Doe down, testament to the H-I team help with my reloading!
Nov 16, 2021 10:26:59 GMT -5
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Post by HighCotton on Nov 16, 2021 10:26:59 GMT -5
First, I'll give a huge thanks to Woody for founding and keeping this site rolling!
In many ways, yesterday's culmination was possible because of the friends I've made here through the years.
And it started years ago, when whitetail1 convinced me to join!
This little story started back in the winter when I was looking to try my hand at reloading some rifle rounds, particularly, the 7mm Rem Mag for my Mossberg Patriot.
The detailed notes are in the Reloading section I called "Big salty 7."
I hooked up with saltydog and he set me up with the dies back in February.
From there, I corresponded mostly with esshup, bullseye69 and deadeer. They all helped me with everything including brass, primers, powder, load data and recommendations.
I've also kept in touch with my old buddy jackryan since he still has my old bird dog, Duke! He's become a tremendous friend and source of information on all things weapon oriented.
The more I chatted with these guys, the more confident I became.
For some reason, I just found the process of reloading rifle rounds to be more difficult than handgun loads.
That brings me to yesterday morning. The sunrise was gorgeous. Action was decent from the stand. About 9am, I heard noise to my east that sounded like a herd of elephants coming through the woods. A few seconds later, it looked like a big ole brown freight train with legs running towards me. I could tell that the lead doe appeared to be biggest leading the bunch.
The group ran 10 yards right in front of me. It turned out to be 8 does and/or yearlings, being chased by a basket rack buck!
Once into the picked cornfield, lead Mama doe stopped on a dime, turned broadside and looked straight up at me. She made me!
Stomped her left hoof once.
And I pulled the trigger!
She took off like a wild stallion out of a starting gate and piled up in the field!
I later ranged where I shot her at 33 yards.
She was on the ground at 106 yards.
The 140 gr Barnes, TTSX, BT bullet obliterated 1/3 of her heart. I was a little surprised that it was also a complete pass through at that close of a shot.
A nice Nanny doe, that dressed out 141 lbs!
There was just something extra special for me to take this deer with one of my handloads!
I just wanted to give a gracious shout of thanks out to those here at Hunt- Indiana for assistance!
In many ways, yesterday's culmination was possible because of the friends I've made here through the years.
And it started years ago, when whitetail1 convinced me to join!
This little story started back in the winter when I was looking to try my hand at reloading some rifle rounds, particularly, the 7mm Rem Mag for my Mossberg Patriot.
The detailed notes are in the Reloading section I called "Big salty 7."
I hooked up with saltydog and he set me up with the dies back in February.
From there, I corresponded mostly with esshup, bullseye69 and deadeer. They all helped me with everything including brass, primers, powder, load data and recommendations.
I've also kept in touch with my old buddy jackryan since he still has my old bird dog, Duke! He's become a tremendous friend and source of information on all things weapon oriented.
The more I chatted with these guys, the more confident I became.
For some reason, I just found the process of reloading rifle rounds to be more difficult than handgun loads.
That brings me to yesterday morning. The sunrise was gorgeous. Action was decent from the stand. About 9am, I heard noise to my east that sounded like a herd of elephants coming through the woods. A few seconds later, it looked like a big ole brown freight train with legs running towards me. I could tell that the lead doe appeared to be biggest leading the bunch.
The group ran 10 yards right in front of me. It turned out to be 8 does and/or yearlings, being chased by a basket rack buck!
Once into the picked cornfield, lead Mama doe stopped on a dime, turned broadside and looked straight up at me. She made me!
Stomped her left hoof once.
And I pulled the trigger!
She took off like a wild stallion out of a starting gate and piled up in the field!
I later ranged where I shot her at 33 yards.
She was on the ground at 106 yards.
The 140 gr Barnes, TTSX, BT bullet obliterated 1/3 of her heart. I was a little surprised that it was also a complete pass through at that close of a shot.
A nice Nanny doe, that dressed out 141 lbs!
There was just something extra special for me to take this deer with one of my handloads!
I just wanted to give a gracious shout of thanks out to those here at Hunt- Indiana for assistance!
