Treetop
12-15-2014, 05:20 PM
Her and her Grandma, Mrs. Treetop, went hunting one afternoon during the Thanksgiving break. She was using her Grandma's Savage model 11 youth stock rifle in .308 Win.
The load was 26 gr. IMR 4227, Nosler 125 gr. J-word partition, RA 68 case with a CCI LRP. This load approximates the 7.62x39 AK round, so the recoil is barely noticeable and Mrs. Tree (and now granddaughter, Emily) have made nothing but one shot kills with it on central Texas deer and hogs. This was deer number 11 or 12 using this load.
Two eight point bucks walked out about 30 minutes before dark and Mrs. Tree looked them over carefully before telling Emily which one to harvest. The shot was about 45 yards and the buck ran about 30 yards. It was double lunged, the exit wound was about 3/4"-1" in diameter but the J-word Nosler really scrambled both lungs.
Emily is a 15 year old, blonde haired, blue eyed cheerleader, but considers herself a Tom boy! She is active in FFA, dances with a competition dance team and loves to shoot! Grandfather pride aside, I'm very strict with all of the grandkids when it comes to shooting. They must prove to me that they are safe and possess the necessary marksmanship skills, before I allow them to hunt.
Last year Emily killed a squirrel at a measured 84 yards using her Savage Rascal and thinks nothing of shooting ragged one hole groups with it, off the bench at 25 yards.
BTW, yes that's deer blood on her cheeks, it's a Treetop family tradition when you shoot your first buck!
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The load was 26 gr. IMR 4227, Nosler 125 gr. J-word partition, RA 68 case with a CCI LRP. This load approximates the 7.62x39 AK round, so the recoil is barely noticeable and Mrs. Tree (and now granddaughter, Emily) have made nothing but one shot kills with it on central Texas deer and hogs. This was deer number 11 or 12 using this load.
Two eight point bucks walked out about 30 minutes before dark and Mrs. Tree looked them over carefully before telling Emily which one to harvest. The shot was about 45 yards and the buck ran about 30 yards. It was double lunged, the exit wound was about 3/4"-1" in diameter but the J-word Nosler really scrambled both lungs.
Emily is a 15 year old, blonde haired, blue eyed cheerleader, but considers herself a Tom boy! She is active in FFA, dances with a competition dance team and loves to shoot! Grandfather pride aside, I'm very strict with all of the grandkids when it comes to shooting. They must prove to me that they are safe and possess the necessary marksmanship skills, before I allow them to hunt.
Last year Emily killed a squirrel at a measured 84 yards using her Savage Rascal and thinks nothing of shooting ragged one hole groups with it, off the bench at 25 yards.
BTW, yes that's deer blood on her cheeks, it's a Treetop family tradition when you shoot your first buck!
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o146/RMAJR/photo1_zps0eea0dd1.jpg