Finally, after 4 year break. Edit: 5 year break.

[bangbangping]

Glad you got a chance to hunt, rebel.

Since you had your 6BR, you should have just poked him in the eye and saved your old butt another 100 yards of walking.

[plant.one]

nice work you two hooligans!

congratz to you both

[rebel]

Glad you got a chance to hunt, rebel.

Since you had your 6BR, you should have just poked him in the eye and saved your old butt another 100 yards of walking.

He was moving, walking forward slowly so when that front crease hit the crosshair junction I let her go. The downhill was so severe I was a little worried about a head shot - wouldn't try that moving anyway. The way this stand was constructed, 10 more feet and it would have been a no go. And yes geometry and hunting really do mesh and make sense

[gds]

Processed her today.
12lbs Ground with fatback
2 lbs marinating for spicy Jerky
2 lbs marinating for mild jerky
The rest cut into steaks
One backstrap set aside for the lady who gave me permision to hunt her property.

Had my kids helping, got everyone with a job to do while processing.

[rebel]

Good deal. Mines aging in the cooler on ice.

[Mike7.62]

EDIT: Checked my records. The last Deer I shot was a 9 point buck 22NOV2013. So it was 5 years since I shot one.

Finally got one. Using REX 2 Maker bullet 200gr, 5.5gr red dot Powder, out of a AAC model 7.

Entered just behind shoulder into heart and thru lung and shoulder on the side in the picture.



Entrance and exit internal.





She was 80lbs field dressed. She still made it about 40 yds before hitting dirt. I had a good exit wound, but very little blood trail.

I must be getting old. It about killed me to drag her to my truck. wheeze, gasp, wheeze, gasp, etc..

Yup. Big difference from when I was a pup and full of vinegar and now. I found out a few years ago when in my mid fifties that I wasn't young anymore. I have since figured out a good deer drag solution. Plastic sled from the Co-op, tied to the back of my four wheeler does the trick. That sled goes over leaves and small logs as if they were snow. Saves me from having my heart attack me, though rolling the deer onto the sled can be a challenge at times.

I have a sled on order, but no four wheeler. But I may have to rethink that. I was sure wishing I had one the other day.

When I first used the sled, I just used it as a drag, and it works well in that regard. The four wheeler just makes it "sixty plus" friendly.