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brown bass hunter
11-24-2018, 08:54 PM
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).
MyFlatline
11-24-2018, 08:57 PM
Cool beans, Now find out why he skipped school :)
brewer12345
11-24-2018, 09:54 PM
What powder charge did you use?
smoked turkey
11-25-2018, 12:03 AM
Nicely done by your 16 year old. Glad the old Marlin came through for you. Mine has done the same with the same boolit.
Ranch Dog
11-25-2018, 08:05 AM
Very nice!
Silvercreek Farmer
11-25-2018, 08:37 AM
Tell your boy, good work! I hunt a maximum season county and have had trouble even seeing a doe to shoot at. Are you seeing any pigs up your way? We saw several rooted up road shoulders last time we were in the Smokies...
marshall623
11-25-2018, 09:14 AM
Excellent work by your son , our kids are the future of hunting and shooting.

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William Yanda
11-25-2018, 09:32 AM
He skipped school to connect at 4PM? Could have done both!
brown bass hunter
11-25-2018, 10:28 PM
What powder charge did you use?

36.0 gr of IMR 3031
brown bass hunter
11-25-2018, 10:33 PM
Tell your boy, good work! I hunt a maximum season county and have had trouble even seeing a doe to shoot at. Are you seeing any pigs up your way? We saw several rooted up road shoulders last time we were in the Smokies...

I never see any pigs deer hunting. When they took "pigs" off the big game list, locals put a hurting on them with dogs. I am in Cherokee Co (5 min from GA and 10 min from TN). I hear the parkway is eat up with pigs.