I thought I would share this with yall
I went to one of the swamp blinds last night(11/03/09) and got a shot but had a hang fire.
Don't know what led me to do it but I went to the same blind this morning.
It was moon bright last night and I got in a little later than I should have so I didn't take any of my luxuries out of my pack.I put on a primer,put the barrel in the rest and went into scope world.
My set up is very comfortable so I just look through the scope (on 3x) most of the time.
I belong to a hunting club (Durt Hill) that leases 4.600 acres 3.3 miles from my house.It is becoming very developed all around it.Within 5 years it will be developed also,so the survey crews come in during the off season with their heavy equipment and make beautiful shooting lanes and trails,thats where I put my blinds.
I never heard this deer come in,I was scanning the cut back and forth real slow getting used to the low light.
I scoped back to where I had just been and caught movement.It was a deer,looked to be a fairly big one for around here as far as body size.I never saw the rack (I have a doe tag so it didn't matter),The deer had it's head down quartering to me.
I later ranged it at 52 yards.With it's head down I could see where the neck meets the shoulders.I settled the crosshairs on that spot and squeezed the trigger.There was no hangfire this time.
I forced myself to not flinch and remain on target as the smoke cleared.
The deer dropped right in it's tracks,there was no sign of any struggle.
I couldn't figure out the timer on my daughters camera but I did shoot a video with it
CVA Kodiak Magnum/SS fluted / 45 cal
3x9x50 simmons scope
90 grn BH 209
Precision Rifles 195 grn Dead Center
CCIm 209 primer
52 yars neck shot
Time for the chores to begin.
I have a Jeep Gambrel
I called a friend in Canada and he talked me through the caping
Thank's Don
All done.
Here is a video I took with the camera
https://s108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/saxman_1/?action=view¤t=buckvideo.flv
I went to one of the swamp blinds last night(11/03/09) and got a shot but had a hang fire.
Don't know what led me to do it but I went to the same blind this morning.
It was moon bright last night and I got in a little later than I should have so I didn't take any of my luxuries out of my pack.I put on a primer,put the barrel in the rest and went into scope world.
My set up is very comfortable so I just look through the scope (on 3x) most of the time.
I belong to a hunting club (Durt Hill) that leases 4.600 acres 3.3 miles from my house.It is becoming very developed all around it.Within 5 years it will be developed also,so the survey crews come in during the off season with their heavy equipment and make beautiful shooting lanes and trails,thats where I put my blinds.
I never heard this deer come in,I was scanning the cut back and forth real slow getting used to the low light.
I scoped back to where I had just been and caught movement.It was a deer,looked to be a fairly big one for around here as far as body size.I never saw the rack (I have a doe tag so it didn't matter),The deer had it's head down quartering to me.
I later ranged it at 52 yards.With it's head down I could see where the neck meets the shoulders.I settled the crosshairs on that spot and squeezed the trigger.There was no hangfire this time.
I forced myself to not flinch and remain on target as the smoke cleared.
The deer dropped right in it's tracks,there was no sign of any struggle.
I couldn't figure out the timer on my daughters camera but I did shoot a video with it
CVA Kodiak Magnum/SS fluted / 45 cal
3x9x50 simmons scope
90 grn BH 209
Precision Rifles 195 grn Dead Center
CCIm 209 primer
52 yars neck shot
Time for the chores to begin.
I have a Jeep Gambrel
I called a friend in Canada and he talked me through the caping
Thank's Don
All done.
Here is a video I took with the camera
https://s108.photobucket.com/albums/n12/saxman_1/?action=view¤t=buckvideo.flv
