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<blockquote data-quote="beupherd" data-source="post: 40435" data-attributes="member: 1803"><p>Pulled up in the truck to park 40 minutes late to start and was VERY irritated by the wife taking WAAAYY too long to get ready for the morning's hunt.</p><p>We were getting the muzzleloaders loaded and ready when I looked up and saw 5 deer feeding in the alfalfa field only 250 yards away. We were usually in the treeline half-way down the field before daylight, which would have put us within 100 yards of these deer at this moment. But here we were standing out in the open by the truck staring at them instead of aiming.</p><p>We tried to get closer but two of the deer kept looking up at us. We decided to stop and stay where we were at to avoid spooking them. The wife used the hood of the truck as a shooting bench and we waited for them to work closer. After about 20 minutes they started working into a patch of prairie grass so we decided it was time to shoot or leave. I estimated the distance to be 150 yards to the largest doe in the group. The wife took a good long aim and squeezed off her shot. pop! NO BANG!!! I quickly handed her my rifle and she settled in for her shot again. She took a good 10 seconds before firing. The doe dropped in it's tracks. </p><p>The shot was just under the spine. The bullet's destructive path tore through both arteries running down the spine and the shock of the 240gr Hornady XTP did it's job well. I had told her to aim there to compensate for drop but it hit right where she was aiming. We paced the shot off at 164 yards. She did it with a T/C Encore 209x50 Rifle with the factory fiber optic open sights shooting the aforementioned 240gr Hornady XTP over 2 Pyrodex 50gr pellets.</p><p>And yes, we had fresh steak and eggs for breakfast that day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beupherd, post: 40435, member: 1803"] Pulled up in the truck to park 40 minutes late to start and was VERY irritated by the wife taking WAAAYY too long to get ready for the morning's hunt. We were getting the muzzleloaders loaded and ready when I looked up and saw 5 deer feeding in the alfalfa field only 250 yards away. We were usually in the treeline half-way down the field before daylight, which would have put us within 100 yards of these deer at this moment. But here we were standing out in the open by the truck staring at them instead of aiming. We tried to get closer but two of the deer kept looking up at us. We decided to stop and stay where we were at to avoid spooking them. The wife used the hood of the truck as a shooting bench and we waited for them to work closer. After about 20 minutes they started working into a patch of prairie grass so we decided it was time to shoot or leave. I estimated the distance to be 150 yards to the largest doe in the group. The wife took a good long aim and squeezed off her shot. pop! NO BANG!!! I quickly handed her my rifle and she settled in for her shot again. She took a good 10 seconds before firing. The doe dropped in it's tracks. The shot was just under the spine. The bullet's destructive path tore through both arteries running down the spine and the shock of the 240gr Hornady XTP did it's job well. I had told her to aim there to compensate for drop but it hit right where she was aiming. We paced the shot off at 164 yards. She did it with a T/C Encore 209x50 Rifle with the factory fiber optic open sights shooting the aforementioned 240gr Hornady XTP over 2 Pyrodex 50gr pellets. And yes, we had fresh steak and eggs for breakfast that day. [/QUOTE]
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