Success pictures

[Biohunter]

What would a hunting board be without pics of  the fruits of our labors.  Please post only your own pictures.


This was the result of Dec 21, 2004 at my blind just ouside of Glenn, CA.  Tank retrieved all the birds pictured plus one more sprig.  

[londonandlawson]

beautiful dog

[gwok37]

beautiful dog

Where's my comment!?

Ohmigod. You fascist nazi! How dare you censor me!

[londonandlawson]

wasnt me

[Varmit]

*****Note to ARA's.....please do not look if it will upset you. *****


This is my doe of this year.....

130# , shot at 400 yds. with a .270 mag WBY




Bio...is this pic too "offensive"? If so, I have a different one, but, it's still a dead deer.

[stfupeta]

beautiful dog

Where's my comment!?

Ohmigod. You fascist nazi! How dare you censor me!

was it some mindless rant about how we shouldnt kill animals again?

this isnt the thread to talk about that

[NotMe]

Where did you shoot it at Varmit?  What part of the body?  I don't see the exit hole or entrance hole.

[Varmit]

I shot it in the neck so I could try and drop her. That orange on her neck is the exit hole. Shot with a .270 mag...so, normally a bigger hole..but, was shot at 400 yds, like I said. Took away from it some.

[Biohunter]

Hey Varmit,

Nice shot.  What state do you hunt in.  Wish CA  would allow doe hunts.  A few southern zones are starting to allow it.  Our buck:doe ration is all out of wack.  I had the pleasure to work under one of the leading deer biologists for the state.  It's not good here.  Looks like yours is on the right track.  

How'd she eat?

BH

[Varmit]

I hunt Bama. Ours is slightly out of whack too ...we have too many deer here, so we were allowed a buck and doe a day...for 73 days (in my zone).
With this deer, I was hunting a buck I've been on, but he crossed behind me stead of front where I thought he'd be (was on a powerline). I didnt have a shot because there is a roadway that was having lots of action in the background.
I saw this doe and 3 of her young (legal size does themselves) come out on a hilltop on our property...I wanted to get a smaller doe (do you know what a "hollow" is?LoL..well, I seriously wanted to drop this deer and get a smaller one cause there was quite a few hollows to drag over). I didnt have a shot on any of the smaller ones. They were at a steadfast pace, and I didnt feel comfortable making a shot like that...at the elevation I was on especially (wind factors), at a deer 400 yds away! So, I watched em all and when one stopped..I swung gun on her, lined up almoat a foot over her....and that's all she wrote. :wink:

She was a big ol doe...she was old..and she was tuff! But, hey...it was the first fresh venison of the season...lol...I didnt mind it being a lil tough.

[NotMe]

You don't have to shoot a deer in the neck to drop it.  I dropped my buck with a heart shot.  Right behind the front shoulder.  Dropped him like a sake o' taters.

[Varmit]

I was at a high elevation(wind factors to consider)....in open land (powerline)(wind factor)....and 400 yards away(distance factor) with winds blowing at the south and west(directly at me and to the side sparadically) at 10 mph.

Which means...my bullet I was shooting (130 grain)...there is no way a heart shot , or any other would have dropped it. Fatally wounded it, yes , most definately...but not dropped it.

(I could have, of course..aimed for the head...but, with all those factors in...I decided definately not to even try, simply because I limit head shots to a certain lower yardage to decrease the risk of wounded deer)

But, you're right...there are some calibers with certain bullet grains that can drop a deer with a good heart lung shot. My .270 mag with 130 grain does not do it. (It does, however put a hole big enuff I can put my hand in if shot within close range. The exit hole on this one..I couldn't put my finger in, but it is because of the distance.) I haved upped to a 150 grain bullet and dropped them, but I found that I damage more meat that way.
But, my .300 mag, for instance..with a low grain bullet..I can drop them instantly with a clean shot. (Again....at reasonable yardage (150-200 yds)...I end up wasting meat.)

Normally, I shoot heart-lung and they run off(never more than 100 yds). But, I prefer it simply because "tracking" is a vital part of honing up hunting skills.

[NotMe]

I dropped my deer with a .243 useing 100 grain bullets at 88 yards.  I was kneeling down with no rest.

[Varmit]

Kewl. I did the exact same thing at 7 yrs old. Cept I had a .243 at 75 yards. Dropped her in her tracks.

I would suggest keeping your shots close range though with 100 grain bullets. The .243 is a good gun...but with such light grains, I would keep the yardage pretty tight. Wouldn't hurt to up them some if you want to try longer ranges.

[NotMe]

I shot my antelope at 230 yards.  It only stumbled about 10 yards then fell.