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This young buck was the resident dude on my land and we eventually crossed paths in my west prairie field on the 6th day of the firearms season. He was the only regular on camera all year though I had seen a smattering of several other bucks, most of them were yearlings. I think this one is 2.5 in age.

He would have been a pretty little ten point but had broken his right side off earlier in either late summer or early fall. Made a high lung shot on him and was surprised how far he went but the nice thing was virtually no meat damage.

Rifle was my old standby, sporter Argentine Mauser in .30-06. Always puts meat in the freezer.





~Ann





 
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Congratulations!


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Well done Ann!
Thanks for sharing your success with us.

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Good job. Congrats.


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Sweet!


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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
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Nice deer and perfect shot , congrats,.
Good eating there ..


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Nice!!
 
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Thanks guys. I recon some day the big buck of my dreams will mosey through right place/right time. I honestly feel 100% blessed I can fill my freezer every year on my own land.

I had been holding out all week and a friend dropped a button buck off because he thought I was going to go 'hungry'. Actually, my freezer was pretty full so I wasn't in a hurry to shoot anything after he dropped that fawn off. So when the above buck showed up several times I got the impression I should add him to the collection.

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~Ann





 
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Nice buck and always nice when it is on your own place.
 
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Nice deer, you can't eat the horns. a 2 year old is perfect for the table.
 
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