Well....it happened again....

[LVJ76]

Sometimes the bad times are part of the good times.....combined, they create the memories you'll have forever! With the circumstances you were able to deal with, you earned your trophy....enjoy the memories! Oh and.....Congratulations! memtb

Well said Sir

 

[squeeeeze]

Great buck and congratulations! It's easy just to call it quits when things go bad, that's what separates the men from the boys. Way to stick with it while you were hurting. I know how hard that can be.

 

[skipglo]

Season started Thursday for general rifle deer in Southeast idaho...
Two days of scouting turned up five does and one little forked horn...
Opening day..snow on the ground..made a move to try to head off anything being pushed up a really high ridge......caught a doe and yearling escaping a camper parked at the water hole....found a very large track..coukd have been a,solo moose or a sneaky bull....came across a group of about 4 deer running from the campers also a little higher up....tracked them in the snow thru the for trees down the draw and bwck up the other side....saw them....four bucks...three little itty bitty spikes wnd one humongous 3 point(10" tall and as wide as his skull)....bummer...went on up the ridge to the top..cut across and back down other ridge.....encountered another set of tracks into timber.......didnt find a deer but did find and frozen piece of ground with fresh snow......my left inner and outer thigh exploded....and i had a long ways to get down the hill....extemely painful...second day of deer season wasnt looking so good...but..i stopped by a ranch and asked permission to glass the FS behind their place..and the lady feeling sad for me said sure....so i took advantage...glassed next morning and saw 6 does and one little forked horn.....back in the evening and glasses many does on an adjacent property..no bucks..and a few does heading to food on this piece.....no bucks....
Woke up this morning...hurting like heck....was ready to pile everything in and head home..try to recuperate for next week....decided to head to the ranch and see what may be around.......i hate myself for doing it...cause now my leg is on fire..........but I did find something.....not a long range story...but exciting....made some of the pain disappear....but not all.....View attachment 153086 View attachment 153087 View attachment 153088
Normally I would have been tickled to only have to pack a buck a few hundred yards......this one took a toll.....
I may have gotten the buck....but I think it got the last laugh.....
Oh yeah....
Remington mountain rifle..rechambered to 280ai..ultra lite noodle barrel...
Nosler 168lrab and brass..4831sc @ 2630fps.....300 yard shot...well multiple shots...was like a hide and go seek game....first shot hit about 6" too high for a shoulder shot..he stayed on his feet..i kept shooting....5 shots...three hits two pass thru...and last shot was him going up hill away...in thru back rib and lodged 6" below his head....thats good penetration......

Nothing wrong with Deer Burger!

 

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Nothing wrong with Deer Burger!

Steaks, roasts, steak chunks and jerky....never make deer burger...
But the always seems to be extra for elk burgers....

 

[Deleted member 48126]

Great job! So I may have misread it, but how many hits out of the 5 shots did you make? Also, thats a beautiful rifle!

 

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Well...the rifle is old..been declared with a matte finish clear..the clear isnt a tough as I thought it was going to be...but thanx...i really like the nostalgia of the old mtn rifle that the bolt handle discolored....unique in itself...
The bullets......3 of 5 hit deer....he was sneaking along thru taller brush which was the first shot high shoulder...did not find exit....one thru back rib cage with exit...and one traveled from left side ribs up to neck.....
I was going to add this to this thread....my suspicions were that i shoukd have found two bullets somewhere in this critter...while field prepping I found one...below base of headand neck juncture.....while cutting and wrapping...found second bullet in another portion of neck meat....
It seems that bullet only traveling at a MV of 2630fps left most of the energy in the critter.....which I guess Was a good thing....although i have temporarily misplaced the first bullet I found...this is the second bullet.....
168lrab.....

 

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Here is a tighter score on tbe antlers...