Hey Guys,

I took this buck a couple of days ago on a North Georgia, public land wildlife management area with my Freedom Arms 44 Mag (purchased from board member 500WE).







My load was a 240 grain Swift A Frame and a case full of 296. I shot him in the neck, as he was quartering to me hard. The bullet traveled through the heart and exited low behind the deer's left front leg. He ran about 30-40 yards and piled up.

Since this is a designated wilderness area, there is limited road access resulting in a 1 1/2 hour hike to the stand, gaining several feet of elevation along the way!

It was a long pack-out but at least it was all downhill!

Nice buck! Good on ya.

Wow! That's one heck of a buck, especially for public land.

Great Buck and you earned him!

Amazing deer bud!! I'm impressed as usual!!

Excellent shot, and great deer. That's one to be pleased with.

WTG, thats a good buck anywhere!!!!

You took one heck of a nice buck!

Darrell,

Congrats again on a great public land trophy!

I keep telling you to shoot the smaller ones the farther away/more vertical elevation from the truck, but ...

Very nice deer! Congrats

Beautiful deer!

Congratulations on a nice one Darrell!

Very nice! Congratulations!

Awesome buck

Awesome!!! Congrats! Nice revolver as well!

Dangitboy! That's a fine specimen! Congrats! That's a purdy pistol, as well.

Congrats on a great trophy!!!!

Excellent. You did very well in getting such a nice buck on public land. Most go home empty handed.

DH,
How far was the shot on this big boy?

KRal, he was close! When I first spotted him he was probably 40 yards away. He was making a beeline toward my tree and I was concerned that he would hear me cock my single action revolver! While he was walking, I slowly unsnapped the holster, slid the gun out and click, click, clicked the revolver into the firing position. He went behind a huge poplar tree and when he emerged I mouth grunted in order to stop him, less than 10 yards away!

One other note, about 5-10 minutes before I saw this buck I had a super nice, coal black wild boar pass about 35 yards behind the treestand. Somehow or other, the good Lord delivered me from temptation and I was able to refrain from even drawing the weapon. I can hunt hogs with a muzzleloader in this area 9 months of the year, I can only hunt deer 5 days out of the year.

This time the decision not to shoot paid off.

Thanks for all of your comments guys, I appreciate it!

That's a wonderful buck, Darrell! Congratulations on your hard hunting.

Great buck, congrats!

Great buck, Darrell!

That is an incredible buck. I know exactly how hard those bucks are to come by and how much work goes into tagging one. It is even sweeter with a wheelgun. You have got these mountain bucks figured out and I look for your photos every fall.
My hat is off to you for your accomplishments.
Sincerely, Matthew Nash

Congrats for sure

That`s a beauty Darrell....

Thanks for all of your comments guys, I really appreciate it!

Way to go Darrel!Thats a nice buck anytime,anywhere,especially public land. A hard won trophy!

Very nice. Congrats

Congrats!

As usual, you deliver Darrell! Congratulations on the great trophy!

Congrats on a beautiful Wilderness buck! its fun when they are that close!

Great buck! Really nice.

Huge congrats on a fine buck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THAT, is a nice deer. (nice gun too) WTG, sir

Awesome buck!!! Great leather and steel as well. I like the pic setup. congrats

Congratulations on a great buck. Even better on public land.

Congrats Darrell -- darn nice buck!

Congratulations on a nice buck.

Man, you fellows are dropping some really nice deer. Grats!