Wife's Muzzleloader Buck

[elkstalkr]

Well she bested me once again. Grossed 130.

Shot with a Rossi .45 spitting 175 grain Barnes bullets (man those things are awesome) with 80 grains of regular pyrodex pellets.

 

[MObigbucks]

elkstalkr,
CONGRATULATIONS to your wife, that's a tremendous deer! I would be interested to hear the damage report from that load, and also how far the deer went after the shot. Thanks for sharing the pics.

 

[HawgHunter]

Congratulations are in order for your wife.

 

[goosehunt2]

Congrats. to your wife for a great buck.

 

[elkstalkr]

MO,

She shot him at about 15 yards, right in the neck. He was facing her.

He took about 3 steps and killed over. Have yet to butcher the deer, but it appears the bullet stopped somewhere in his shoulder.

 

[user 70]

Tell her congrats! Nice buck!

 

[choc-dog]

Nice deer

You did well with your wife...both times.

Marrying her and having a wife that hunts. I hope her sister married a taxidermist, she is going to need one.

 

[teacherboy]

Nice deer, congratulations.

 

[blue duck]

way to go that is a great deer

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM WV :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[elkstalkr]

Here are the pics of the bullet I retrived. It was lodged between his ribs and shoulder on his right side. Apparently the bullet struck his neck, cut his jugular and penetrated to that point.

Bullet looks wonderful. I don't have a scale small enough, but I am guessing 90% weight retention.

Sorry the pics aren't clearer, they were the best I could get.

 

[jims]

What a classic mushroom bullet expansion.