My Son's 6-Point

[morgaj1]

Despite the current handloading component shortage, I have been able to scrape together enough components to keep my son practicing with his deer rifle (Ruger American 7mm-8 with Leupold VX2) and it paid off this weekend. On Saturday, he made a great shot on this 6 point, ranged at 173 yards. As you would expect with a 12yo, he has been guilty of rushing his shot and missing. On this one, he took his time and made a great shot and was his first bang-flop spine shot. He couldn't stand to see the deer moving around on the ground and shot again (gut shot).

We have a lot of mature (200lb+) feral hogs on our land, so we started loading bonded bullets. I'll have to say, I have been most impressed with the performance of Hornady Interbonds for hogs and deer. We always get pass through, even on the biggest hogs.

 

[GSP814]

Congrats all around!

 

[ub270]

That's awesome. Congrats to you and your son !

 

[Savage 12BVSS]

The one good sized buck I shot with an interbond (139gr 7mm-08) was a bang flop also. Like the integrity of the bullet, however I never found a load my rifle liked so I moved on to another bonded (140AB 7mm-08)

You tell your son he did well and has a lot more to shoot in coming years. Couldn't get pic to enlarge but enjoyed it Good to see young people carrying on the hunting tradition, the future of the sport belongs to them. Good Shooting!

 

[1894C]

Good on you dad. Hopefully this is the first of many hunting memories to come

 

[762x51]

nice deer! and WAR EAGLE.....class of 05, then 06, then 07 and finally in 08.

 

[slikmrc]

One happy camper! Congrtas young man!!

 

[Warrior27]

Congrats to both of you!!!!

 

[morgaj1]

nice deer! and WAR EAGLE.....class of 05, then 06, then 07 and finally in 08.

War Eagle, class of 02!

 

[HNDLDR]

Awesome! Congrats to your boy. Great choice in rifle and caliber. The 7mm-08 reigns supreme at our house and accounted for three deer this year including my sons two first bucks.

 

[mpayne]

Congrats to him, that deer has a *** just happened look still on his face!

 

[HRM Johnny]

Congratulations. Thanks for the post. thanks for the picture; it's a great picture!

 

[375 JDJ]

Despite the current handloading component shortage, I have been able to scrape together enough components to keep my son practicing with his deer rifle (Ruger American 7mm-8 with Leupold VX2) and it paid off this weekend. On Saturday, he made a great shot on this 6 point, ranged at 173 yards. As you would expect with a 12yo, he has been guilty of rushing his shot and missing. On this one, he took his time and made a great shot and was his first bang-flop spine shot. He couldn't stand to see the deer moving around on the ground and shot again (gut shot).

We have a lot of mature (200lb+) feral hogs on our land, so we started loading bonded bullets. I'll have to say, I have been most impressed with the performance of Hornady Interbonds for hogs and deer. We always get pass through, even on the biggest hogs.

Congratulations to your son on the deer he got

 

[Mostly Tailfeathers]

Morgaj1,
Morgaj2nd did great! That's a beautiful 6pt. It's hard to keep all the excitement of seeing a big buck like that under control. Bet he gets a lot more 6 pts. in the future. mt