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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Teresa Heilevang on December 11, 2010, 12:56:03 AM
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You guys...I got my deer tonight.. (http://www.rightnation.us/forums/style_emoticons/default/Dancing-Chilli.gif)
.. it was so exciting.. A nice 8 point stepped out about 4:40 pm.. and he was 175 yds.. perfect distance. Mark had gone out with me cause I told him I was taking one of the does tonight regardless, so he knew I would need help loading her.
Well when he stepped out, I'm telling you right now..that the doe plan was gone. ;D
I leveled down on him .. got myself ready and Mark whispered to me.. "You DO have a shell in right?" I disgustedly answered.. " Well Hell yes.. you think I'm an idiot on my first hunt?" He said.."Well, I figured you did, but I just wanted to ask"..
So I took another breath and waited. I wanted him to step out a little more..and he didn't!
Mark said"..If you're gonna take the sniper shot, and not wait.. its a hell of a small target that you got there to shoot..and it will be hell of a shot if you make it. "
I said, "Well, I'm gonna take it... I can make this shot!"..
So I breathed out and and squeezed the trigger and I heard a 'click'..
He said... " oh F#@% !"
I said" Oh Shit" :o
Guess what.. I didn't have a shell in the chamber ::) I could NOT believe it! Seriously? Been hunting for 30 years and never had this happen..
But happen it did~~~
Honestly I thought I had racked one in the first day I went out, but I guess I didn't.. So I gently pulled my gun down and calmly , slowly and quiet as I could, I jacked a cartridge in the chamber.. Took another breath, pulled the scope up to my eye and and looked once again at him and he hadn't moved. Still the only part that was available to shoot was his head and a little of his neck... the rest of his body had obstruction covering him..
I said, "Ok.. I can do this" and I let out my breath and squeezed.
He dropped right where he stood ..kicked 3 times and was done!
I was so excited!!! It was a beauty of a shot too. right through the neck. :)
I was so cold and it was getting dark.. so we brought him back to the house to gut and skin him.
I pulled back strap and tenderloins and quartered him. and I'll butcher him tomorrow after he cools down tonight.. Supposed to get in the low 20's..so it ought to be perfect..
I opened up this album on my facebook for everyone to see , so click on the link and look at him..I'm really proud of this one. He isn't by a long shot the biggest one the men in my family have shot, but he sure is a respectable size for me..
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Click on each picture to enlarge it. :)
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=99055&id=1360856348&l=1fd4f364a8
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um, why do you have pics of his nuts? do you collect them or something?
;D
I'm just glad you don't have luck like mine, the click would have been enough to send every deer with in 10 miles running, on th elast day of the season.
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um, why do you have pics of his nuts? do you collect them or something?
;D
I'm just glad you don't have luck like mine, the click would have been enough to send every deer with in 10 miles running, on th elast day of the season.
TAB, That's her aiming point :o
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Nice job M'ette!!
He's got a taller rack than the deer I screwed the shot up on this year.
I had the crosshairs on his head just behing the ear - then slapped the trigger like I was busting a clay pidgeon. ::) Missed him clean.
Tip: taking the hide off by tying it off, (pull down a generous hunk of hide, cut 2 slits and stick in a chunk of wood), and pulling with an ATV or truck is a LOT easier...I gut in the field and we hang 'em head up. 'Course, we are in the garage, so it may not fit your situation.
Nice buck!
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Glad you got one.
Deer kill has been generally sh!tty here this year.
One guy I work with, who usually gets (Bow, and rifle ) sat in the woods for 2 days and only saw 1 squirrel.
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M'ette...good goin' I know you will put the meat to good use. Just wish a bunch of us could be there to help you celebrate. Thanks for the link since I'm not on FB.
Richard
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Nice deer! I had a similar experience (no round chambered) while hunting black bear in Maine. Apparently, the bolt closed without picking up the round. 999 times out of 1,000, I would have opened the bolt to double check out of paranoia, but, of course, that was the one time I didn't. Unfortunately, the bear heard the "click", since he was only about 40 yards away, and quickly turned and disappeared into the woods. I thought the round had misfired so I was forced to sit there and watch him walk away. When I opened the bolt a few second later, I was furious to say the least. I then repeatedly attempted to wrap my rifle around a tree, without success. The body of the rifle was obviously built with an eye toward quality and durability, unlike the action.
