Got another!

[peterf225]

I went hunting with my father-in-law today and shot a 120lb spike. #2 for this year.

Hope everyone else had a good time today.

 

[Leadfoot]

I expect a package of deer sausage soon.

 

[Booseman]

Pictures or it didnt happen.

 

[dzelenka]

How about some details about what you shot it with, where, and how the bullet performed?

 

[jmcrawf1]

How about some details about what you shot it with, where, and how the bullet performed?

Why? Everybody knows all you need is Uncle John's .30-06

 

[dzelenka]

Why? Everybody knows all you need is Uncle John's .30-06

With a Winchester 165 soft point.

 

[deafdave3]

Why? Everybody knows all you need is Uncle John's .30-06

With a Winchester 165 soft point.

And be sure you post it on the best forum in the world: Foremost Hunting!

 

[peterf225]

How about some details about what you shot it with, where, and how the bullet performed?

I was shooting my rem 700 243win loaded with 95gr ballistic silvertips. Talk about explosive, the shot was a little far back due to having to rush it but it took out the liver and lungs. I am hunting at my FIL camp north of Liverpool.

 

[Grandpa23]

I am leaning more and more toward a 243 for my first deer / hog rifle.
Congrats, Peter!

 

[shoalsfugro]

Peter, have you not read the past post? You know 243 is a bad deer round. Congrats. Did you get the new atv?

 

[peterf225]

Peter, have you not read the past post? You know 243 is a bad deer round. Congrats. Did you get the new atv?

Yeah I know the 243 is a bad round but then again so is the 270 I am using today.

I did get the new atv and I put it through the test last night to get the spike.

 

[shoalsfugro]

Well, if you get in trouble you can borrow a 375 Utra mag It make gutting easy..

 

[peterf225]

If I want to make it that easy I will pull out the 458 win mag. LOL.

 

[shoalsfugro]

If I want to make it that easy I will pull out the 458 win mag. LOL.

 

[dzelenka]

Peter, have you not read the past post? You know 243 is a bad deer round. Congrats. Did you get the new atv?

Not a bad round at all. I just don't think it is a good choice for a beginner.

Peter's shot illustrates why I believe the chest is better than the neck. There is room for error. Even with an admittedly less than perfect shot, it went through the liver. The liver is as good as the heart. Lots of blood loss in short order.

Congrats on the deer. Did the bullet exit or did you recover it?

 

[peterf225]

Not a bad round at all. I just don't think it is a good choice for a beginner.

Peter's shot illustrates why I believe the chest is better than the neck. There is room for error. Even with an admittedly less than perfect shot, it went through the liver. The liver is as good as the heart. Lots of blood loss in short order.

Congrats on the deer. Did the bullet exit or did you recover it?

The bullet did exit but it looked like a bomb went off inside the deer. The liver and lungs were just destoyed.

If I have to make a hurry up shot it will be a chest shot. Only time a neck or head shot would be taken is when the deer is calm and feeding and I have enough time to make the shot, other than that a chest shot 100% of the time. I also don't like shooting through the shoulders as I don't like wasting that much meat.