Post by: BULLBLASTER on October 21, 2012, 10:31:44 AM
we rested for mid day and came back out around 4. i spotted this buck in some real thick CRP that the deer like to hide in (you can only see antler tips when they stand up. after a few times seeing this deer we determined he was a shooter and we closed the distance to 150 yards from his position. we then waited for an hour with nothing happening. i then decided to go "bird dog" for Jamie. i snuck into the bucks bed and he busted at about 6-8 yards and ran directly toward Jamie and passed her at 30 yards but she doesnt feel comfortable taking a moving shot so she passed. i watched the deer stop just down the draw so we snuck doen there and spotted the buck on the far treeline. i stopped the buck with a grunt at 220 yards and she bangflopped it with a 90 grain accubond from my 243. went in right in front of the close shoulder and exited right behind the opposite shoulder.
this was a very old deer whose teeth were worn to the gum line.
the buck had healed from a broken back at some point as his spone had a 2 inch kink in it about mid back and there was a softball sized puss pocket on the tenderloins :puke: .
he had played the game numerous times and was not planning on leaving that brush pocket anytime in the daylight. but we got him!
thanks for looking!
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on October 22, 2012, 10:59:21 AM
oh well. Still got plenty of meat. Whatever made the injury went in at a sharp angle toward the hips through the spine and came out through the tenderloin. Surprised it didn't paralyze the buck like a spine hit usually does.
Post by: Blacktail Sniper on October 22, 2012, 11:25:27 AM
Post by: quacksmoker on October 22, 2012, 12:59:55 PM
I had something similar happen with a hog I shot in Texas. Pure nastiness!