shot with my win mod 70 243 at about 150 yards, on the last day of draw season at about 530 in the afternoon.

Well Done! That's a dandy buck you got there! What WMU and province did you find that one in?

Thanks for the pic.

GordM

shot him in saskatchewan near north battleford, at 530 pm on the last day of muly draw season. Got him with my mod 70 243, its my first mule. Its not the biggest one i saw this seoson but i'm happy enough with him.
I actually shot one a little bigger first thing in the morning that day, but the shot didn't drop him and with no snow tracking was impossible.

This is an exceptional deer, I would crawl through hell to shoot him.

nicely done

Fred that is a great buck! Hope he's going on the wall!

Nice deer....very sad you didn't do the right thing and rip up your tag after wounding one. You really have learn to pick your ...learn about bullet placement. I've wounded things too but if I can't find them the next day the tag is destroyed. You're allowed one deer per tag. How many would you wound before tagging one?

the chef

First, let me welcome you to the forum. Second, THAT is a VERY nice deer. Congrats! I think Calgary Chef's comments are a bit out of line in this context but you can look at this mounted Mulie every day and remember a fine day afield and a couple of valuable lessons learned. 1) ALWAYS track wounded deer to hell and back and 2) ALWAYS count on someone to point out a failing when it should be your moment in the sun.

Best Regards,

John

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Originally posted by calgarychef1:
Nice deer....very sad you didn't do the right thing and rip up your tag after wounding one. You really have learn to pick your ...learn about bullet placement. I've wounded things too but if I can't find them the next day the tag is destroyed. You're allowed one deer per tag. How many would you wound before tagging one?

the chef

I spend more than enough time to be fair tracking the first animal, and would hope that 99.9 percent of the hunters here would do the same. Tear up you tag if it makes you feel better, we dont care.

So with all do respect save you ignorant comments for a time when you know what your talking about. I'm not a rookie, I've hunted since i was 12, however this was my first mule deer hunt. If there is one thing i take pride in, its my integrity and i would never leave an animal to suffer without doing everything possible to end it.

Y'know what .... I was a little short with you. I apologize. I had a hell of a day yesterday and was kinda grumpy. I shouldn't have even been online....I was too damned tired to be of any use. Like I said it is a nice deer. I just wouldn't have shot the second one but that's just me.

the chef

thanks chef...a diverse group makes for interesting conversations....

regards.

Great deer. Congratulations. Valuable lessons learned...

I must admit that i am not particularly fond of a .243 on deer, as shot placement becomes even more critical. Out of curiosity, what bullets were you using? My friend used 100gr Nosler partitions on a WT, but even then, we had a heck of a time tracking that guy down after a liver shot in heavy brush.

CL, you ought to tell your friend to practice his shooting .

My cousin killed a 180 class mule deer last season with the same bullet. Hit the thing behind the ribs, took off the top of the heart, and exited out the front shoulder. That big old buck tipped on his nose and didn't twitch.

Chuck

If you look at my posts I'm always touting the effectivness of the 30-30 and 303 on moose. But bullet placement is so very important with the lower power guns. Those who have seen my recent posts in the bow section know that I'm not perfect either.

Smaller guns=boilerroom or nothing.

the chef

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Originally posted by Chuck Nelson:
CL, you ought to tell your friend to practice his shooting

I did, but it sort of went over his head I said something like...remember the mulie that you wounded last year? Oh, how about that moose with your black powder, didn't he get away? Oh yeah, what was that story about the Whitetail in Montana, how could you have lost him if you shot him broadside through the shoulder?

That's one of the reasons why I am looking for another hunting partner

How about the guy that shot his truck.

Chuck

i shot him with a nosler 90gr. bt. hand loaded and going really fast...the 243 was always my long range varmint rifle until this year, next year i'll go back to my 760 30-06.

Oh! You just had to remind me of that?! Okay, I'll admit that I am really looking for another hunting partner or two- period!

Let's face it, the average hunter out there is just that- average. There really aren't that many of us who are very passionate about hunting and the outdoors, plus have the experience, knowledge and desire for continuous learning that many of us share on sites like this.

Cheers,
CL

Hi Fred,

Welcome back. Unfortunately, that bullet was not designed for that size animal- I understand the difficult recovery now.

You'll probably have excellent results with your 30-06 next year- I've used a .308 with 165gr to 180gr. TBBC bullets with great success on big game- the 30-06 is even better...and (to set Brad and Chuck straight) the .300 win. mag. better than that

I have hunted for 31 years and the few times I have been invoved in looking for a wounded deer the common denominator was the 243. Perhaps the worlds greatest coyote round I want nothing to do with it as a deer rifle. To be fair however it seems that those who choose this ultralight caliber also fail to use premium bullets which would be a necessity in my opinion. If you have to use one use Nosler Partitions please!

Those damn 6mm's on big deer. That is the third one this year I heard of that was wounded and not recovered.Irresponsible hunters and lousy shots, shooting at too far a distance is where it's at.