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Last deer for the season
13 December 2008, 21:08
bfrshooterLast deer for the season
The lady down the road wanted more meat so I went out for a few hours yesterday with my .475 BFR. Deer movement has been slow with the moon. I sat under a tree and only seen a button buck at 40 yd's. The wind was blowing like crazy in my face and it was cold so I had put my mask on. I tried to get a sight picture on the deer and my glasses kept fogging up. They finally cleared enough and I popped the deer at the back of it's shoulder. He ran into the ground in 25 yd's.
There was blood everywhere, the .475 is just a super hunting caliber.
My hunting stories are short because I only had one day, about 6 hours, where I could not get a shot. My total time hunting for the 5 deer I shot is only 4-1/2 hours.
Marko, Scott and I have shot 8 deer with 8 shots, bows and revolvers.
Now if I could only get Marko behind a bow!
13 December 2008, 21:14
Bobby TomekCongrats on yet another deer!
Bobby
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13 December 2008, 21:51
WhitworthCongratulations, Jim!! Hard to improve upon the performance of the .475! No bow for me, thank you very much!
"Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP
If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming.
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13 December 2008, 23:12
bfrshooterNaw, I need to go to the .38 next!
Maybe chase them down with a pen knife. On second thought I have a $6 Chinese pellet gun!
How low can you GOOOOOO?
13 December 2008, 23:50
jwp475I am saddened that is your last Deer of the Season.... Keep up the good work... Next year will be the J-Frames time
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14 December 2008, 00:18
Redhawk1Way to go BFRshooter, at least you were not out there pulling a 38 special stunt.
If you're going to make a hole, make it a big one.
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14 December 2008, 00:23
TBEAR99congrats on a good season
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14 December 2008, 01:11
Whitworthquote:
Originally posted by Redhawk1:
Way to go BFRshooter, at least you were not out there pulling a 38 special stunt.
He might be next season......
"Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP
If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming.
Semper Fidelis
"Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time"
14 December 2008, 01:14
jwp475quote:
Originally posted by Whitworth:
quote:
Originally posted by Redhawk1:
Way to go BFRshooter, at least you were not out there pulling a 38 special stunt.
He might be next season......
Let the resurgence begin
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A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
- Winston Churchill
14 December 2008, 01:15
jwp475quote:
Originally posted by Redhawk1:
Way to go BFRshooter, at least you were not out there pulling a 38 special stunt.
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A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
- Winston Churchill
14 December 2008, 01:56
MS Hitmanquote:
Originally posted by Redhawk1:
Way to go BFRshooter, at least you were not out there pulling a 38 special stunt.
If ignorance is bliss; there are some blissful sonofaguns around here. We know who you are, so no reason to point yourselves out.
14 December 2008, 01:59
bfrshooterHey JWP, I LOVE that flying saucer, how did I miss that?
14 December 2008, 02:02
Whitworthquote:
Originally posted by bfrshooter:
Hey JWP, I LOVE that flying saucer, how did I miss that?
Get a .38 special and he'll tell ya.
"Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP
If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming.
Semper Fidelis
"Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time"
14 December 2008, 02:10
MS HitmanI don't know. Jim may have to get a matching pair just to prove he's serious about this stuff.
If ignorance is bliss; there are some blissful sonofaguns around here. We know who you are, so no reason to point yourselves out.
14 December 2008, 02:14
WhitworthA pair of nickel M 36s!! Oh yeah!! Pimp daddy Jim!
"Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP
If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming.
Semper Fidelis
"Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time"
14 December 2008, 02:18
MS HitmanDon't forget the pearl grips.
If ignorance is bliss; there are some blissful sonofaguns around here. We know who you are, so no reason to point yourselves out.
14 December 2008, 02:30
WhitworthI bought him a purple felt hat for Christmas.......
"Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP
If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming.
Semper Fidelis
"Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time"
14 December 2008, 04:36
bioman63Great job Jim. I got home from the cabin at 3. I had no luck. There was very little deer movement at all but it was nice to with about 2 inches of snow to hunt in. As soon as I got home a went to my tree with the bow. I told my self the first deer with in 25 yds was going down. At 4 a nice doe made a fatal mistake. Cheers Scott
14 December 2008, 04:43
WhitworthCongrats, Scott!! Are you going to be around tomorrow? I'm coming out.
"Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP
If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming.
Semper Fidelis
"Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time"
14 December 2008, 04:43
mstarlingbfrshooter and bioman63,
Good day Guys! Congratulations indeed.
Mike
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http://www.mstarling.com 14 December 2008, 05:22
jwp475quote:
Originally posted by MS Hitman:
Don't forget the pearl grips.
"Only a cheap New Orleans pimp would carry a Pearl handle pistol" Gen. George S. Patton
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A 9mm may expand to a larger diameter, but a 45 ain't going to shrink
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
- Winston Churchill
14 December 2008, 08:12
bfrshooterGreat Scott, swing by in the morning.
14 December 2008, 08:57
Chris OCongradulations to Marko, Scott & bfrshooter on lots of fresh tasty meat !
15 December 2008, 17:53
bfrshooterI forgot to count one of Marko's deer!
The actual count for the 3 of us is 10 deer with 10 shots now since Scott shot another one.
A friend stopped to get a liver this morning and one of his friends just returned from a bunch of days hunting in PA. They only seen one deer at about 350 yd's. Strange how poor it is in some areas of PA. After 5 years driving back and forth to the club I belong to, I think I might have seen 2 deer.
Here where I live you have to drive very carefully because of the amount of deer.
I have to admit that it is easy hunting here. They just have to be thinned out every year but are all back the next season.
I cheat by shooting a lot of young deer because the older does will have twins or triplets so the population stays pretty high.
There are farms all over PA that the farmer will shoot every deer he sees all year so he doesn't lose a bale of hay. Then when hunting season comes they get angry because they can't find any.