Grendel strikes again!

This guy is one of the bucks I've been hunting. Not the biggest, but I'll burn one of my three buck tags on him. Sorry for the bad picture. I'll try to get better. He's at the processor getting cooled off.
I had five does around me and they all looked in the same direction and flagged out of there. I started looking up the ridge for what spooked them, that's when I got a glimpse of antlers. Saw that he was coming my way and got ready. Just as I was expecting him to pop out of the thicker trees a big doe stepped out, I'm thinking, I know I saw a good buck. Then I saw more movement behind her, I took the first clear shot available, shot just back of his ear with a 85 grain Hammer Hunter. DRT. There was another buck I hadn't seen, but he was smaller. The does weren't ready to deal with a big old rutting buck. That's why they found somewhere else to be. Sex, the downfall of so many.

PS, I'm in a section of Alabama that has a November rut. Zone E

Looks like a great Buck. Congrats
Are you taking pictures with a flip phone

No, the real pictures are better, this is a picture of a picture. My linked devices haven't linked as of the moment. Sorry for the crappie picture. I'm old and beat up from dragging him to where i could get the kubota to so I stayed home today and lick my wounds, So naturally I get another picture of a good 8 PT 80 yards behind the house on the tacticam at 4PM. The rut is on here in my little part of the state.

CONGRATULATIONS.
Good for you.

I'm becoming quite the fan of these hammer bullets. My wife and I both shoot 6.8spc, but the 6arc I have I plan to purchase some 6mm hammers to try out. Congrats on the good quality meat for the freezer.

Don't be afraid of light super fast bullets, Hammers kill way above their weight. I'm pushing the 85 grain in the Grendel to 3000 FPS. Killer out to about 400 yards. That's my limit with that setup.
Thanks all of you, I've put some serious seat time in waiting for a good one. Seen some great stuff waiting. Turkeys walking up to the Rhino blind to look in. And no I wasn't tempted to grab its neck.

Nice buck! Congrats!

Hammer down! Nice buck congrats. Love me some Hammer boolits.

I love the Grendel. I believe it's the perfect AR15 caliber. I have killed big an Aoudad ram, 5 pronghorn, big boar hog, and a couple deer with it.

I love this round.

Congrats. Nice one

Rosebud said:

Don't be afraid of light super fast bullets, Hammers kill way above their weight. I'm pushing the 85 grain in the Grendel to 3000 FPS. Killer out to about 400 yards. That's my limit with that setup.
Thanks all of you, I've put some serious seat time in waiting for a good one. Seen some great stuff waiting. Turkeys walking up to the Rhino blind to look in. And no I wasn't tempted to grab its neck.

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What twist rate for the Hammers?

Check the hammer bullets website, but I think for this weight its one in ten.

Very nice buck! Our bucks are on the move right now as well. I've found the Grendel to be a very capable round but I use 123 eldm's or SSTs. It's my main depredation rifle and sees a lot of use. The last Grendel AR I built with the Alexander Arms 1 in 9 twist barrel is a tack driver.

Might be a crappy picture @Rosebud , but clearly a very nice Deer. Well done Sir! I'd much rather have a crappy picture of good Deer...than a good picture...of a crappy Deer!