WV, in all its wisdom, has a Youth Doe Season now. To qualify you has to profess to be young at heart and meet age requirements( younger than 15 or older than 100, I believe). This year I met both criteria.
It came at a good time since I'm planning on a hunt for a smallish animal and I needed gun/load testing as I always do. I started testing on groundhogs. 6.5JDJ,120 gr. AB; .250 Sav. AI 85 gr. BT and 100 gr. X; .25-06, 100 gr. AB, 100 gr. x, 120 gr. NPT. All of these created too much damage in 'hogs. Then I tried my "black sheep" gun, my 6mm AI. It did good on SD prairie dogs with 70 gr. BTs, but probably not the right bullet for my purpose.
I was in an old country store that dabbled in reloading supplies. I saw a super dirty box (it was so old) of 6mm 85 gr. NPTs. Ah! Ha! The price was super cheap, so nothing to loose.
I went to a farm that had 2 groundhogs that no one had been able to kill, mostly by being impatient. I took magazines and my Bog Pod with the 6mm AL Encore. I sat a total of 2 1/2 hours and got both of them at 110 and 170 yds. Exits were small and damage was not bad.
I still needed a bigger test. Enter Youth Doe Season. I went to a friends farm, magazines, Bog Pod, 6mm AI, 85 gr. NPT. I wanted a shot at 150-250 yds. Didn't know how it would do at long range. I sat for 3 hours before I saw deer. Six came out, but not where I wanted them. The largest doe was 352 yds. I hesitated taking the shot, but I'm not one to be mild mannered.
I put the proper Plex of my 3-12X BPlex scope on the doe and fired. To my utter shock, she dropped without any movement!
The autopsy showed the hit to be 4" behind the shoulder (I forgot to hold for the 3-4mph wind), with 2 1/2" of internal damage and a 3/4" exit. Big doe, big hit, big shot. I felt "young" again.

Good work!
Thanks for the information.

The Hitman does work again. Man I miss the Sixgunner. These stories and data were the best.

Awesome shot, Doc! Congrats and thanks for sharing your stories.

I WAS HHI #1496 AND READ ALL THE HITMAN'S ARTICLES SINCE THEN. I TOO MISS THE SIXGUNNER AND BOY AM I GLAD WE HAVE THIS SITE. I STILL HAVE ALL MY SIXGUNNER ISSUES. WHEN I GET TIME I WANT TO DO SOME "DE JA VU ALL OVER AGAIN" SUMMARIES FOR THIS SITE OF SOME OF THE OLD SIXGUNNER ARTICLES.

P.S. FOR YOU YOUNGER GUYS "DE JA VU ALL OVER AGAIN" WAS A FAMOUS SAYING BY YOGI BERRA.

P.S. ALL OVER AGAIN: YOGI WAS A HALL OF FAME CATCHER FOR THE NEW YORK YANKEES.

Now that The Sixgunner is no more, we'd all really enjoy it if you'd post your hunts on this forum. The more the better!

Congrats! on a successful hunt.

Doc Larry,

I like your style! Patience is a virtue that I am not good at!

Way to go Doc, keep them coming!

Great shot! Congratulations!

Great story and outstanding balllstics/accuracy from the 6mm from an AI chamber. I didn't know regular rounds would do that well from the improved chamber.

You just can`t keep a good man down......JD posted on another site about an old time hunter who killed 2000 deer and 500 black bear and I asked him if Doc Rogers comes close with his "hogs" and he said he will check adding that you took over 1000 deer...

Don`t stop now Doc Rogers...Don`t stop

Rey, In `60 I went to the Bronx and watched Yogi play a double header against Cleveland...Yanks won both games....

Outstanding!!

Wow! Great job!

add on to above post: JDJ called Doc and was reminded he was with Doc on his 2000th deer kill which now total 2367 along with 13,090 ground hogs.... and how many ground hogs have you shot today?????

James, you have created a monster. I'm not computer intelligent. Spent 42 years of taking care of people, not worrying about computer stuff. When photo bucket screwed everybody I was lost on posting photos. We're like "phone buddys" now I've spent much time with you on the phone asking and reasking for your help. This current post was done on my own, a big thing for me.
Thanks, James. You were a friend, indeed.

WV Hitman
Congratulations on your youth season doe.