Well, as many of you know, I lost my dad in January of this year. He was my deer hunting buddy. One of my goals this year was to bag a buck with his deer rifle. Well, last Sun at mid day I jumped a buck, and his Remington 7600 30-06 pump did it's job. Let's just say it was unfinished business for me, and I am feeling pretty good about it. The week earlier my youngest boy baged a buck, now we are working on getting my oldest boy a buck. The shot was a quartering shot, with a 150 grain Nosler Ballistic tip, factory Winchester ammo, and the bullet entered the ribcage midway, and exited between the front chest and shoulder. I was impressed that the ballistic tip did exit. The results were what I have always experienced with larger caliber ballistic tips. At any rate, I just have a real good feeling about the whole thing. If there is a God, my dad is up there smiling right now....
Posts: 492 | Location: Northern California | Registered: 27 December 2002
The "A Zone" opened Aug 9th here, and will run til the better part of Sept is over. It has been this way for as long as I can remember. It is a late summer "hot" hunt. The deer are not in velvet, but some will have a bit of it still on their antlers. Last year, my youngest boy's 4 point (8 point for easterners, we only count the side with the most points) still had velvet on the end of about 2 antlers. This is the Western Coastal area in the central to mid northern part of the state. A cold beer after one of these hunts goes down real smooth. These are the Blacktail deer, a smaller version of the Mule Deer. They are smart, elusive, and alot of fun to hunt. Yes,I feel real good about it, just something I felt I wanted to do, my dad would have loved it.
Posts: 492 | Location: Northern California | Registered: 27 December 2002
Forgot to mention, you can purchase two A zone tags if you havent purchased any other zone deer tags. Been many years since I bagged a deer with the 30-06, and it was a good reminder to me that it is an awesome deer round.
Posts: 492 | Location: Northern California | Registered: 27 December 2002
