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- Jan 3, 2016
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Again, CVA Accura V2, Barnes 250 Expander, 100 grains BH 209, 40 yards, quartering to me. I almost lost this one. It took him a while to give me an ethical shot at 40 yards. I watched his direction of travel, picked a clear lane with no obstructions, and put my crosshairs on it. He was exiting a cutover into a creek bottom; as he was entering the creek bottom, he would take a step, stop, look...repeat. Anyway, when he stepped into my chosen lane I shot, but it was clear he took an extra step as my booger hook activated the bang switch. I have never seen anything like his reaction. He stopped, looked, turned around right where he was 270 degrees, and bedded down.
I reloaded, but I did not want to shoot him on the ground, gave him about 30 minutes, and climbed down. While climbing down, he got up walked 15 feet and bedded down again. I gave him another 30 minutes upon hitting the ground out of my stand. I walked over to him, and about 10 feet away, he got up and ran tucked tail into the cutover about twenty feet. I backed out and came back an hour later with my wonderful neighbors to recover him. We jumped him twice (I know, bad decision), and decided t leave him alone for the night. We went back today and got him. Smelly.
Long story short, gut/liver shot and exited through his left rear ham. That extra step or two really made the difference...10 inches or so to the right, DRT. As it was, overnight stress and little to no blood trail.
Thank you for your sacrifice brother.
I reloaded, but I did not want to shoot him on the ground, gave him about 30 minutes, and climbed down. While climbing down, he got up walked 15 feet and bedded down again. I gave him another 30 minutes upon hitting the ground out of my stand. I walked over to him, and about 10 feet away, he got up and ran tucked tail into the cutover about twenty feet. I backed out and came back an hour later with my wonderful neighbors to recover him. We jumped him twice (I know, bad decision), and decided t leave him alone for the night. We went back today and got him. Smelly.
Long story short, gut/liver shot and exited through his left rear ham. That extra step or two really made the difference...10 inches or so to the right, DRT. As it was, overnight stress and little to no blood trail.
Thank you for your sacrifice brother.