Hunting - any luck?

[Bill E]

Nice picture, nice rifle too! Glad you got the doe.

[barretcreek]

Nice rifle, we get a few around here but they're getting pricey. PM sent.

[aintright]

Have couple of toys That I wanted to try on deer this year , but for some reason have had a really lousy season , have had trouble getting with it , all day hunting has been a challenge for some reason .
Anyway , have been chomping the bits to get a shot on a deer with my 45/70 , but so far the only thing I have scored has been a doe in muzzle loading season .
Also have a K-31 I wanted to knock the dust off to harvest another deer with , those hornady rounds punch a serious hole .
And a Ruger scout , but as it turns out I am seriously running out of time will be happy with just dropping the hammer on the 45/70 , hopefully a couple of times in the next three weeks .
Kenneth

[GA-Dave]

I picked up a nice buck in Ohio. We caught the tail end of the rut and he came running down a ridge, followed by a second buck, about 1:00 in the afternoon. I shot him when he reached the bottom of the draw and started walking away. He was kind enough to run out of the draw and into an opening before expiring. The second buck stopped when the first fell and stared at him. Then he started browsing. When I fired a coup de grace shot the second buck didn't even flinch. I had to wait for him to walk off before climbing out of my stand. He was an old bruiser. His hide was covered with scars from multiple battles.

Modern 12 gauge slugs do a number on deer. But they kill on both ends. I found the slug from the finishing shot under his hide. When my friend butchered the buck, he threw away a shoulder because of an old injury. There were remains on an arrowhead under the other shoulder in a long-healed wound.

Now I need some meat for the freezer.

[tmark]

I've always had great luck hunting deer with my.270 Winchester rifle from Montgomery Wards (Westernfield) and my Ithaca 12 gauge shotgun using slugs but I never had any luck hunting deer with my bow and arrow.

The problem was I could never get those rubber things at the tips of the arrows to penetrate the deer's hide!!!!!!!