Mule Deer With An Original 1894 Takedown 32-40

Chasing these critters around with old guns and iron sights makes the hunt more worthwhile. I spent the morning spotting for deer and seeing a few. I did get within range of a nice 4 point, but he took off at the last second and went around a hill.

I followed where he went, got distracted and had to go back in search of him. I found this buck bedded and snuck up on him from the downwind side to about 100 yards. I stuck the rifle over the ridge, he caught the movement and stood up. I shot him through the heart and liver with a 180 grain grease groove round nose bullet...

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Sweet!

Nice buck. Beautiful rifle. Smile on your face. That picture tells it all. Congratulations.

Nice fat Muley..... Good eatin', and an even better hunt! Good on you, brother!

Very sweet, congrats! And he looks heavy.....

I love hunting, but getting me in and getting them out is nearly impossible for me. I have to enjoy hunting through the photos and stories of others.

Nice buck you have there! My father in law had a 94 oct barrel in 32-40. Never had a box of shells run thru it. Wish I had it !

Neat, thanks for sharing and congratulations.

That's awesome! Congrats. Great rifle in a neat cartridge and that's a fine animal.

NIce shooting brother!

Very nice weapon and mule deer! Are you the Shrapnel Mike Venturino talks about?

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Very nice weapon and mule deer! Are you the Shrapnel Mike Venturino talks about?

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Yup, Mike has made a lot of money writing about my mistakes...

That's great. Rifle is as beautiful as the country.

Well, almost.

Nice!!

Healthy looking muley, hope the drag wasn't too far.
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Wonderful report
Thank you for sharing
Mike

I'll confess to jealousy here.

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I do like the old guns. My best deer with a 45-70 and cast bullets...

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Very nice!

Excellent way to do it!

I so want to party with you. Nice deer and good write up.