NY 2014 Season Opener

[Hornet22savage]

Today was the season opener here in NY, I went a field with my new Weatherby Vanguard S2 chambered in 7mm Rem Mag. Around seven thirty I had a nice 8 point come at me from across the field, I first spotted him at 250 yds. when he reached about 50 yds. a mercy flight helicopter flew over head and he paused. Facing me in a quartering towards me pose, the bullet entered his brisket and exited behind the left front leg. Bullet was the Barnes Vortex 140 gr. TTSX performed beautifully.

Here is a pic of the deer.



Here is a pic of the heart and lungs.

 

[hawgslayer]

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AWESOME Buck and a great shot :!: :!: CONGRATS :applause: :applause:

Ray........... :yeah:

 

[ShawnT]

Nice Buck! Congrads! artyman:

 

[jims]

A good day.

 

[cayuga]

Excellent buck! Great caliber rifle. And a great bullet. I have a rifle in that caliber but never tried that bullet. Thanks for the hint.

 

[Bearkiller]

Nice shooting! :applause:

 

[BuckDoeHunter]

Congrats!

 

[sqezer]

Not much left of that heart. :applause:

 

[Huntin_Dawg1215]

Great looking deer, Nice rifle, you did good.

 

[Hornet22savage]

Thank you, I had a total of three bucks in that field. I think he came in to fight with the other two which ran from him. They looked to be six's or eight's themselves. He never reacted to the shot, I thought I had missed him until he turned to chase and just sat and fell. There is another bigger eight up there, if he can make it till ML season I have another buck tag. I imagine by now he is in deep cover and nocturnal. The guy that lets us hunt saw him during bow and from my stand to boot but could not get a shot due to a tree. Said the rack is bleach white he may be bigger than eight too.