Well I went to the farm Sat night and set up a second portable blind. The wind as predicted was out of the north on opening morning. The corn is still standing and I fear the worst for this season as locating deer will be hard due to the corn.
Season opens at 6:59am here and there isn't much going on. About 7:30 I here one of the others on the farm shoot and later learn that he harvested a small basket 6 point. This was his first deer in close to 20 years so he was very excited.
Things quiet back down and not much going on when I have five deer trotting down the edge of the hay field I am setting on. Looks to be two mature does with three good sized yearlings. The empty freezer at home looms large in my mind as I look them over knowing I will only have three short days to hunt this firearm season. As they pass by my blind I pick out one of the mature does and try to keep her in my scope. At 110 yards out they stop and huddle up into a tight ball and I lose the one I have been concentrating on in the group. They stand there for what seemed like a eternity but was probable only a couple of minutes and start to spread back out. I find one of the large does in the scope and the savage roars. I am watching as they run further down the field but one is already starting to lag. She catches up and turns to the right and I can see the blood on her side as she falls to the ground. The four remaining deer run for the south east end of the field and into the woods. I know the one is laying right there next to the corn but when I look back I can no longer see her laying there. I sit for 30 anxious minutes then head over to where she was seen last. As I walk up the edge of the corn I find a heavy blood trail leading into the corn. It was a very short and easy track of about 20 yard to where I found her.
Bullet was a .458 Rem HP in a orange MMP sabot over 110gr volume BH209 with a CCI 209m primer. No bullet recovery pass thru shot enter about 2 inches behind the diaphragm on her left side and exited out right front shoulder. Got both lungs as it angled thru. I love these bullets as every one has put the deer down in a very short time with great blood trails. Hope to get a picture from one of the others at the farm as they are on his camera at this time. Too warm here to let it hang so it was skinned quartered and in the cooler within a couple of hours. Weighed in at 147lbs
DC
Season opens at 6:59am here and there isn't much going on. About 7:30 I here one of the others on the farm shoot and later learn that he harvested a small basket 6 point. This was his first deer in close to 20 years so he was very excited.
Things quiet back down and not much going on when I have five deer trotting down the edge of the hay field I am setting on. Looks to be two mature does with three good sized yearlings. The empty freezer at home looms large in my mind as I look them over knowing I will only have three short days to hunt this firearm season. As they pass by my blind I pick out one of the mature does and try to keep her in my scope. At 110 yards out they stop and huddle up into a tight ball and I lose the one I have been concentrating on in the group. They stand there for what seemed like a eternity but was probable only a couple of minutes and start to spread back out. I find one of the large does in the scope and the savage roars. I am watching as they run further down the field but one is already starting to lag. She catches up and turns to the right and I can see the blood on her side as she falls to the ground. The four remaining deer run for the south east end of the field and into the woods. I know the one is laying right there next to the corn but when I look back I can no longer see her laying there. I sit for 30 anxious minutes then head over to where she was seen last. As I walk up the edge of the corn I find a heavy blood trail leading into the corn. It was a very short and easy track of about 20 yard to where I found her.
Bullet was a .458 Rem HP in a orange MMP sabot over 110gr volume BH209 with a CCI 209m primer. No bullet recovery pass thru shot enter about 2 inches behind the diaphragm on her left side and exited out right front shoulder. Got both lungs as it angled thru. I love these bullets as every one has put the deer down in a very short time with great blood trails. Hope to get a picture from one of the others at the farm as they are on his camera at this time. Too warm here to let it hang so it was skinned quartered and in the cooler within a couple of hours. Weighed in at 147lbs
DC
