got a doe

[toddtd]

Saturday, i go out for my 1st day of deer season. i have my son and my brother to help the old cripple out . my brother was early to go out, while the two of us were late, 7:30 - 8:00ish. while i was going up to my ground blind, i seen two white-tails that were going away from me. i sit down in my blind and wait. all of a sudden, my phone vibrates and it is my brother. he seen a huge 8 pt and a doe that were going to my stand....early. oh well. 9:00 comes by and it's time to drink decaf tea (decaf coffee makes bad heartburn, decaf is good for my heart). 9:30ish, 6 doe comes by my stand about 40ish yards away. i have my TC Encore in a 23" MGM barrel in 444 Marlin with 280gr WFN GC and Reloder 7 going roughly 1947fps. i pick up and sight it on a doe and decided not to shoot. 10 - 15 minutes later, i can no longer see them. 10:00 it's time for decaf tea. while waiting for it to cool, 3 doe show up at about 35ish yards. it is 2 fawns and a yearling doe. not enuff meat to worry about, so i let them go. 10:30ish a doe shows up. i looked her over and she was to my standards so it was time to shoot her. it took me about 10 minutes to place a shot behind the shoulder. she was about 40ish yards and standing broadside when i took the shoot. after i shot, i could see blood coming out and the side that i shot her was covered in blood. she ran about 15ish yards and then gave up and died.

a message was sent to my son and brother that i got one. my son came by about 15 minutes later and he dressed the doe, while i went for Polaris. my brother shows up and tells me i should have came early because of the huge 8pt. "oh well," i tell him, "next time."

a 145 - 150 lbs doe, guesstimate

[8mm RUM]

I love doe hunting

[sunnysmarine]

I like it

[Mjshell]

Congrats, nothing better than a nice doe for the table. Our doe season is this next weekend. I hope to get out.

[Bobby Tomek]

Well done! That doe will make for some fine table fare.

[bsekf]

444 Marlin with a 225 Hornady, Flex tip. Great medicine for whitetail and it doesn't destroy the meat. Mine is a 17 inch Encore carbine.

[toddtd]

444 Marlin with a 225 Hornady, Flex tip. Great medicine for whitetail and it doesn't destroy the meat. Mine is a 17 inch Encore carbine.

i shot alot of deer with the 255gr Kieth-type, 280gr LFN AND WFN GC, 275gr Ranch Dog and 300gr SAECO FN GC along with 265gr Hornady FN. basically, the faster it is, it creates more meat damage. i used a 265gr Hornady FN at 2300fps and the devastation was awesome. next year i tried 2000fps on the Hornady FN and the bullet was little less devastating.

i tried 275gr Ranch Dog at 2300fps and i found it was same as the Hornady bullet. i went down my powder charge to 1900+fps and the boolit's wound channel was around 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" hole straight thru the deer. i do behind the shoulder mostly. one time i did a 300gr SAECO FN GC that was 1626fps from the muzzle. i shot a 4pt at 60ish yards and the exit wound diameter was about 1 1/4". the lungs were trashed and the buck only ran (after the shot) about 15+/- yards.

[big honkin jeep]

Nice.
Now you got some backstrap sammiches to go with that tea.

[BT]

Congrats on your deer!

[toddtd]

i got a 2nd doe thursday at 4:45pm with my Husqvarna m46 in 9.3x57. it was a whopping 15ish yards when the 275gr WFN GC and IMR4895 flattened her. i still have to chronograph the 9.3, but i think it should be 1800-1900fps. anway, she was shot behind the shoulder and it went out 2 ribs behind the other shoulder. the lungs were trashed and the boolit came out about 1 1/4" hole.

i didn't take a picture because it was dark when my son field dressed it. i figure she weighed about 190 - 200 lbs. she was big, old, dry doe that i seen in my backyard at nite. my son pulled fat off her in a 5 gallon bucket. other than the backstraps, she be made in straight deerburger, no pork or hamburger.

[Bobby Tomek]

Congrats! You'll definitely be eating well this winter.

I'm curious about your velocity, too -- not that a few FPS either way matter, though, because it's obvious your load is very effective! Congrats again...

[BobT]

Congrats! That fills a freezer up quickly.