Got my first handgun kill this afternoon. 3 doe walked by about 15 mins before dark and I picked the biggest and dropped her with a S&W Model 29.
Dude! I wonder what it would be like taking a deer with handgun. How far of a shot?
Got my first handgun kill this afternoon. 3 doe walked by about 15 mins before dark and I picked the biggest and dropped her with a S&W Model 29.
Dude! I wonder what it would be like taking a deer with handgun. How far of a shot?
Not to thread derail, but it’s related since today was it’s first outing: .350 Legend is a hell of a deer round. The sectional density says it should suck. But it absolutely wrecked a pair of does - one at 25 yards and one at 100. Both had gaping wounds and literally dropped in their tracks. Neither managed to even take a step let alone the mad dash I was used to with 6.5CM. To be fair, the Creedmoor did tend to liquify the lungs, but it didn’t always leave them DRT even when it did. 350 Legend on both deer was like a knockout punch. I was using 170 grain SP handloads that I Chrono’d at an average of 2290 FPS. I’ll have a topic on this in January when the last rifle shots are done, and perhaps these two will be the exception....
Beautiful buck GunnyHwy. Hopefully that big boy spread his DNA around your AO for years of future successful hunts.
I went yesterday with my oldest son . I have hunted in a few years because of health he hasn’t hunted in almost 17/18 years . Had a farm 170 acres for 27 years, lost it about 4years ago so on to public land I went . It sucked . Night and day . Last firearm opening day I walked out of the pumpkin patch around 930 for a fear of getting shot. Yesterday was physically challenging for me but it was nice. Got inwoods arounds 1030 . I stopped morning hunts for deer long time ago. Heard a fellow grunting always from us and watched him leave around 415. We stayed and in a little bit damn if we didn’t have a buck close to us grunting . I grunted back did some ground scratching thrashed a tree .Heck reminded me of going back and forth with a turkey. Guys hit the bleat and he was coming .that son of gun circled us to catch wind and he was 10yards if that behind us in the thicket .we where on ground ,don’t get in a stand anymore.of course he winded us only went 40 or 50 yards but he wasn’t coming . Tell ya it was an enjoyable time .we laughed and giggled walking out .would have been nice to harvest him , didn’t see rack son did but talked about feeling alive again. Plus gave me more faith in this area. Not to many people hunting less than I expected.. Anyway I miss it ,heck lived to hunt you just don’t turn that off. The depression that sets in when you can’t sucks . Wife won’t let me go by myself probably better if I don’t. But anyway guys it was Freaking Great !!! Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving and had as much fun as I did on there hunt.
Balmy 25 degrees in the blind this am.