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Re: Handgunning WT Deer [Re: Randy M] #186054 11/06/2017 2:48 AM
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Thank you very much Randy! She is on cloud 9 now


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I LUV 6 POINTERS, GOOD DEER TO REMOVE FROM THE GENE POOL. GOOD SHOOTING TOO BUT WITH THE SHOULDER SHOT SHOWN ON A BRAGGING BOARD POST, AND A 300 FP BULLET, I AM SURPRISED IT WENT 73 YARDS.


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I was really surprised to Rey...I can't believe that he didn't drop. To her credit, she knew exactly where he was standing at the shot, and where he ran to


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Re: Handgunning WT Deer [Re: Franchise] #186061 11/06/2017 3:25 AM
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Here is my best Whitetail buck taken with a TC 358 JDJ back in 1984. This buck was the #1 HHI Whitetail and was the #1 handgun SCI Eastern Typical Whitetail. It is currently SCI #9.


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Re: Handgunning WT Deer [Re: billa] #186062 11/06/2017 3:30 AM
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That's one heck of a nice buck Billa


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Re: Handgunning WT Deer [Re: Randy M] #186063 11/06/2017 3:50 AM
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She should be proud and id say based on that smile she sure is!

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Tickled doesn't come close to describing how happy she was 😜😁


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Exciting stuff!

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The buck weighed over 160 lbs field dressed. He is a real monster for central PA long before the antler restriction rules of today. I got him on the last day of the 2 week firearms season at 2:30 pm. I was still hunting alone and we crossed paths. Shot him offhand at about 50 yards in thick woods.


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Re: Handgunning WT Deer [Re: reflex264] #186071 11/06/2017 5:38 AM
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This button buck was my 3rd deer with a handgun. I took in the exact same place where I shot my first deer with a handgun (buck posted earlier). It was an 18 yard shot with my 44 Encore and Nikon 2x scope.


Re: Handgunning WT Deer [Re: ruger4570] #186077 11/06/2017 5:14 PM
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Very nice ruger4570. Congrats on a fine kill!


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Re: Handgunning WT Deer [Re: Randy M] #186280 11/13/2017 5:19 PM
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WOW, LOOKS LIKE THE 2017 DEER SEASONS HAVE STARTED OUT REAL SLOW FOR MOST. IF YOU HAVE SHOT A WHITETAIL RECENTLY PLEASE POST IT, WE ARE DYING FOR PICTURES OUT HERE.


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Got some i need to post. Have to get to a real computer first

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My good buddy, Jeremy England, used a custom XP chambered in 450 Bushmaster to take this big buck in Kentucky last weekend. He used a 250 gr Speer Deep Curl to hammer this beast of a buck.


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Re: Handgunning WT Deer [Re: Franchise] #186304 11/14/2017 1:42 AM
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Opens here Saturday. Probably taking the Bisley hunter .41 Mag.


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Our gun season opens here Saturday also, hoping for good weather.

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Rack, don't know where in NY you are, 80% chance of rain Saturday. Snow on Sunday. Good luck!!!


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Thats a nice nice buck

Re: Handgunning WT Deer [Re: magman] #186312 11/14/2017 4:03 AM
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Here is something for you guys to read.
So the early season in SE Minnesota just ended Sunday. There were 5 of us in our hunting party and we managed to fill our tags. I managed to connect on two nice does and a nice buck with both my 45-70 and 30-30. I knocked the first doe off her feet with the 45-70 and the Barnes 300gn TTSX for the 458 SOCOM at ~ 1750fps right behind the front legs and took off the top of the heart from ~60 yards. She never regained her feet.
The buck came shortly before close of shooting time that evening. I was sitting in a ground blind watching a doe feeding in the been field that was clearly out of range given the lighting and red-dot on the 45-70 and lamenting the poor decision to leave the 30-30 back in camp. She suddenly looks up and a big racked buck bounds into view. She breaks across the field and closes the gap with him behind her. He stops at ~100 yards and starts to feed silhouetted against the trees behind him. I line up on him with the pistol on the bog pod, try to control my shakes and let fly with another 300gn copper pill. He drops at the shot but quickly regains his feet. I reload (twice) and let fly (twice) and miss him both times. All this time, his tail is down, his hips are swaying a bit and he is looking around trying to figure out who hit him trying to horn in on his doe. About this time my father lets go with a broadside slug from ~150 yards and I see smoke/debris come of the backside of the deer, high on the back.
He finally bolts toward the woods about 50 yards from where he stood. As I'm packing up (it's well after sunset, the end of hunting for the day) I hear some cracking branches where he disappeared. Strolling over, we find him ~20 feet into the woods on his back.


I hit him ~4 inches behind the rib cage on the left and exited ~4 inches in front of the last rib on the right. He was a bit of a mess in side with stomach contents and lots of blood. My father's shot hit above the spine and passed clean through the top of his back. While I like the Sig-Sauer circle-dot, it has limited range with no magnification and that range drops rapidly with low light.

The next Friday evening found me back in the field with my 30-30 and Leopold glass having learned my lesson the week before. I was watching a doe and a couple fawns feeding in the field waiting for a buck that never showed up. About 15 min after sunset with light dropping fast I decided it was time. I lined up on a young doe at ~60 yards and let fly. the 110gn black tipped TTSX left the barrel at ~2400 fps and hit the doe right behind the left leg, crossed the chest cavity and shattered the right shoulder. She jumped, spun and made it ~20 yards before piling up just inside the trees. I didn't locate an exit hole but never found the bullet. It may have ended up back in the lungs in the gut pile.



