Joined the first club

[300 TC]

Wednesday morning checked trail camera and for first time there was a buck in the morning and it was that morning. That afternoon found me in the stand ready to go at 4:05. Around 5:00 I caught movement to my left. There was a small crab claw buck sneaking through the brush, then flashes of brown from behind him. Shortly two does come out in front of me and started munching on corn I had thrown on the groung. A tall 6 point came in and pushed them away and I thought he would make a good start to my handgun hunting, but he turned an I saw he was not wide enough to be legal so I watched. The deer suddenly left and I looked around. There was a lot of movement to my left that I could see through the brush. It looked like a couple of bucks chasing a doe. The doe ran to the right and came out in front of me. I then saw horns walking toward me through the trees. He stopped, but I could not see him. After what seemed like an eternity he stepped out 10 yards from my stand. I already had the cross hair in place and hammer cocked in anticipation of his movement. At the shot he did not react like rutting bucks I had seen in the past. He kinda hopped took three steps and fell over. I could not believe what I had done, but was totally excited. I was using a SS Contender 14" 375 Winchester barrel and a 4X TC scope on top. Load was a RD 235 grain bullet propelled by 18 gr SR 4759 for 1300 fps. Needless to say no bullet was recovered. Can't wait for the next hunt. http://i39.tinypic.com/2dujsl5.jpg

[kevindtimm]

Congratulations! Nice telling of the hunt too.

[Spruce]

Nice buck and a good story with photos. Congrats, and thanks for sharing.

I did not see a location in your profile. Where did this hunt happen???

Again congrats, and thanks for sharing.

[RickinTN]

Nice deer and a good story.
Congratulations!
Rick

[GLynn41]

great

[Hamish]

Nothing like it, is there? Congratulations!

[Smoke4320]

congrads.. great story and wonderful buck
thanks for sharing

[glockmeister]

300TC, very nice buck!! That should make some very nice eating at your place. Take careand enjoy. John.

[Grendel99]

Awesome! Handgun hunting is so much fun! Was this your first cast kill or first handgun, or both? Congrats!

[white eagle]

hey congrats on the buck
nice one
where do you hunt looks like south somewhere
we got new snow up around here Wisconsin
can't wait to get back at it

[Treetop]

Great story, 300TC. And a really nice buck also! Tt.

[NVScouter]

Very nice!

[357maximum]

Nice buck...good hunt, them Contenders is deadly and fun. I personally eat up more ammo in my singleshots than I do the bolts/levers/semi's combined....weird. :lol:

[LuckySavage]

Good looking buck!Congratulations!

[DxieLandMan]

Man! That's a nice looking deer!

[44man]

Only mistake was you used a BOOLIT! You need to spell it right.
Nice job, nice deer.

[BruceB]

Well, it wasn't exactly a case of "hunting" with a cast-bullet handgun, but my wife "FINISHED" the moose hunt with a .44 Super Blackhawk and cast bullets when her rifle self-destructed.

Do a search for "karen moose".........the thread is titled "The Day Karen Met The Moose".

Wish I had pictures...

[Crawdaddy]

Congrats! Got my first kill with a Contender two days ago. I will remember it for a lifetime.

[35 Whelen]

Superb job and a gorgeous buck!

35W

[forfun]

nice buck congrats

[300 TC]

Sorry it took so long to respond. Spruce and White Eagle, I live and hunt in north central Texas. Grendel, Yes it was both first cast and handgun kill. I was impressed with its effectiveness. Hope I get another chance later.

[35 Whelen]

When I saw the bluestem grass behind the buck, I wondered if you might be in Texas.

35W

[4719dave]

congrats ............. nice buck .After all that hope the hearts okay because it had to be racing

[TXGunNut]

Nicely done. Congrats!