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Just a little guy for me this year

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18 November 2019, 05:44
Aspen Hill Adventures
Just a little guy for me this year
Took this guy at 1630 hrs today in my upper hayfield. Made a 105 yard spine shot with my sporterized Argentine Mauser. I am looking forward to the fresh meat.




~Ann


18 November 2019, 05:49
AnotherAZWriter
Nice Ann; I shot a doe this morning and small 7 point buck a week ago yesterday.


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18 November 2019, 05:56
georgeld
Hi Ann:

Kinda short on horn soup. Hope
you enjoy the fine eating meat as
well. hehe! Beats hell out of tag soup!

Are you limited one per year like we are
out here? This plus the one awhile back
you got from some other doings going to
be enough?

Cheers, am happy for you.

George


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18 November 2019, 06:50
mbogobutch
Ann,
Perfect,great eater!
18 November 2019, 07:12
LHeym500
He is just fine. I got his KY cousin in the freezer.
18 November 2019, 08:42
bwanamrm
Nice... congrats and good shooting Ann!


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18 November 2019, 18:15
Aspen Hill Adventures
George,

In Missouri you can shoot up to two bucks- one in archery and one in firearms. I passed on a little basket rack during archery. Passed on some does too.

I have six sheep headed to freezer camp so I held out hoping for a larger buck once firearms started but they were not coming around. I don't mind a yearling at all, the meat is fantastic.


~Ann


18 November 2019, 19:56
Hogbreath
Very Nice! you'll enjoy it.


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18 November 2019, 20:10
OLBIKER
Heck,I will be happy if I can shoot one like that this year,OB.
18 November 2019, 21:53
Outdoor Writer
Good job, Ann. beer

Is your Mauser a 7x57?


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18 November 2019, 22:29
Aspen Hill Adventures
Tony, it's a .30-06. Sorry for leaving that detail out. Smiler

It's been a good rifle for me. It's taken game in Africa, Canada and here at home. It originally was obtained by my grandfather and then he changed it over.

I shoot Federal Premium 180 grain NP's with it.


~Ann


18 November 2019, 23:32
Outdoor Writer
Reasoned I asked what cartridge it was because way back in the 1960s, I bought an almost-new 7x57 Argentine Mauser in NJ for $17.95!!!

When I moved to Phx a year later, I had a gunsmith do all the metal work to sporterize it, and then I bought a semi-inletted Fajan stock which I finished myself. It was a great shooting little rifle that I used on several successful mule deer and javelina hunts.

I eventually traded it sometime in the late 1970s for a Browning A-bolt in .338 WM in preparation for an upcoming grizz hunt in BC.


Tony Mandile - Author "How To Hunt Coues Deer"
19 November 2019, 23:20
Bud Meadows
Well done, Ann. I hunted 25 miles north of your old stomping grounds in Michigan, near Marlette. Passed on some younger 6 and 8 pointers, holding out for a 3+ year old buck. My buddy shot a nice 9 pointer.


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20 November 2019, 05:11
Aspen Hill Adventures
Bud,

I hunted deer many times in the Marlette area! Lots of them there. Good luck to you!


~Ann