Whitworth's deer

[44man]

He was out today and we did not see a thing in the morning. I put him in another stand this afternoon and he shot a real nice doe with the BFR .500 JRH.
We took pictures but he has them on his camera. I hope he posts some.
By the way, he made a perfect heart shot.

[Frank]

I look forward to seeing your hunting pics. Thank you for telling us so we have something to really look forward to. Your reports are always very good too.

[sixshot]

Way to go Whit, did it make a one caliber hole!!

Dick

[Whitworth]

Way to go Whit, did it make a one caliber hole!!

Dick

LOL, Dick! Small hole in, small hole out, and total wreckage in between! I'll put up a photo a little later in the day.

[44man]

When I get the skin off, I will take some more pictures. Spent an hour finding a knife. Some guy I know puts a black handled knife in the leaves after dark! [smilie=p:
I found fence wire, shotgun shells, and 1000 hits under ground, all junk from the quarry days. I think I could run through my woods with the detector and it would never shut up.

[Whitworth]

When I get the skin off, I will take some more pictures. Spent an hour finding a knife. Some guy I know puts a black handled knife in the leaves after dark! [smilie=p:
I found fence wire, shotgun shells, and 1000 hits under ground, all junk from the quarry days. I think I could run through my woods with the detector and it would never shut up.

Stop yer whinin'!

[45 2.1]

I know you two are having fun, but lets here if and how far it ran......... the story if you will since Jim said you shot it in the afternoon and someone missplaces a knife in the dark... Hee hee. All that power going out the other side and wasted... tsk tsk. :mrgreen:

[Whitworth]

I know you two are having fun, but lets here if and how far it ran......... the story if you will since Jim said you shot it in the afternoon and someone missplaces a knife in the dark... Hee hee. All that power going out the other side and wasted... tsk tsk. :mrgreen:

I shot her as the sun was going down. It got dark quickly thereafter. I shot her offhand at about 35 yards in the shoulder, and she sprinted off about 40 yards before running into a log, flipping her over. She didn't twitch after that.

I took this photo right after I shot her and before I gutted her. As you can see, it's getting dark.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/P1000900.jpg

[Whitworth]

She's pretty big bodied:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/MarkoR/P1000914.jpg

[home in oz]

Nice hunt.

[44man]

I don't think she made 40 yards, maybe 30 at the most because the gut pile is not that far from my stand.
Some fool here is cutting another deer-----Dam, I hate it! I have the skin off and shoulders done. Larger holes then I thought in the meat. I need some BIG bottles of Scotch, my day is shot!
When Whitworth gets his own house, he better set up to butcher.
Entrance and Exit

[Whitworth]

Aren't retirees bored because they have too much time on their hands?? :kidding:

[sixshot]

You guys are having fun! I'm retired & I never get bored, too much fun to be had, I don't even want to sleep! Whit, good shooting!

Dick

[white eagle]

good job Whitworth
looks like a good sized one to

[44man]

Darn, I forgot to tell you guys, don't use hard boolits, they don't work. You need TNT in the ends! :mrgreen::mrgreen:

[Frank]

So besides Whitworth's great shot, what you're saying is the boolit acted like the 45-70. It punched through like a laser beam.

[Whitworth]

So besides Whitworth's great shot, what you're saying is the boolit acted like the 45-70. It punched through like a laser beam.

If by blew through you mean that it wrecket the heart and all else that was in its path, then yes! Actually, it acted much like my .475 -- which always gets a physical reaction.

[jwp475]

Congradulation!!!! Whitworth did you fall down? What is the mess that is stuck to the top of your handgun between the sights? You must have fell into something

[Whitworth]

Congradulation!!!! Whitworth did you fall down? What is the mess that is stuck to the top of your handgun betwwen the sights? You must have fell into something


That mess up top would actually help you shoot better in low-light!

[white eagle]

what alloy and what type of boolit were ya using there

[tek4260]

Think Ill leave the 44s and 45s at home and go with the 475 in the morning after looking at that! Nice job. Might as well wear some shorts and flip flops since it will be around 70 in the morning :(

[c.r.]

that looks to be a good sized doe. Nice job

[Frank]

Whitworth:
If by blew through you mean that it wrecket the heart and all else that was in its path, then yes! Actually, it acted much like my .475 -- which always gets a physical reaction.
So what did 44man mean by a hard boolit needs TNT?

[Whitworth]

Whitworth:
So what did 44man mean by a hard boolit needs TNT?

His comment was made in jest as some folks believe that hardcast bullets just blow through tissue and leave caliber sized holes.

[Whitworth]

what alloy and what type of boolit were ya using there


Water dropped wheel weights..... It's a truncated cone bullet with about a 77% meplat. 44man made it. It weighs 437 grains and the load we use runs it at about 1,350 fps.

[jwp475]

That mess up top would actually help you shoot better in low-light!



What ever do you mean? Now, who tuned out the lights???

[BOOM BOOM]

HI,
SWEEEEAT!
I:cry: always feel cheated:cry: here in UT. when I see you guys get to shoot more than 1 deer.:cry:
My only solace is I MIGHT get to go elk banging in DEC.

[Frank]

Mmmm. I'll bet they've got some nice food on the table tonight. The clean and cold outdoors air warmed up by the nice cooking barbeque and a nice piece of newly hunted venison on the rack. How about a cooking picture? You're killing me. All I've got is a frozen pizza tonight. [smilie=1:

[Whitworth]

HI,
SWEEEEAT!
I:cry: always feel cheated:cry: here in UT. when I see you guys get to shoot more than 1 deer.:cry:
My only solace is I MIGHT get to go elk banging in DEC.

So far it has been only one for me.......went out Saturday afternoon again and didn't see anything I could shoot. But, the season's not done yet.