 Opening day buck
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11/18/2017 10:21 PM
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Dekker
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It was 29 degrees out opening morning, I was enjoying seeing several does and smaller bucks moving along the ridge. It was getting to be late morning close to 11:00am and I was just beginning to think about heading back to the cabin to warm up and get something to eat when this buck came busting out of the thicket to my left. He stopped about 65-70 yards to my direct left. I was sitting in a elevated stand, but he saw me draw my revolver and turn towards him. He wasn't sure what I was and turned into me giving me a quartering on shot. I fired into his right shoulder obviously breaking it as he ran away with his right leg hanging. He made it about 50 yards and stopped before falling over. The slug broke the right shoulder transversed the main arteries of the heart, top of off-side lung and came to rest just under the skin between two ribs. The gun was my 8" Colt Python w/4x Leupold EER scope. She is sighted dead on at 75 yards. I was using my reloads with Hornady 140FTX. I believe it would have been a complete pass through if I hadn't ran it through the shoulder bone. The bullet was a perfect mushroom and performed exactly as it should. The buck has 12 score-able points (there is a 2" tine off the back beam that you can't see in the photo and he weighed 189 lbs field dressed based on the meat processors scale. 
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: Dekker]
#186486
11/18/2017 10:27 PM
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SGalan
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What a great deer! Congrats big time.
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Re: Opening day buck
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11/18/2017 10:34 PM
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Handgun400
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My filter is broken.
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: SGalan]
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11/18/2017 10:34 PM
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nytracker
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Awesome buck ...nice write up.
Save liberals from them selves, stich their sphincter closed so they cant talk out their arse
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: nytracker]
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11/18/2017 10:37 PM
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Franchise
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Congratulations on a great buck!
The Eyes are Useless, When The Mind Is Blind
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Re: Opening day buck
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#186490
11/18/2017 10:41 PM
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Bob Roach
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Nice Buck! He is a dandy.
Looks like you made a pretty fair shot also.
Bob
See You At The Range
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: Dekker]
#186492
11/18/2017 10:49 PM
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s4s4u
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Rod, too.
Short cuts often lead to long recoveries.
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Re: Opening day buck
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11/19/2017 12:02 AM
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Re: Opening day buck
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11/19/2017 12:08 AM
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Re: Opening day buck
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11/19/2017 12:08 AM
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FANTASTIC, CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"ADAPT OR DIE". I USE ALL CAPS, NOT BECAUSE I AM YELLING, BUT BECAUSE IT IS AN OLD HABIT FROM MY ARMY DAYS, PLUS IT IS EASIER TO TYPE AND READ.
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Re: Opening day buck
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11/19/2017 12:45 AM
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jamesfromjersey
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your photo say`s it all Deckker...................  and with your Python no less............... 
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Re: Opening day buck
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11/19/2017 12:57 AM
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KRal
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Dandy buck! That one will be tough to top, congrats!
It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger squeeze.
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: KRal]
#186507
11/19/2017 1:58 AM
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jwp475
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CONGRATULATIONS! That is a great buck.
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Re: Opening day buck
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#186508
11/19/2017 2:00 AM
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racksmasher1
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Awesome buck, great shot!
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Re: Opening day buck
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11/19/2017 2:29 AM
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Re: Opening day buck
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11/19/2017 2:31 AM
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PsTaN
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Very Nice ... beautiful buck!!
PsTaN
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: PsTaN]
#186513
11/19/2017 2:36 AM
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junebug
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Nice write up and a hell of a buck!
junebug
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: 45MAN]
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11/19/2017 4:08 AM
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reflex264
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Awesome buck and great story!
"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: Opening day buck
[Re: reflex264]
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11/19/2017 6:30 AM
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Very very nice buck. Great shooting.
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: 45MAN]
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11/19/2017 10:59 AM
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REDHAWK1954
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Great buck! I am glad you did not leave the stand early.
Michael Joe Moore
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: REDHAWK1954]
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11/19/2017 1:01 PM
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500WE
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Excellent! That should help quiet the anti-.357 naysayers
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: 500WE]
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11/19/2017 2:32 PM
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Russell
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It's not the gun, but the man behind it.
Sheriff Russell Cottle, Ret.
USMC; 1967-1970; Vietnam-'68-'69
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: cfish2]
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11/19/2017 3:34 PM
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Gregg Richter
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Re: Opening day buck
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11/19/2017 3:37 PM
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Gregg Richter
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Excellent! That should help quiet the anti-.357 naysayers How true. FWIW the .357 is the minimum legal handgun caliber for big game in Colorado; which of course includes elk. I will say, however, that I would not choose it for elk.
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Re: Opening day buck
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11/19/2017 6:13 PM
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Dekker
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Thanks guys I appreciate the kind comments.
I have taken many deer with the .357 and have never lost a deer. A .35 caliber hole through the vitals equals a dead deer.
As a added bonus, the 18th also happened to be my birthday.
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: 45MAN]
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11/19/2017 9:15 PM
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good shot and an awesome buck! congrats!
"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: Opening day buck
[Re: BBwheelgunner]
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11/19/2017 9:16 PM
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BBwheelgunner
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and happy birthday as well!
"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: Opening day buck
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11/19/2017 11:34 PM
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Rick
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Re: Opening day buck
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11/20/2017 2:58 AM
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Whos the naysayers about 357 on deer? Seems odd
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: 45MAN]
#186588
11/20/2017 1:51 PM
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Way to go. Very nice buck. I shot a button buck with my SRH on the Friday opener.
Did you hunt Saturday. That was a miserable day with rain and high winds. I took my 357 Encore out that day, but after 3 hours I left.
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: 45MAN]
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11/20/2017 11:13 PM
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reflex264
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Awesome buck!!!!! Huge congrats!!!!
"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: Opening day buck
[Re: ahandgunhunter]
#186672
11/21/2017 9:43 PM
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MrMcPorkchop
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Nice buck! Congrats on the harvest with the 357!
Choot em!
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Re: Opening day buck
[Re: MrMcPorkchop]
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11/22/2017 10:27 PM
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Mad Dog 1954
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THAT IS A NICE BUCK. Congrats I have yet to take a deer with a handgun. Soon I hope
Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a 12 pound sledgehammer!
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