I hunted opening morning of NC rifle season only seeing 3 does. Checked cameras and had a ground blind that was getting hit pretty hard on the corn. My 16 year old son stayed out of school for some reason (unknown to me). I put him in the ground blind about 3:45 with my Marlin 336 pre-safety stoked with some RCBS 200 gr RNFP (cast with coww). After 20 min he had 5 does come in(we do not get any either sex rifle days in the western end of NC). He waited patiently until a spike walked out. He had to wait for him to clear a small tree and let one fly. He hit it from 20 yds forward on the left shoulder and it exited the neck on the right side. DRT - never took a step. He immediately texted me "buck down". I was actually sitting on my parents front porch and heard the shot. I was very proud of him to say the least. First cast kill for my Marlin, no recovery but did the job.
I love the cast boolit shooting and am glad the Marlin has now put meat in the freezer (buck weighed 122 lbs live weight on NC wildlife scales).
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Originally Posted by brewer12345
