 First of 2015
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01/05/2015 3:23 AM
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KRal
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The year 2014 passed without any MS whitetail making it to back of my truck. I'd been trying hard to christen my new FA M654. Well....it had to wait till 2015.
This morning started off with nothing but the sound of running water in the over flowing ditches running through the big select cut hardwood bottom I was in. This was due to the last three days of constant raining and flash floods. The weather finally broke and I had the perfect wind to hunt this area I was waiting to hunt.
Shortly after legal shooting time, I heard a slight ruckus that sound a little different than a squirrel scampering. My hearings not the best and couldn't really pin down the direction of the sound. So, I'm slowly checking the 360.
In the distance (250-300 yards)I caught some movement and realized it was just a sapling top shaking. At first I just figured it was a squirrel, but after looking around some more and then back that direction; the sapling was still shaking! Now I thinking "Buck".
I reached into my vest pocket and pulled out "The Can" and broke the silence with a doe bleat.....the sapling quit shaking. I turned it over once more and I seen antlers coming my way....FAST! I reached up and pulled down my ear muffs and stint the smoke wagon. He was coming hard and I had to stop him with voice commands. In all the hast, I forgot to grab my range finder!!! So, I just had to take a SWAG at the distance. At about 10-12 yards, I got him stopped....but couldn't shoot! With his head upright, his antlers was in the way to shoot down through the shoulders and his nose was in the was for a good frontal shot.  Im holding the M654 free-handed with the leupold crosshair waiting for a shot. At this time I started saying...Hey...Hey....Hey....and finally got him to look up at me, which gave me a clear frontal shot. The deer was standing in the center of this photo....  At the drop of the hammer, I could see it was a well place shot; he was bleeding profusely! He jumped and stumbled about ten yards and went down at the base of my tree....  After climbing down, I noticed I didn't have an exit hole; which was great because I wanted to see what the 180 gr Barnes XPB looked like.  Look closely and you can see the entry hole in the next photo; there's a small piece of lung hanging out just above his brisket...  All-in-all, I've had a great season this season. This is the 3rd nine pointer I've killed this season and they've all been respectable....  Oh.....I forgot to mention; this is a public land deer.  The 180 grain XPB performed just as advertised. It entered with a frontal shot, just above and left of the brisket. It broke three ribs when entering the diaphragm, ruptured the heart and left lung, through the liver, stopping in the main stomach...   It broke off one petal while going through the ribs.
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: KRal]
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01/05/2015 3:31 AM
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Ernie
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Ernie the Un-Tactical 
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: KRal]
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01/05/2015 3:41 AM
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SChunter
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My man!!! What a season, and a great way to break in the 654!
Fortunately the .41 is a flat shooter, so you didn't have to employ any MS holdover... 
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: Ernie]
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01/05/2015 3:42 AM
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Congrats Kim! That is a great buck. Wonderful way to start the year off.
The Eyes are Useless, When The Mind Is Blind
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: Franchise]
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01/05/2015 4:03 AM
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That's awesome. You had to work to find that bullet
"Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt"
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: GlennS]
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01/05/2015 7:25 AM
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SEAK
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Enjoying to circle of life
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: SEAK]
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01/05/2015 10:03 AM
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junebug
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Nice deer Kim! We have a one buck limit in KY, and a short modern gun season.What kind of Knife did you use ????
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: GlennS]
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01/05/2015 1:25 PM
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KRal
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That's awesome. You had to work to find that bullet It left a nice trail to follow
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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 Re: First of 2015
[Re: junebug]
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01/05/2015 1:28 PM
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Wow! Congratulations, Kim! That 654 will do the job!
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: 500WE]
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01/05/2015 1:31 PM
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Whitworth
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That is one great buck, Kim! Nicely done! Congrats!
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: Whitworth]
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01/05/2015 1:34 PM
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Gregg Richter
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Awesome Kim! Great buck and story.
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: Mark Hampton]
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01/05/2015 1:57 PM
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Re: First of 2015
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01/05/2015 4:24 PM
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Gary
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Excellent - and a great buck.
You can't wait any longer. Join the NRA and start writing your Congressmen and Senators.
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Re: First of 2015
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01/05/2015 4:59 PM
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Chance Weldon
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Great way to start the new year!
Formerly TN Lone Wolf
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: 500WE]
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01/05/2015 5:27 PM
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KRal
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Wow! Congratulations, Kim! That 654 will do the job! Thanks, Ken! You should know
Thanks for the kudos, gentlemen!
Junebug, I know this guy.......
Last edited by KRal; 01/05/2015 5:29 PM.
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: Whitworth]
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01/05/2015 6:35 PM
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BBwheelgunner
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Good job KRAL!!!
That looks like a great buck, and the barnes hammered him!
"If you are going to go through all the trouble to put a hole in something, why not make it a big one?"
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: Whitworth]
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01/05/2015 11:15 PM
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reflex264
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"A quiet hit in the right place is better than a loud miss in the wrong place followed by 10 more shots on the run"
I was a handgun hunter, when handgun wasn't cool.....
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: Whitworth]
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01/05/2015 11:27 PM
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Zee
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Wow! Don't know how I missed this thread.
Awesome buck and great pictures! Well done, Sir. That's cool how you were able to call him in within range.
"To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
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Re: First of 2015
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01/14/2015 12:24 AM
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gknarf
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Great buck, and a sweet gun. Congrats!!
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Re: First of 2015
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01/14/2015 2:22 AM
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Darrell H
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Awesome buck KRal, congrats!!!
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: Darrell H]
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01/18/2015 2:51 AM
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thadf
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nice job, KRAL. That's a dandy.
I used to hunt public ground only just a few years ago. Very doable, but definitely harder.
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Re: First of 2015
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01/18/2015 10:40 PM
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they just keep getting better.....
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: jamesfromjersey]
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01/25/2015 1:54 AM
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respectable hell!!!!! that is a trophy in my book!!!!
congrats
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Let's go make some memories
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: Spencer]
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01/25/2015 2:26 AM
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Nice Buck and great write up.
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: Whitworth]
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01/26/2015 12:12 PM
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Really nice buck,congrats
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Re: First of 2015
[Re: cottonstalk]
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01/30/2015 1:12 AM
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KRal
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It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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