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<blockquote data-quote="41mag" data-source="post: 98471" data-attributes="member: 3804"><p>The wife's nephew and I had just taken his first whitetail, at the distant range of about 30 yds. We were sitting behind a weedline and beside a yopon bush. We waited the few manditory minutes before heading out to check it out. AS we stood, we noticed several other bucks off to our left crossing the pasture about 60 yds from us. They just looked as they walked unalarmed, as we walked out to his deer. </p><p></p><p>After the initial inspection I headed off to the 4 wheeler and returned with it as well as the camera. Several pics were taken of his buck as we curiously watched 4 more bucks walk across the pasture to the right of us, and another 6-8 just a bit further down, in the same manner as the first bunch. None were much better than the outside of their ears so we weren't in any way interested in shooting, but it was neat for them to all be just out there with us standing in the middle of the pasture. </p><p></p><p>About the time we got the deer up on the scooter, I noticed one at the far end of the pasture. It had a VERY wide and tall rack. THe range was a little over 400 yds, and it as well was just standing there eating along with several others. So since condiditons were about as perfect as you would ever get for a mid day shot, I pulled up the 25/06, and sat down to prepare for the shot. Running the 115gr PArtition at 3150 I knew the drop, so I cranked up my Leupold to 14 and set about getting a steady rest on the Harris. Due to the grass being about 18" tall I had to extend the legs on out and was shooting almost from a Creedmore position to keep those fine hairs on that deer. WEll during all of this time, unknown to us, a smaller buck had walked up to a position in front of the big one. With their heads down, and with getting ready for the shot we hadn't noticed this, as they looked to be all in the same positions. So at the crack of the shot there was a slap at the other end of the pasture. THe deer dropped and was still. </p><p></p><p>WE high fived as this was my longest shot ever on a deer, and it sinply dropped with no other movement. As we drove up to it on the scooter, I started getting pretty sick feeling in my stomach. We should be seeing horns by now I told Jon, he agreed. AS we got closer still no signs of horns. WEll we had to walk right up to it before the two little protursions which spouted 6 total points were visable from behind it's ears. The deer however was an old one, so at least I didn't feel bad about shooting bambi. LOL I had aimed for the shot to hit just in front of the shoulder where the neck joined the chest, and had hit right where I wanted to. The PT went in and took out the lower drop of the spine as well as both lungs and exited just in front of the paunch on the right hand side of the deer. This was one of the most memerable shots I have made for several reasons. First was the boy's experience with me and second, was the rubbing in I got from him and my daughter for getting the smallest deer of the season.</p><p></p><p>I also got a skunk in the head at 300yds with the same load, but figured that was just varmint shooting. LOL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="41mag, post: 98471, member: 3804"] The wife's nephew and I had just taken his first whitetail, at the distant range of about 30 yds. We were sitting behind a weedline and beside a yopon bush. We waited the few manditory minutes before heading out to check it out. AS we stood, we noticed several other bucks off to our left crossing the pasture about 60 yds from us. They just looked as they walked unalarmed, as we walked out to his deer. After the initial inspection I headed off to the 4 wheeler and returned with it as well as the camera. Several pics were taken of his buck as we curiously watched 4 more bucks walk across the pasture to the right of us, and another 6-8 just a bit further down, in the same manner as the first bunch. None were much better than the outside of their ears so we weren't in any way interested in shooting, but it was neat for them to all be just out there with us standing in the middle of the pasture. About the time we got the deer up on the scooter, I noticed one at the far end of the pasture. It had a VERY wide and tall rack. THe range was a little over 400 yds, and it as well was just standing there eating along with several others. So since condiditons were about as perfect as you would ever get for a mid day shot, I pulled up the 25/06, and sat down to prepare for the shot. Running the 115gr PArtition at 3150 I knew the drop, so I cranked up my Leupold to 14 and set about getting a steady rest on the Harris. Due to the grass being about 18" tall I had to extend the legs on out and was shooting almost from a Creedmore position to keep those fine hairs on that deer. WEll during all of this time, unknown to us, a smaller buck had walked up to a position in front of the big one. With their heads down, and with getting ready for the shot we hadn't noticed this, as they looked to be all in the same positions. So at the crack of the shot there was a slap at the other end of the pasture. THe deer dropped and was still. WE high fived as this was my longest shot ever on a deer, and it sinply dropped with no other movement. As we drove up to it on the scooter, I started getting pretty sick feeling in my stomach. We should be seeing horns by now I told Jon, he agreed. AS we got closer still no signs of horns. WEll we had to walk right up to it before the two little protursions which spouted 6 total points were visable from behind it's ears. The deer however was an old one, so at least I didn't feel bad about shooting bambi. LOL I had aimed for the shot to hit just in front of the shoulder where the neck joined the chest, and had hit right where I wanted to. The PT went in and took out the lower drop of the spine as well as both lungs and exited just in front of the paunch on the right hand side of the deer. This was one of the most memerable shots I have made for several reasons. First was the boy's experience with me and second, was the rubbing in I got from him and my daughter for getting the smallest deer of the season. I also got a skunk in the head at 300yds with the same load, but figured that was just varmint shooting. LOL [/QUOTE]
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