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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: addicted on June 03, 2010, 12:52:31 PM

Title: 3 down for the summer
Post by: addicted on June 03, 2010, 12:52:31 PM: 8mm bites another one. once again since i switched to the norma vulkans, nothing goes far. He didnt even let me get in the seat before i saw him. i took a knee for the 50 yard shot, didnt like it so i sat down, was too low to see through the grass so i got back up on the knee and BOOOM. he took a nose dive right there. 13.5 kilos after the gut. drove around town with him before i got to the walk in cooler. loved the looks i got :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: JackOfAllTrades on June 03, 2010, 01:02:33 PM: I do understand that that's as decent buck over there, but I think I'd be hunting with handgun instead of 8mm rifle cartridge. Do the Germans practice taxidermy for trophies like we do in the states?

-Steve
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: saylean on June 03, 2010, 01:35:17 PM: Kilos? Youre starting to sound European now. ;)

How many of those guys can you get in a season?
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: Austrian Hunter on June 03, 2010, 01:37:31 PM: Awesome, Again! Weidmannsheil :tup:
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 03, 2010, 02:11:10 PM: way to wack them and stack them :tup:
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: jackelope on June 03, 2010, 04:14:18 PM: Quote
8mm bites another one. once again since i switched to the norma vulkans, nothing goes far.

how far should a 30 pound animal go when it gets hit by a 8mm?
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: NWTFhunter on June 03, 2010, 04:26:31 PM: Quote from: saylean on June 03, 2010, 01:35:17 PM
Kilos? Youre starting to sound European now. ;)

How many of those guys can you get in a season?

I think due to the lack of meat on one, your allowed 10............ :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: addicted on June 03, 2010, 06:15:38 PM: no bag limits.

for the big game(these arent completely considered big game) the requirements are- at least a 6.5 mm bullet in diameter that produces at least 2000 joules at 100 meters. I would really like to shoot one with my 45 as i think it would be an awesome caliber for reh, but i dont think it will happen.
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: addicted on June 03, 2010, 06:20:21 PM: Quote from: jackelope on June 03, 2010, 04:14:18 PM
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8mm bites another one. once again since i switched to the norma vulkans, nothing goes far.

how far should a 30 pound animal go when it gets hit by a 8mm?

even though i could still dislodge and nearly destroy the heart with sellier and bellot soft points, i have noticed a considerable reduction in runners with the norma ammo. even on worse shots. i guess it says something for good bullet performance. In the end, 8mm isnt a bad round for these deer because its slow. wont blow them up or break the gut like the ones i shot with my .223 last year. The guys that rely on a 30.06 for their everything gun do tend to have nasty exit wounds and the animal still might run.
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: Ellensburg on June 04, 2010, 08:17:13 PM: Quote from: addicted on June 03, 2010, 12:52:31 PM
drove around town with him before i got to the walk in cooler. loved the looks i got :IBCOOL:

People probably thought you were showing off a small dog that you had hit or something...
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: PacificNWhunter on June 04, 2010, 09:22:45 PM: Nice job, your knocking them down right and left!
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: chrisb on June 06, 2010, 11:37:14 AM: No bag limits :yike:

How do they taste?
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: addicted on June 06, 2010, 02:10:20 PM: pretty darn good. a nice fine lean meat that eccentuates whatever you cook it with. venison venison.
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: Moose Eyes on June 06, 2010, 09:13:30 PM: Well done!
Title: Re: 3 down for the summer
Post by: robb92 on June 07, 2010, 07:48:13 AM: Congrats!!! Very nice!