I went out tonight in the blowing wind and close to 0 tempertures with the intention of filling my doe tag. I saw 6 deer total and am pretty sure they were all does. The first deer I saw came out about 10 minutes after I sat down in my ladder stand and milled around in our grass field for a few minutes then walked to the edge of a little island of trees and bedded down, about 95 yards away from me. I kept my eye on it and it looked like it was there for the long haul. About 40 minutes later I caught movement to my right side in the thick woods, then more movement, total 5 deer, 3 large does and 2 yearlings only about 50 yards away but fat chance taking a shot through all the limbs and brush. I made up my mind if I got the a shot which one I would take, she was limping very hard. All 5 deer got within 15 yards of my stand but with that many eyes I wasnt going to try and raise my rifle. Well about 5:15 I had a good shot at her about 35 yards, except she was on my right side, meaning I would need to take a left handed shot. I raised my rifle cocked the hammer aimed and fired...only my rifle didnt fire, the deer stayed put so I recocked the hammer and fired. All 5 deer took off, gimpy not as fast as the others, I calmed myself down and sat back for a minute, oddly enough the deer that was in its bed out in front of me was still in its bed. I climbed down walked over to where she was when I shot found some blood and hair so I got my cell phone out of my pocket and called the house to see if my dad was home yet. Mom awnsered the phone and asked if I needed help with the deer she had just herd the shot, told her which stand I was at and to send dad out. While dad was on his way out I reloaded my muzzleloader incase she needed another shot because at the point of impact there was hair but not very much blood. About 5 minutes later here comes my dad and we start trailing about 30 yards down the trail there was enough blood that we shut the lights off and didnt have any trouble following it. She went about 150 yards and piled up.
The 58 caliber round ball entered a little far back but came out right behind the far shoulder taking out one lung and a few ribs. Rifle is my H&R Huntsman, load was 80gr of RS powder, Hornady round ball, prelubed cotton patch, and a CCI no.11 Magnum Musket cap. Not the biggest deer I have taken but I feel good about fixing its leg problem.
Not the best pic but better than no picture.
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Originally Posted by OBXPilgrim
