The Oregonian
Well-Known Member
was able to take this guy on second to last day of rifle season just before dark. Saw him at 500 yards walking right towards me and could tell it was the deer I had been hunting all day for several days straight.
He came right in like he was supposed to. I almost took a shot at 200 but was going to give him a chance to work to where the other deer were. He gave me broadside at 100 and I put one an inch and a half lower than I wanted but still good enough. Went for a high shoulder with a Nosler 300gr outmof a Cooper ML. He ran 75yards on three legs, went down, and couldn't get up. Loved for an hour and called the warden to get permission to finish him after dark. I have no idea how he lived that long bc his lungs were severely messed up. He was one tough SOB. He even got up after a second shot from 25 yards and the outfitter put a 223 in the boiler room also. Took him another 5-10 minutes to go expire.
All in all a ton of fun...I just wish he had not suffered so long.
He came right in like he was supposed to. I almost took a shot at 200 but was going to give him a chance to work to where the other deer were. He gave me broadside at 100 and I put one an inch and a half lower than I wanted but still good enough. Went for a high shoulder with a Nosler 300gr outmof a Cooper ML. He ran 75yards on three legs, went down, and couldn't get up. Loved for an hour and called the warden to get permission to finish him after dark. I have no idea how he lived that long bc his lungs were severely messed up. He was one tough SOB. He even got up after a second shot from 25 yards and the outfitter put a 223 in the boiler room also. Took him another 5-10 minutes to go expire.
All in all a ton of fun...I just wish he had not suffered so long.
