload pics, any suggestion's?