Anschutz
Lil-Rokslider
On Friday, I hunted a new area, starting on the west side with high elevation and thick cover. I encountered a doe and a buck but couldn't get a shot. After fog rolled in, I moved to the east side. While stalking a doe in a meadow, I missed a shot and double-checked the area, finding no blood or hair. As I searched for my lost rear sight aperture, another doe approached. I took a close shot, and she ran to my right. How did I miss? I started reloading as she moved through thick brush. She came back, following the same path and I fired again. She mule kicked, ran about 10 yards, then pushed another 5 or so before expiring. Upon inspection, I discovered I had actually shot two deer, doe fawns, both shot precisely where I aimed. Through the smoke, I didn't see the first fall out of my view. My doe tags are now filled.
I'm using the open sight MR-X, T/C sabots with 300gr XTP, and 80gr of Pyrodex RS zeroed at 50 yards.
I got a ride to my Jeep and went to our skinning shed. My buddy did one so he could get some practice. The deer I was working on (the one I shot second) was hit on the point of the shoulder, and it exited just before the paunch. The one he was working on had no exit. The heart was destroyed, and it went all the way through the guts. I offered to trade but he said it was fine. We didn't find that bullet, but I wasn't sifting through the guts to find a bullet. While boning out the meat at home, I found the bullet lodged in the knee joint. I weighed it at 280gr and .760" after approximately 3 feet of penetration.
Do I wish they had been big does? Sure, but I got 5lbs of jerky from one's hindquarters, a few smaller roasts from one, a few pounds of fajita meat, and about 10lbs of breakfast sausage (my first attempt). If anything, I wish I'd hit about 3" left on one and two inches left on the other because one shoulder from each was almost unusable.
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I'm using the open sight MR-X, T/C sabots with 300gr XTP, and 80gr of Pyrodex RS zeroed at 50 yards.
I got a ride to my Jeep and went to our skinning shed. My buddy did one so he could get some practice. The deer I was working on (the one I shot second) was hit on the point of the shoulder, and it exited just before the paunch. The one he was working on had no exit. The heart was destroyed, and it went all the way through the guts. I offered to trade but he said it was fine. We didn't find that bullet, but I wasn't sifting through the guts to find a bullet. While boning out the meat at home, I found the bullet lodged in the knee joint. I weighed it at 280gr and .760" after approximately 3 feet of penetration.
Do I wish they had been big does? Sure, but I got 5lbs of jerky from one's hindquarters, a few smaller roasts from one, a few pounds of fajita meat, and about 10lbs of breakfast sausage (my first attempt). If anything, I wish I'd hit about 3" left on one and two inches left on the other because one shoulder from each was almost unusable.
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