2016 Deer Season

[Hardwood83]

My season only lasted about 30 mins. Just got settled in opening morning and then saw a little buck sniffing around, although I could barely see him with my binocs since it was still dark. About 20 til 7 I heard some grunting. A doe came out followed closely by this guy. His last mistake. Pretty nice 9pt, a bit over 200lbs I estimate. How'd it go for you guys?

[RobertH]

nice job!

i love seeing those cans!

[Dan W]

How about an AAR on the rifle and cartridge you used?

[SemperFiGuy]

Notice that perfect neck shot.

You can bet Hardwood did not have to follow a blood trail and track down that buck.

Not even one step.   Not even a smidgen.

That's the shot that makes them crumple down right where they are standing.

Nicely done, Hardwood.   Nicely done.

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[Hardwood83]

Rifle is a Palmetto State (complete upper, put the lower together) 18" SS barrel in 6.8spc. It is a tack driver. The round was Hornady 120gr SST, this rifle likes that round as well. Can is a YHM Ti Phantom .308. Shot was taken about 75yds, deer standing nearly broadside. Like I said, all went very smoothly- I'm not used to that!

Who else has pics to share?

[Mntnman]

Today is my 41st birthday so I kept my youngerst daughter out of school to see if she could match the feat of getting her first deer on my birthday like the oldest did last year. She did not disappoint! Last year was a thirty yard broadside for oldest. This one was nearly 100 yards quartering towards us and she did just fine!  I even got to strip down and drag it 15 yards out of the river, lol.

First pic is last year, second is this morning.

[Mntnman]

Both deer taken with an ar that I built in 300 AAC. Bullets are fiocchi 125 grain hornady sst.

[ILoveCats]

My season only lasted about 30 mins. Just got settled in opening morning and then saw a little buck sniffing around, although I could barely see him with my binocs since it was still dark. About 20 til 7 I heard some grunting. A doe came out followed closely by this guy. His last mistake. Pretty nice 9pt, a bit over 200lbs I estimate. How'd it go for you guys?

Is it just the way I'm seeing that picture?  Where are the rear legs?

[Mudinyeri]

I've never gotten a deer on opening morning.  This year I had two by 9:00 a.m.  Lots of smallish deer on the place.  Good eating but no racks like Hardwood's.

For SFG's benefit, neither of my deer took more than a couple steps after being shot.  One was at about 80 yards.  The other wast at about 260.  A buck and a doe.

Still have a third tag.  Probably headed back out this weekend.

Rifle: Remington 700 SBS Tactical in .308, MDT LSS chassis, Vortex scope, Liberty can


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[SemperFiGuy]

For SFG's benefit, neither of my deer took more than a couple steps after being shot.  One was at about 80 yards.  The other wast at about 260.  A buck and a doe.

Nice going, Toby.   Busy, productive morning.

FWIW, every deer or antelope that I've ever shot in the classic heart-lungs spot has run off, anywhere from 50 to 300 yards.   (Head/neck shots have fallen right down on the very spot.)

We expect that you'll fill that 3rd tag right away.

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BTW....might wanna watch those gut piles for some coyote activity.   They love deer season.

[CitizenClark]

My buddy and I each got a deer about half an hour into our hunt on Sunday morning. I got a doe, and he got a little button buck for his first ever deer. I lent him my Savage Model 11 Hog Hunter .308 with SilencerCo Harvester, and I used a home-built AR in 5.56mm with a Huntertown Arms Kestrel 5.56 can. We were hunting down near Elk Creek.

[Mudinyeri]

We expect that you'll fill that 3rd tag right away.

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BTW....might wanna watch those gut piles for some coyote activity.   They love deer season.

I'm waiting for something a little larger.  The tag is still open.

The gut piles are cleaned up as they were close to the chicken house.

I could have popped a coyote, though, about 30 minutes before the buck came along.

[barmandr]

I don't have a place to rifle hunt, so I had to try my luck with the bow.  Got out on Sunday at around 3 pm.  At 415, 2 does walked about 15 yards behind me.  At about 430, I saw a buck chase a doe all the way across the field I was hunting.  10 minutes later, they both came walking back along the back side of the field, about 350 yds away.  I tried using a doe bleat and grunted, but he didn't give it any attention.  But, as soon as I wheezed at him, he must've gotten pissed of.  He came trotting all the way across the field to me.  About half way, he stopped and I wheezed at him again.  That was all it took.  He walked right to me.  The first pic is a full body shot.  The second pic is taken from the stand I shot him from about 30 seconds after he went down.

[Mali]

Geez, Banmandr, any closer and you could invite him up for a beer! 
Well done.

[sidearm1]

Son got a nice 12 pointer, step grandson got a nice 10 pointer, I am still looking for a big one (bigger then theirs).  No hurry, no sweat if I don't get one.

Now, why do people think it is OK to drive the ditches (both pickup and 4 wheelers) and shoot into the creeks?  Twice my son and I had to duck whissing bullets.  This year is worse then others.  They drive in on the driveway, hurry in and hurry out.

[Les]

2nd picture is of my 88 year old Dad with a Muley he took Sun morning with my rem 700 syn in 243 win.  I'm more proud/happy of him than I am of getting one myself as he's had health issues for the first 3 months this year and hasn't got a deer for several years.  He was excited as a 12 year old, lol.  1st picture is the Muley I took with my newly acquired 6.5 Grendel upper.  It was a real pita getting the upper, scope, mount and threaded adapter here by traveling time on Friday late afternoon.  Still the mount didn't arrive till Sat (Got a bone to pick with Brownell's) so took the mount and scope off the existing upper and sighted it in right before leaving, luckily the range isn't far away.  Extremely blessed, Dad still around, good spots to hunt, does it get any better?  Oops almost forgot, hunting spot is my Aunt's pasture in SW Ne. lots of canyons and fingers of cover bordered by mostly wheat fields and some dryland corn. 

[Hardwood83]

Is it just the way I'm seeing that picture?  Where are the rear legs?

Yeah, my cousin saw that and accused me of photo-shopping it! They are tucked under the grass from the way I pulled him around.

[Hardwood83]

Nicely done all around. Love to see the kids participating too.