Klickitat Buck

[EastWaViking]

Johnny Horton, battle of New Orleans.

[300rum]

ding ding ding

[Swiftkid]

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[MichaelJ]

Good to know he was tagged!  Congrats to your pops...

Michael

[nw_bowhunter]

That is too bad this happened. I'm not sure I like the comment that the deer will live and be okay. He was shot with a 7mm, that is about as bad as saying my arrow only wounded him but he’ll make it. Also not sure it matters where you live as a reason to justify shooting skills. Just punch your tag and make sure not to shoot another buck.

[bow4elk]

That is too bad this happened. I'm not sure I like the comment that the deer will live and be okay. He was shot with a 7mm, that is about as bad as saying my arrow only wounded him but he’ll make it. Also not sure it matters where you live as a reason to justify shooting skills. Just punch your tag and make sure not to shoot another buck.

Ditto...

[Swiftkid]

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[bigbeamhunter]

just let it go it happens

[SilkWWU]

That is too bad this happened. I'm not sure I like the comment that the deer will live and be okay. He was shot with a 7mm, that is about as bad as saying my arrow only wounded him but he’ll make it. Also not sure it matters where you live as a reason to justify shooting skills. Just punch your tag and make sure not to shoot another buck.

Not that I think the shot was ethical or unethical, that's a hunters decision IMO, but where do you get off telling someone to punch their tag?  On top of the fact that the animal was taken, should he not be allowed to fill his freezer with food?  Give me a break.  400 yards is a long shot, but hardly "unethical" in my book if you can make it.

[nw_bowhunter]

Give me a break...muscle wound?  I made the comment because too many people talk about animals shot and how it got away, or there was very little blood and it will make it....Not the case.  Seriously how many animals actually can survive the winter after being shot with a rifle or arrow.

BTW, I do have the right to say punch the tag, I'm not saying do not look for it and make an effort, just do not hunt any more deer this year.

I'm not the most experienced hunter on the block, however I have taken enough animals to know what a fatal wound vs, animal shot with less than perfect kill shot... Animals react differently, but the simple fact there is little blood doesn't mean the animal did not lay down and now can't get up. I bet the buck went and holed up and either can't move or is severely hurt and will become predator food.

[X-Force]

I found out today that he had been takin by a hunter that was passing by on a near by road. Believe me i looked good and hard for 3 days, to find out today that less then 20 mins after he had last been seen he was already tagged.

BTW, I do have the right to say punch the tag, I'm not saying do not look for it and make an effort, just do not hunt any more deer this year.

If the deer is tagged and the kid knows for sure its the same deer he shot then IMO the animal is tagged. I agree with you, nw_bowhunter that if you wound an animal and even have the slightest thought of it being dead you should punch the tag for that animal. But Swiftkid says that he knows this buck has been taken by someone else so there is no reason for him to punch his tag.

[Sagedawg]

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I shoot a 120 grain ballistic tip with 62 grains of imr 4064 , it shoots flat,[/quote]

  Just curious, why do you download the 7mm with the 120 gr? My way of thinking would be a 25/06 or if you wanted a mag the 257 roy or a 257STW.  Does the factory twist of your rifle stablize that bullet?  The lightest I  can shoot without loss of accuracy are 140's.


  Sage

[Geno]

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If the deer is tagged and the kid knows for sure its the same deer he shot then IMO the animal is tagged. I agree with you, nw_bowhunter that if you wound an animal and even have the slightest thought of it being dead you should punch the tag for that animal. But Swiftkid says that he knows this buck has been taken by someone else so there is no reason for him to punch his tag.
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I agree, use better judgement next time on the shot, but if the deer was tagged and it is for sure the same deer then why should he punch his tag?