jrhunter
10-19-2010, 11:56 AM
I went up to PG this year to help out/tag along on my parents and uncles bull draw. they were not successful but early in our week and a half of hunting they spotted a nice buck disappearing over a low hill. they tried to get a shot by following him but he disappeared into thick timber. about 2 days later after spotting a nice bull moose in the area me and my uncle decided to walk through this clearcut and come into a swamp from the backside to see if there were any bulls.
As we reached the end of the deactivated road the swamp was just coming into view. We left the road and walked through the slash to the edge of the swamp. I started to check out the swamp when I caught movement on my right, a lone deer was trotting out of a gully and heading up a hill. I dropped to one knee and saw that it was a good buck (for me) I took a few shots and saw him stumbling and then fall over on his side. I was so excited i almost ran up to him.
It is biggest buck I have ever shot. It was also the farthest shot i have taken, about 260 yards with my winchester 88 in 308. I was using 168 grain winchester ballistic silvertips. I made a good lung shot and missed both shoulders so there was not a lot of meat damage.:-D
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http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn241/jrhunter-1/P1000838.jpg
As we reached the end of the deactivated road the swamp was just coming into view. We left the road and walked through the slash to the edge of the swamp. I started to check out the swamp when I caught movement on my right, a lone deer was trotting out of a gully and heading up a hill. I dropped to one knee and saw that it was a good buck (for me) I took a few shots and saw him stumbling and then fall over on his side. I was so excited i almost ran up to him.
It is biggest buck I have ever shot. It was also the farthest shot i have taken, about 260 yards with my winchester 88 in 308. I was using 168 grain winchester ballistic silvertips. I made a good lung shot and missed both shoulders so there was not a lot of meat damage.:-D
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn241/jrhunter-1/P1000836.jpg
http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn241/jrhunter-1/P1000838.jpg