In the end, I ended up shooting 2.5 deer out of the 5 our group took. I got extremely luck and managed to be in the right place at the right time several times.

Re: Handgunning WT Deer [Re: racksmasher1] #186314 11/14/2017 11:42 AM
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karl, good shooting!, NICE BUCK!

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Our season starts the 27th here

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I saw 52 degrees, wind and 60% chance of rain for our CNY firearm opener. Now Sunday.....Lake Effect. Bring it on!!!

What are you NY'ers taking in the woods for opening day??

I haven't decided whether to bring my T/C Encore in 7mm-08 or my SBH with Leupold 2X on it.


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Re: Handgunning WT Deer [Re: Spencer] #186318 11/14/2017 1:19 PM
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I shot this young buck with my CVA Optima V2 muzzleloader pistol at 73 yards. I am shooting 90 gr of Blackhorn 209 behind a Thomson Center Cheap Shot. The shot was a broadside double lung shot and the deer stumbled down hill about 75 yards.


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DEAD ANIMALS CAN RUN FOREVER DOWNHILL!


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Dragging this over from the bragging board. Broke in my new RB .44 last weekend. 35 yard shot on this delicious doe. Handloaded ammo of 270 grain Speer Gold Dot Deep Curl, pushed by 21 grains of H110, and ignited with a CCI 350 primer.

Go ahead and make fun of my hat. All my 'buddies' have done so already...hehe.



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I can't make fun of it. I like it too much!!! Who is the maker?

Congrats on the great doe!!


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Re: Handgunning WT Deer [Re: Spencer] #186324 11/14/2017 3:20 PM
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How could anyone in Texas not like that hat?

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Good job, Karl.


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 Originally Posted By: REDHAWK1954
http://www.handgunhunt.com/photopost/data/500/4980.jpeg

I shot this young buck with my CVA Optima V2 muzzleloader pistol at 73 yards. I am shooting 90 gr of Blackhorn 209 behind a Thomson Center Cheap Shot. The shot was a broadside double lung shot and the deer stumbled down hill about 75 yards.


Way to go, Michael. Been considering one of those pistols for our ML season later in NOV. What weight bullet and how's the recoil with 90 grains of B209?


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Ha, it wears you well. Congrat's!


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Congrats everybody on a great start to the season!

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...Go ahead and make fun of my hat. All my 'buddies' have done so already...hehe...


Randy, the only thing I see wrong with your hat is - it's not black.


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Rod, I am shooting a all lead hollow point that is 240 gr. It kicks some but does not bother me. I have killed (5) deer with it in the last three deer seasons here in North Carolina. Try it I really think you will like it. I have it sighted dead on at 100 yards.

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 Originally Posted By: 45MAN
WOW, LOOKS LIKE THE 2017 DEER SEASONS HAVE STARTED OUT REAL SLOW FOR MOST. IF YOU HAVE SHOT A WHITETAIL RECENTLY PLEASE POST IT, WE ARE DYING FOR PICTURES OUT HERE.


Well, I took him Thursday with my crossbow. Our 1st gun season here in IL opens this Friday.

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Lord Have Mercy...that's a big buck...


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 Originally Posted By: Spencer
I saw 52 degrees, wind and 60% chance of rain for our CNY firearm opener. Now Sunday.....Lake Effect. Bring it on!!!

What are you NY'ers taking in the woods for opening day??

I haven't decided whether to bring my T/C Encore in 7mm-08 or my SBH with Leupold 2X on it.

Rob, I"m bringing my new Freedom, and a single shot, not sure Encore or Contender for a long shot.

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 Originally Posted By: Randy M
Dragging this over from the bragging board. Broke in my new RB .44 last weekend. 35 yard shot on this delicious doe. Handloaded ammo of 270 grain Speer Gold Dot Deep Curl, pushed by 21 grains of H110, and ignited with a CCI 350 primer.

Go ahead and make fun of my hat. All my 'buddies' have done so already...hehe.

Your hat is fine, killing hats have many different styles.

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 Originally Posted By: ruger4570
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WOW, LOOKS LIKE THE 2017 DEER SEASONS HAVE STARTED OUT REAL SLOW FOR MOST. IF YOU HAVE SHOT A WHITETAIL RECENTLY PLEASE POST IT, WE ARE DYING FOR PICTURES OUT HERE.


Well, I took him Thursday with my crossbow. Our 1st gun season here in IL opens this Friday.

DAMN!

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He?s a Cull Buck. But, my first with a gun I?ve wanted since the early 80s and finally acquired.

104yrd shot dropped him on the spot with the .35 Remington Dominator and 158gr Hornady XTP.



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I'll spot you New York boys a couple of days, gotta take momma to Lehigh University in PA to spend the weekend with our daughter and son in law and 6 month old grandson. -Are you kidding?- you gotta do what you gotta do?- hopefully that buys me a reprieve for the remainder of the season.I'lll be carrying an encore 7-08 and backing it up with a redhawk in 44mag.

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Nice deer guys. Congrats to all

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