Finally drew some blood.

Shot him from about 40 yards with my 4 3/4" FA 454. He was about 15 minutes behind a group of 4 does.

Nice deer Gary! Congrats!

very nice gary how wide is the rack looks super. congrats
larry

Verry Nice. Congrats!

Nice buck and nice shooting, congratulations!

About 18 inches. G2's are 8". The brow tines could have been better but such is life.

Dam right! That is a nice buck there Gary! Was he shot in the front shoulder? Looks like a bullet hole there!

Yep front shoulder going in took off the top of his heart and out right behind the leg on the other side.

Gary, that is a beautiful buck!!! That's awesome being able to take him with iron sights...SWEET....KRal

Awesome Gary!!!!!!! I love your hat. He he he.

Very nice buck! You really have to have skills killing it with such a short-barreled gun....

congrats....nice width too.

Gary,Good Shooting and Very Nice Deer. Where'd ya get him?

I got him up in Loudoun.

Gary very nice buck there, I'm headed out on Friday morning in one area, and then of Saturday will head back out with my son inlaw back over to his grandpas place where I got my buck. I got 2 doe tags to fill.

Awesome buck there.

Nice Buck Congrats !!

Dandy buck there buddy!! No snow? Hmm...I'll send some down thay way.

You know they had snow south of us last week but we only got flurries.

SWEET!! Nice harvest Gary!

That short barrel make it look like a monster rack.

Nice buck Gary! Good shooting.

Great Buck Gary! I'd love to shoot a whitetail in the trees!!! Great Picture

...and the fact that Gary is only about 5'1" makes that deer look huge!!

And it is not by any standards? LOL

Awe man, I'm jealous!!!

Lars

Great deer Gary...must have a heck of a spot...keep it up and keep us filled in...

Always nice to see a fellow HHer with the GOODS. Nice buck.

Safe shooting
Doug

Nice buck Gary! Very impressive with the short barrel and open sights! What bullet did you use?

Congrats!
Happy for you Gary-Nice buck!

Way to go, Gary. Nice wide buck. I recently picked up a previously owned but basically brand new 4 3/4" .454 83 also. It's quite accurate and I'm very pleased with it.

Gary you are still grinning about it huh! LOL Still a good shot with a shorty iron sights!

I used Winchester's X454C3 load. It is a reduced recoil load but still very capable for hunting and very accurate; roughly equivalent to a .44 Magnum. 250 Gr. XTP.
Load Details

I shot this one today with the same load. In VA we have to shoot a doe before we can shoot a 2nd buck and another before we can shoot the 3rd. Overall I saw 6 bucks today and about 8 does.

That's a fair size doe!

That is called meat in the freezer as far as I am concerned. Congratulations Gary.

I did learn a lesson today though. Don't drop a deer in it's tracks if you intend to keep hunting the same area. Some other deer came in and saw her laying there dead or perhaps caught a whiff of blood and spooked pretty hard. Everything is very close in there where I was hunting but I know they didn't see me. She literally was dead at the base of the tree I was in and a buck got within about 10 feet of her and came unglued.

Especially with the fact that Gary is only 5'-1", it make the deer look big.

great buck