yondering
12-05-2008, 02:00 AM
OK, well this one was only partly with cast boolits, but I thought I'd show it off anyway. :-D
As I sat in a tree, with the breeze blowing from right to left, he and a small spike buck came up behind me and to my right. I was packing my Bisley 45 Colt as backup, loaded with Lee 452-300 WFNGC boolits over 24gr H110, hoping for a close shot under my tree stand, so when the small buck headed to my upwind side I slowly drew the 45 and turned to the big buck, who was slightly to my right, almost directly behind me.
The small buck spooked when he smelled me, as I thought he might, so the big buck took one jump and paused briefly, at which point I let fly with the 45 Colt (one handed, looking over my shoulder behind me) at the base of the buck's neck as he headed away from me. It was a quick shot, but I wasn't letting this ol' boy go without a fight. I found later that it cut the skin on the side of his neck but didn't do any real damage. It was enough, though, to confuse him, at which point he veered hard left into an oak tree, then bounced off and continued through the woods for 75 yards or so before stopping to figure out what just happened. This gave me time to stand up and turn around to put a 225gr Partition through his shoulder from my 35 Whelen. He went down on the spot with no more fuss.
10 points (11 if you count the nub on one tine, that will hold a ring) on a rack wider than my shoulders, he weighed in at 190 lb with his nose just touching the ground since we couldn't hoist him any higher.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/zthang43/IMG_1549.jpg
We fried up the tenderloin in home-ground flour mixed with salt and pepper, and ate it on home-made bread with mayo and cheese. Mmm, mmm.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/zthang43/IMG_1613.jpg
As I sat in a tree, with the breeze blowing from right to left, he and a small spike buck came up behind me and to my right. I was packing my Bisley 45 Colt as backup, loaded with Lee 452-300 WFNGC boolits over 24gr H110, hoping for a close shot under my tree stand, so when the small buck headed to my upwind side I slowly drew the 45 and turned to the big buck, who was slightly to my right, almost directly behind me.
The small buck spooked when he smelled me, as I thought he might, so the big buck took one jump and paused briefly, at which point I let fly with the 45 Colt (one handed, looking over my shoulder behind me) at the base of the buck's neck as he headed away from me. It was a quick shot, but I wasn't letting this ol' boy go without a fight. I found later that it cut the skin on the side of his neck but didn't do any real damage. It was enough, though, to confuse him, at which point he veered hard left into an oak tree, then bounced off and continued through the woods for 75 yards or so before stopping to figure out what just happened. This gave me time to stand up and turn around to put a 225gr Partition through his shoulder from my 35 Whelen. He went down on the spot with no more fuss.
10 points (11 if you count the nub on one tine, that will hold a ring) on a rack wider than my shoulders, he weighed in at 190 lb with his nose just touching the ground since we couldn't hoist him any higher.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/zthang43/IMG_1549.jpg
We fried up the tenderloin in home-ground flour mixed with salt and pepper, and ate it on home-made bread with mayo and cheese. Mmm, mmm.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/zthang43/IMG_1613.jpg