Culled Another Buck

[Okie Hog]

Our lease has 8-10 bucks that should be culled.

Oklahoma holiday doe season is running. This morning i sat in a blind hoping a doe would make her appearance. Never shot a deer with a .223 rifle so i had brought my CZ along. The rounds are my handloads using the Barnes 53 grain Triple Shock bullet.

A deer showed off to the left. It soon became obvious the deer had no antlers. Deer passed to my front. Something looked wrong because the neck appeared swollen. i made the BAAAAAAAAAA sound and the animal stopped behind some thin brush.

Only the head and neck were not obscured. i've always avoided neck shots on deer. Distance was about 100 yards and there was a good rest, so i fired. The deer went down.

 

[HC]

Great shooting Okie.

 

[deermanok]

Congrats on a good deer.

 

[dougthejarhead]

Congrats

 

[DarwinsFlinch]

Nice deer

 

[Shorty]

Hi Okie, you got a good eater there. I was wondering how that bullet, Barnes triple shock performed?

 

[DRS244]

Nice size deer

 

[Okie Hog]

I was wondering how that bullet, Barnes triple shock performed?

It tore a hole through the deers neck: Bang flop.

i have killed a dozen or so wild hogs with that load. That bullet exits 200 pound hogs shot in the heart-lung area, leaving a 3/4 hole. i've never found one.