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pmer
11-07-2011, 01:38 PM
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/175404eb811ceb51f3.jpg

Got this 11 pointer Sunday evening. I was in a stand and looked over my shoulder and he was looking right at me. He wanted to go to his right but there was a watering hole, he could've ran forward or left but didn't. I thought he was gone but he walked by and was very on edge and lunged a couple times. I got a 35 yard shot after he passed by with my 45 colt lever action carbine and a 45-300G boolit going about 1550 FPS!

There was pass through goto post 10 for a correction 11-8-11

He was quatering away to the right and it hit the first shoulder and front right part of the lung. No pass through though.
LUCKYDAWG13
11-07-2011, 01:43 PM
nice you got a fine buck but no pass through ? at 35 yards odd
DrB
11-07-2011, 01:51 PM
Nice.
Wayne Smith
11-07-2011, 01:58 PM
Hit the shoulder, thus no pass through. I assume he hit the shoulder joint, not just the shoulder blade.
pmer
11-07-2011, 02:19 PM
He ran about 100 yards and slowed to a stop. Turned to the right and went 10 yards and fell. His chest was full of blood and there was enough blood on the ground for easy tracking. I suppose if it hit a smidge to the left and hit the rib cage there would've been more blood on the ground.

Either way I've been stumbling around in a daze like a new dad! Everytime I've seen one like this its been too dark or too far away and even one time on a hill with my house in the back ground.
waksupi
11-07-2011, 04:48 PM
Dandy!
gnoahhh
11-07-2011, 05:03 PM
Congrats!
P.K.
11-07-2011, 06:00 PM
Mmmmmm, back strap!
crazy mark
11-07-2011, 09:33 PM
Nice deer. Did you weigh what remained of the boolit.
pmer
11-08-2011, 10:29 AM
Sorry to mislead but I did find an exit hole after another look. I started poking around to look for the bullet path and there is a exit on the off side a couple inches up from the start of the neck and about 1.5 inches left of center.

Boolit went in at the rear lower part of right shoulder joint and DID NOT enter the inside of the rib cage. It seems the only significant damage to the animal was in the neck when the boolit was on its way out. Some how more blood went into chest than was going out the neck.

I'm starting to think how lucky I was using that big boolit. It's a 300 grain RF gas check with a .330 meplat and 23.0 of H110. ACWW with RCBS pistol lube.
RugerFan
11-10-2011, 04:05 AM
Wow very nice buck!
crappiejig
11-10-2011, 08:22 AM
Congrats sir!!,,,nice job
1Shirt
11-10-2011, 09:19 AM
Good deer! Congrats!
1Shirt!:coffee:
fishnbob
11-10-2011, 09:35 AM
Nice buck, pmer. Good looking heavy rack. Congrats!
Charlie Two Tracks
11-10-2011, 09:01 PM
Very nice buck indeed! How bad were you shaking after the shot? I love that feeling. Good job and with your own round...... don't get better than that.
PatMarlin
11-11-2011, 02:55 AM
Very nice.

I've been thinking about setting up a stand here on the property.

Was looking at one in Sportsmans Guide for $60 on sale. 15' high. Probably cheap.
Twinkiethekid
11-11-2011, 08:18 PM
Man that's a nice buck! Congrats!!
Got-R-Did
11-11-2011, 09:15 PM
Super Buck, and you got him with ammunition that you built yourself, Better Still!
I am guessing 155" or better Boone & Crockett.
Well Done.
Got-R-Did
white eagle
11-11-2011, 09:28 PM
very nice Buck
hiram1
11-13-2011, 01:14 PM
good shot be proud
DaveCampbell
11-21-2011, 10:34 AM
Very nice buck! I'm jealous! Had three or four shooter bucks hanging around my place this year, but they vanished once the season opened. Now that it is closed, they're back in the yard dancing around and chasing does!

Dave
Charlie Two Tracks
11-21-2011, 08:08 PM
Welcome Dave. Those deer will do that.....
Stick_man
11-21-2011, 09:27 PM
Very nice buck pmer. Ya done good!

Dave, welcome to the best site on the 'net. Make sure you do a post to introduce yourself and let us know a little about you.

I am totally convinced the deer and elk have calendars and know exactly when each of the hunts start and end.
Recluse
11-22-2011, 01:29 PM
Very nice buck! I'm jealous! Had three or four shooter bucks hanging around my place this year, but they vanished once the season opened. Now that it is closed, they're back in the yard dancing around and chasing does!

Dave

I had the same problem years ago before I got married. Lots of pretty girls hanging around, but never too close.

Once I got married, they started dancing and flirting.

Moral?

Deer know when you've got a gun, and women know when you've got a ring.

:coffee:
Charlie Two Tracks
11-22-2011, 09:00 PM
Very good Recluse! You've explained deer and women in one short sentence...... very true.