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- May 27, 2021
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So, I got my paramount and managed 4 range trips to get some good DOPE and practice with it a bit, firing a total of about 60 shots from 100-400yds.
Last week my father, uncle and I made the ~6hr. Drive down to VA for the muzzleloader opener at our hunt club. Day one I was in a round bale blind we set up overlooking a pasture and oak bottom. I looked out at first light and saw this buck heading to bed with a doe at 289yds. Dialed 6.5 moa and let him Have it. Hit him slightly high and dropped him with a CNS hit and the bullet/ bone fragments shredded the lungs, he was dead by the time I got to him.
The week went on from there and I saw plenty of smaller bucks But no shooters. Then the evening of day 5 I was in a tree stand on the edge of a 1 year old cut over and this buck came cruising by. Shot him quartering to at ~80yds. Through the front shoulder and out the ribs on the other side. He never took a step.
Overall I’m happy with the gun and bullet combo and it did what I bought it to do, which was extend my range to 300 yds. But more importantly put massive amounts of energy in the deer and put them down quickly so they can’t get into the thick stuff and get away.
Last week my father, uncle and I made the ~6hr. Drive down to VA for the muzzleloader opener at our hunt club. Day one I was in a round bale blind we set up overlooking a pasture and oak bottom. I looked out at first light and saw this buck heading to bed with a doe at 289yds. Dialed 6.5 moa and let him Have it. Hit him slightly high and dropped him with a CNS hit and the bullet/ bone fragments shredded the lungs, he was dead by the time I got to him.
The week went on from there and I saw plenty of smaller bucks But no shooters. Then the evening of day 5 I was in a tree stand on the edge of a 1 year old cut over and this buck came cruising by. Shot him quartering to at ~80yds. Through the front shoulder and out the ribs on the other side. He never took a step.
Overall I’m happy with the gun and bullet combo and it did what I bought it to do, which was extend my range to 300 yds. But more importantly put massive amounts of energy in the deer and put them down quickly so they can’t get into the thick stuff and get away.