kishman
10-10-2010, 07:47 PM
Hi all, just got home from a great trip in 3-39. I was into Deer every day except for the first one(thursday). I hadn't ever spent much time rattling for Deer so this trip I decided I'd really dedicate some time to it. Man, I'm glad I did, four times I had Mulies come in to see what all the fuss was about. One Doe litteraly trotted up to where I was without a care in the world, amazing. On Saturday evening I was Rattling away at the top of a clearcut I'd walked up. Well, after about 45 mins. or so I start to think about heading back to the Truck with 15 minutes of shooting light left. So I get up I walk over and have a look down the bank, there's two Bucks walking across the road below me!!
The road I walked up was a switchback, so the Bucks were maybe 75 yards away, below me, walking slowly toward the next drop off down the switchback. I was able to get prone(I still had my bi-pod extended from rattling) I took aim at the second Buck as the first was already heading over the bank, this was the biggest Deer I'd ever eye'd through a scope and the old ticker was really pumping!! He just kept going toward the bank and I was starting to get that slipping away feeling, in desperation I let out a loud grunt as he was going over the bank.
He stopped, but all I could see was his head, looking back toward me and his ar$e. I already had the crosshairs on his head as he, every so slowly, began to look away. I put the crosshairs under his left ear and fired, he dropped as if struck by lightning-my first Mulie was on the ground. The shot entered under the left ear and exited out the right eye. I was shooting a Sako 85 in .270wsm with handloaded 130gr. Barnes TSX over 61.0 grains of RL-17, good for around 3160 fps and very accurate from my gun. I don't think I'd have taken this shot without this setup, by far my most accurate handload to date.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k43/kishman_2006/003-2.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k43/kishman_2006/017.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k43/kishman_2006/021.jpg
The road I walked up was a switchback, so the Bucks were maybe 75 yards away, below me, walking slowly toward the next drop off down the switchback. I was able to get prone(I still had my bi-pod extended from rattling) I took aim at the second Buck as the first was already heading over the bank, this was the biggest Deer I'd ever eye'd through a scope and the old ticker was really pumping!! He just kept going toward the bank and I was starting to get that slipping away feeling, in desperation I let out a loud grunt as he was going over the bank.
He stopped, but all I could see was his head, looking back toward me and his ar$e. I already had the crosshairs on his head as he, every so slowly, began to look away. I put the crosshairs under his left ear and fired, he dropped as if struck by lightning-my first Mulie was on the ground. The shot entered under the left ear and exited out the right eye. I was shooting a Sako 85 in .270wsm with handloaded 130gr. Barnes TSX over 61.0 grains of RL-17, good for around 3160 fps and very accurate from my gun. I don't think I'd have taken this shot without this setup, by far my most accurate handload to date.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k43/kishman_2006/003-2.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k43/kishman_2006/017.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k43/kishman_2006/021.jpg