A Sad day for the "Smokeless" Encore!
Jan 6, 2019 22:29:11 GMT -5
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Post by HighCotton on Jan 6, 2019 22:29:11 GMT -5
The streak has been broken! After 21 straight years of dropping a deer, the ole girl went "smokeless" this season!
Try as I might, we just couldn't seal the deal with her this year.
As seen in this pic, the only load I have ever used is 100 grains (2 pellets) and the green Hornady XTP, 240 gr, 50 cal sabot. The Nikon Buckmaster scope has never been off since I installed it in 1997.
The gun has been flawless for me. She's taken deer within 20 yards and out to 178 yards.
This season was plain wacky. After my buddy shot his buck in mid November, we compared notes and to the best of our calculations, we saw a total of 8 deer on a cumulative 12 hunts. By my notes, I have never had such a lean December/January.
Of all the crazy things, my success came early with the Wally World, Wicked Ridge crossbow special.
Don't take me wrong here! I'm not complaining as I ended up with a great harvest and the freezer is fairly full. I'm very blessed! The best memory of my season was watching my buddy take his first buck, I watched the whole scenario play out through my binoculars!
But still, from mid November through this closing weekend, it was like a deer famine or blight came thru the property at Parke County.
As for the Encore?! She's still one of my favorite guns. And she'll see action again someday!
Try as I might, we just couldn't seal the deal with her this year.
As seen in this pic, the only load I have ever used is 100 grains (2 pellets) and the green Hornady XTP, 240 gr, 50 cal sabot. The Nikon Buckmaster scope has never been off since I installed it in 1997.
The gun has been flawless for me. She's taken deer within 20 yards and out to 178 yards.
This season was plain wacky. After my buddy shot his buck in mid November, we compared notes and to the best of our calculations, we saw a total of 8 deer on a cumulative 12 hunts. By my notes, I have never had such a lean December/January.
Of all the crazy things, my success came early with the Wally World, Wicked Ridge crossbow special.
Don't take me wrong here! I'm not complaining as I ended up with a great harvest and the freezer is fairly full. I'm very blessed! The best memory of my season was watching my buddy take his first buck, I watched the whole scenario play out through my binoculars!
But still, from mid November through this closing weekend, it was like a deer famine or blight came thru the property at Parke County.
As for the Encore?! She's still one of my favorite guns. And she'll see action again someday!
Seems like every time I get a new deer gun I can't make it happen with it the first season that I have it.