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<blockquote data-quote="Equalizer" data-source="post: 2282006" data-attributes="member: 111343"><p>I must have 15 or so great choices but due to Indiana hunting laws and regulations for public land I changed my 308 Ruger M77 mk 2 barrel out for a Shilen match barrel and had it chambered in 358 Hoosier. It's a 358 Winchester but the case is shortened to 1.8" to meet state law. The thing thumps deer.</p><p></p><p>Last year on opening day I took out my eldest son. He was 11 at the time and had been practicing with my Marlin 1894 in 41 Mag (my previous go to deer gun) through out the summer. After getting into a good spot and settling in a doe came up on us but was in an unsuitable position as I was between the deer and my boy. It never made us but she ambled on by us in a delayed but steady fashion. We were facing North, she came from the West headed East.</p><p></p><p>Our position was on a sort of knuckle of a rise on a bench over looking a three sided bowl filled in with blow downs and brambles and all manner of jumbled debris from the forest. Our backs were against a massive red oak, easily 6' in diameter, and the ground steadily but gradually fell away from us for a ways till it dropped off suddenly into the bowl. Our field of view/fire was clear of saplings and brush. Behind us, where we had come from, were a series of terraces interrupted by drop offs of sloping ground every 60 yards or so. Probably a 30 degree grade between benches of flattish ground 10 to 15 yards wide. </p><p></p><p>After the doe passed us only 5 or 10 minutes had elapsed when my boy nudged me with his elbow. We were just sitting on the ground, shoulder to shoulder, guns across our laps, against that big oak. He whispered "Dad, buck!!" Both deer had come to us as they skirted the bowl and as the buck closed the distance to us he gave my boy a perfect 60 yard broadside shot. My son raised the rifle and promptly shot the buck in the neck! At the shot the deer dropped. We shared our congratulations and triumph with joy, tears and prayers, excited but reserved as we waited for the deer to expire. </p><p></p><p>Thirty minutes passed or a tick more and the deer was still alive and making enough movement that I knew the wound was lethal but not in an immediate way. I told my son if the deer got up I would put the cue-de-gras on him before it could break for the bowl. It stood up and I hit him with the 358… Whap!!! The buck literally flipped off his hoves… seriously the legs went 270 degrees!!! it was instant death. Within 5 minutes we were standing over his first deer, first buck, first kill of any kind…. a 10 point buck with good mass for a 2-3 year old buck. What a blessing to be able to take your kids hunting. Gratuitous rifle pic to follow…</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]296649[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Equalizer, post: 2282006, member: 111343"] I must have 15 or so great choices but due to Indiana hunting laws and regulations for public land I changed my 308 Ruger M77 mk 2 barrel out for a Shilen match barrel and had it chambered in 358 Hoosier. It’s a 358 Winchester but the case is shortened to 1.8” to meet state law. The thing thumps deer. Last year on opening day I took out my eldest son. He was 11 at the time and had been practicing with my Marlin 1894 in 41 Mag (my previous go to deer gun) through out the summer. After getting into a good spot and settling in a doe came up on us but was in an unsuitable position as I was between the deer and my boy. It never made us but she ambled on by us in a delayed but steady fashion. We were facing North, she came from the West headed East. Our position was on a sort of knuckle of a rise on a bench over looking a three sided bowl filled in with blow downs and brambles and all manner of jumbled debris from the forest. Our backs were against a massive red oak, easily 6’ in diameter, and the ground steadily but gradually fell away from us for a ways till it dropped off suddenly into the bowl. Our field of view/fire was clear of saplings and brush. Behind us, where we had come from, were a series of terraces interrupted by drop offs of sloping ground every 60 yards or so. Probably a 30 degree grade between benches of flattish ground 10 to 15 yards wide. After the doe passed us only 5 or 10 minutes had elapsed when my boy nudged me with his elbow. We were just sitting on the ground, shoulder to shoulder, guns across our laps, against that big oak. He whispered “Dad, buck!!” Both deer had come to us as they skirted the bowl and as the buck closed the distance to us he gave my boy a perfect 60 yard broadside shot. My son raised the rifle and promptly shot the buck in the neck! At the shot the deer dropped. We shared our congratulations and triumph with joy, tears and prayers, excited but reserved as we waited for the deer to expire. Thirty minutes passed or a tick more and the deer was still alive and making enough movement that I knew the wound was lethal but not in an immediate way. I told my son if the deer got up I would put the cue-de-gras on him before it could break for the bowl. It stood up and I hit him with the 358… Whap!!! The buck literally flipped off his hoves… seriously the legs went 270 degrees!!! it was instant death. Within 5 minutes we were standing over his first deer, first buck, first kill of any kind…. a 10 point buck with good mass for a 2-3 year old buck. What a blessing to be able to take your kids hunting. Gratuitous rifle pic to follow… [ATTACH type="full"]296649[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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