A Roe and a Fallow deer: Marlin 1895 460gr cast boolit

[Bangbangman]

Took the Cyber-punk 45-70 Marlin GSBL out hunting and grassed some tasty deer (and a fox for good measure.)

https://i.postimg.cc/j2VSWdt0/EE8-D3-D20-B8-B4-4686-A19-E-2-C5-D3-FD7-CAA9.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

It had been very wet:

https://i.postimg.cc/NMH3PM5c/A2E03BCE-1C0C-4D53-9B02-8515DA215266.jpg (https://postimg.cc/1ny78yGC)

First sight of the Roe deer (in the triangle of green, across the small valley.):

https://i.postimg.cc/sXL0tStH/F4C4F611-24CD-454B-AFEC-5FFFEF2705DA.jpg (https://postimg.cc/VrjRtSsX)

https://i.postimg.cc/nL0WGNTJ/808AC7EE-9C7F-4AAD-9954-405109FB19E4.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

https://i.postimg.cc/hjv5yM37/EE7B024C-7516-450D-BD1B-688706D73D93.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Stalked in to 75m

https://i.postimg.cc/nVynmQC1/33D11182-161C-4FC9-BD64-313DC8E525EA.jpg (https://postimg.cc/BtCW9b58)

Watched this (out of season) Roebuck while I waited for a chance to move on the doe:

https://i.postimg.cc/KYZVLmPf/5C3685E6-8EED-4013-964E-3DE548F2B96E.jpg (https://postimg.cc/qN5jHVZ6)

Job done; she dropped where she stood:

https://i.postimg.cc/DwFFjkQJ/CB88FB9D-F157-4BC6-832C-96ACEE95C890.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Vd73vhVm)

The buck was inquisitive and circled back for a look (sadly out of season):


https://youtu.be/EfDm8HixuDo

Continued…

[Bangbangman]

Cont…

Gralloch done, I left her cooling and resumed the hunt. A second doe, fallow this time, presented a shot right on the edge of a water-logged copse. Despite good shot placement she dead-ran 5yds into the water.

https://i.postimg.cc/5yWhcVCF/A7A34B2D-31A7-4CAB-9F1A-38F86D87CAC0.jpg (https://postimg.cc/gX4SR14Y)

https://i.postimg.cc/mrJxwMZj/8A8116C3-B1FF-4207-AEB2-63E7A4068988.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Mc7rZnQf)

Hanging the fallow:

https://i.postimg.cc/wB78LFz3/C382B696-352A-4C4B-AEA6-A1B0CB49D9F0.jpg (https://postimg.cc/B89VGTXG)

My 45-70 load: 460gr Mjöllnir cast bullet:

https://i.postimg.cc/V5QZNwsj/BCF73EAE-3BF9-490E-B9F5-814338477F72.jpg (https://postimg.cc/RJdLPjHF)

https://i.postimg.cc/QMLJmPGf/8C772C96-0B9E-4E93-BF6B-D7096BE8D5A2.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Both bullets unsurprisingly exited on these comparatively small species of deer, as they have done with all deer I’ve shot with them. I really hope they don’t succeed in banning lead here in the UK, these bullets work so well in this rifle.

[BLAHUT]

Might want to look into being able to cast in zinc ?? Just in case ?

[versa-06]

Good Show!

[ChristopherO]

T-Rex rated boollits for sure. You can take anything with that freight train. I, too, want to keep using this very effective projectiles. They just plain work.

[pworley1]

Well done.

[Thumbcocker]

Thanks for a great write up and pictures. We don't get a lot of hunting posts from across the pond and that's a shame. Very interesting.

[stubshaft]

Very nicely done.

[Winger Ed.]

Cool.

I thought I was the only one that hung them with the tail high like that.

If you feel the need, check into casting with Zinc. It's in the future for a lot of us.

[koger]

Well done, thanks for taking us along for the hunt.

[quilbilly]

Thanks for your write up. A couple years back, one of your countrymen in Hereford Shire told me about the calibers required to hunt those tiny roe deer and I couldn't believe what he wrote. One of the things that has been on my bucket list from time to time has always been to hunt those tiny deer. I am told they are very tasty.

[Bangbangman]

Thanks for your write up. A couple years back, one of your countrymen in Hereford Shire told me about the calibers required to hunt those tiny roe deer and I couldn't believe what he wrote. One of the things that has been on my bucket list from time to time has always been to hunt those tiny deer. I am told they are very tasty.

They do make for good eating. Of the six deer species in the UK, there are actually two smaller: the muntjac (with its "fangs") and the Chinese Water deer (with its tusks!)

[Dinny]

This reminds me of a movie quote, "Did you use enough dynamite there Butch?" Good shooting! I enjoyed the taste of the German Roe deer I shot years ago.

Thanks, Dinny

[Chena]

Bravo for a terrific hunt that seamlessly combined the best technologies old and
new in a single firearm!

[Bowhunter73]

Congrats on a fine hunt and meat for the freezer.

[huntinlever]

Great write up, congratulations. I used to cast both 425 and 465 for my guide gun, but had trouble getting clearance with the 465 (got the idea from a fine old schooler who loves his Ruger 3....seems I should be on the look for a single shot...always room for another 45-70!). Mind telling me your COAL and bore ride diameter on this one?

[Big Goose]

Great pics and write up, congrats and thanks for sharing

[Beaverhunter2]

Great post and congratulations!