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Just got back from a late 'anterless only' IL deer hunt. I took my new 45 cal Knight Elite with a Ziess 3-9 Conquest scope. This scope was on another gun I haven't shot in years, so I moved it over.
My load was 110 grns of B209, 200 grn SST, CCIM primer, Lehigh breechplug, with my trigger adjusted to 2.5 lbs.
My 2 shots were rather close, both about 25-30 yrds. Both deer went less than 10 feet. My goal is to set up for more precision with the 100-150 yrd shots, & I do plan to work on that before next Fall.
The other guys hunted with slug guns, Savage & an A-Bolt. The shot-to-deer ratio with the M-L out did the slug guns by a WIDE margin. That's kinda funny since at times they seem to think I'm handicapping myself with the M-L.
My load was 110 grns of B209, 200 grn SST, CCIM primer, Lehigh breechplug, with my trigger adjusted to 2.5 lbs.
My 2 shots were rather close, both about 25-30 yrds. Both deer went less than 10 feet. My goal is to set up for more precision with the 100-150 yrd shots, & I do plan to work on that before next Fall.
The other guys hunted with slug guns, Savage & an A-Bolt. The shot-to-deer ratio with the M-L out did the slug guns by a WIDE margin. That's kinda funny since at times they seem to think I'm handicapping myself with the M-L.
