Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/24/2017 4:37 PM
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/24/2017 8:11 PM
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I also didn't realize how many great deer James " the boar slayer" had collected. What an accomplished sixgunner!
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/24/2017 8:15 PM
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Life member-NRA-SCI Member-HHI #2900-HHASA #067 Colt-Ruger-Freedom Arms-and S&W Collector Assoc.s "I have more guns then I need but not as many as I want" "Handgun hunters HAVE to be good"
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/24/2017 8:16 PM
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Agreed Matthew! James has done it all...for years
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/24/2017 10:19 PM
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Some really great photos of great deer and great guns.
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/24/2017 10:26 PM
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I'm just glad to be a part of such a group of dedicated handgun hunters. Deer hunting with our handguns is something that we all have in common.
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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James, you're like the 'Rainman' of handgun hunting.
Great pics everyone. Keep 'em coming.
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 12:30 AM
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My best hunting buddy and I, used my 376 Steyr Competitor
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09/25/2017 12:32 AM
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2 does with the Taurus 44 Mag
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09/25/2017 12:34 AM
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30/221 Competitor
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 12:44 AM
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Franchise, you're no slouch with the pistol. Great pics.
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 12:47 AM
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Thanks Randy! Hunting kept me out of a lot of trouble growing up. I love handgun hunting
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 12:51 AM
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rasksmaster used his S&W 460 revolver to hammer this doe
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09/25/2017 1:12 AM
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Another with the MOA .250
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 1:30 AM
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A couple more with the venerable TC 35 Rem.
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 1:31 AM
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 1:35 AM
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The one that started it all...my first deer with a handgun. I was 17 and used a TC 30/30.
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 1:41 AM
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Matthew, my friend, you've made a lifetime out of hunting deer with handguns. Your MOA is one very cool pistol. I can't wait to hopefully shoot it again one day.
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 2:06 AM
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My turn! Not much to show since I'm still a relative newbie, but here goes: First ever handgun killed deer, and my largest buck to date: He walked out at 98 yards on opening day. A 155 grain A-Max from my 300 Win Mag Encore put him down after two steps. One of my sister's friends unintentionally pushed this doe my way last year. 143 yards, also with my 300 Encore. OT, but I just noticed my 30 pound weight loss between these events is quite visible in my face.
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 2:13 AM
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Chance, you took a great first handgunned deer. Buck or doe, every deer with a handgun is a trophy. Congratulations Chance!
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 2:38 AM
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Very nice!
Again, great thread. Been hunting since I was eight years old (54 now). This will be my first season to hunt exclusively with my revolvers.
Very inspirational gentleman
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 3:15 AM
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I hope to get more doe hunting in this year with whitetail and antelope
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 4:17 AM
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Congratulations to all of you! Nice deer, you young guys keep at it, we need you in the sport.
Dick
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 6:57 AM
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28 years ago, and I can remember most of this hunt like yesterday. I was in a shooting box and the woods were so, so quiet when snowflakes the size of half dollars started falling. I could actually hear the flakes hit the powdered snow.. As a crow flew low through the trees I could hear the flapping of his wings... And then I made a shot on this buck that was just under 100 yards.. The snowmobile and the ride back to camp with my buck to a warm camp fire made it one of those "you had to be there moments" which I`am sure you all have experienced in one way or another.....Yea...Whitetail deer hunting is a part of America like no other....
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 12:17 PM
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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: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 1:40 PM
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FA 357 with the Barnes 140 gr
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 3:39 PM
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Wow so a 357 will kill a deer! 😀
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 3:52 PM
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MY BIL
"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: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 4:02 PM
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My longest open sight kill. 65 yards with Ruger SBH in .44 mag.
The meat won't fry if the lead don't fly.
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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Wow so a 357 will kill a deer! 😀 Fluke accident
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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TC Encore 7-08. Sorry for the grainy pic.
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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9 pointer with SBH. Bald is beautiful...
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 4:27 PM
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Randy, the spread on that buck is out of this world!
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 5:32 PM
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Absolute pig of an eight point!
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 6:10 PM
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Dur, your FA 357 magnum will run step for step with my Ruger 357 Maximum, hard to believe but it's true. Nice deer buddy! This is my best 357 Maximum Muley. Took him with iron sights somewhere short of 100 yds just before sundown with a 180 gr. cast bullet, he was down in 3-4 seconds. This is one of about 6 with the 357 Maximum. Dick
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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That's a really nice buck you took there Mr. Thompson. I have always been intrigued with the 357 Max...I wish I'd gotten one of the Dan Wesson ones years ago.
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 6:54 PM
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Dick, Almost every time you post, even if it is about deer, I just keep thinking about those Rock Chucks
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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09/25/2017 6:58 PM
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Nice deer randy and dick. Very nice
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Re: Handgunning WT Deer
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This has got to be one of the better threads ever on this forum. 17 pages of positivity and still going strong! Great pics everyone ! I also noticed the Bragging Board has awaken from its summer slumber. VERY GOOD! But...there are still some heavy hitters missing. KRAL, DarrellH, I am looking for your posts.
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