Swoop
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Nice Pics Marshallette, and congrats on bagging ya deer!
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Great Deer!
What did Mark say when the gun went "click" .... huh ... what did he say Blondie ;D
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MMMMMMmmmmmmmm,.......deer jerky time... ;D
Good shootin' Marshal'ette!!!! Congratulatons!!! Nothing louder than a "click" when expecting a "boom'.
Profanity and hunting, just go hand in hand sometimes... ::)
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Nice buck! He looks like a nice big healthy beast. Lots 'o meat!
I AM JEALOUS!
Which blind were you in? The 'mansion' or your usual?
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Nice deer!
When I frst read your topic title I thought, "That can't be right. She's already married." :D
I am very inpressed with your hunt. Your ability to calmly load the chamber quietly after the "misifire" is astounding. I think I would've been shinky like I had three pots of coffe in my system or something.
Are you going to tan the hide? It looked in great shape.
And I know I got to go to the corner for ths but, nice rack! ;D
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[bMark whispered to me.. "You DO have a shell in right?" I disgustedly answered.. " Well Hell yes.. you think I'm an idiot on my first hunt?" He said.."Well, I figured you did, but I just wanted to ask"..
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So I breathed out and and squeezed the trigger and I heard a 'click'.. Guess what.. I didn't have a shell in the chamber ::) I could NOT believe it! Seriously? Been hunting for 30 years and never had this happen..
But happen it did~~~
It's almost like he knows how blond you really are. ;D
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Very nice!
I got rained on and ended up with a cold but it still was a good so see friends and family.
Backstraps..Ummmmmmmm! ;D
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Nice rack!!!
And the deer ain't too bad either!
Happy eating. ;D
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Well done Teresa.....
mmmmmmm.....backstrap and jerky.....
Gotta get back into the woods now that I'm in an area that's a little more receptive to it..
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um, why do you have pics of his nuts? do you collect them or something?
Some people can think of more than one thing at once.... ;)
Well done, M'ette!....
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Congrats...Thats a Good Looking Deer M'Lette.
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That buck is nothing to be ashamed of, wish I could get a shot at one that nice. I do have 2 does in the freezer and now muzzle loader season is in here in Indiana so this afternoon I am headed back to the woods with my Hawken .54 in tow to try for another deer. Great job on your deer Marshalette. 8)
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Thanks everyone!~~~ :)
Haz~~ I was in the "mansion."... LOL
I'll have to post pictures of it later on this evening..
I just finished up giving an hour and half massage so I'm off to butcher.. and yes.. there is going to be fresh back strap and biscuits and gravy and mashed pot for supper tonight..
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Congrats on a nice buck.
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Teresa,
Nice buck! Well done!
We are having venison stew tonight at my house too. I got a mulie and an antelope in WY. Nada in Michigan the same as with all of my buddies. From what I hear at the club, no one is having much success here, so be happy as I know you are.
That buck has great antlers. No wonder you look so happy in your pics.
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Nice deer and congrads but I must ask( Honestly I thought I had racked one in the first day I went out, but I guess I didn't.). That bothers me leaving it loaded all the time after the first day :-X
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Nice deer and congrads but I must ask( Honestly I thought I had racked one in the first day I went out, but I guess I didn't.). That bothers me leaving it loaded all the time after the first day :-X
Just a guess, but maybe it bothered someone else too, who unloaded it...figuring you would check it each day.
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Congrats, you look so Happy, and well you you should be, nice rack, mature buck, much meat etc... Kansas deer, wonderful, not to mention wonderful shot and good story.
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Just a guess, but maybe it bothered someone else too, who unloaded it...figuring you would check it each day.
No one touches my gun...and I don't touch theirs.. unless permission is given.. and that's a rule that is not broken around here. My rule I go by and Marshal has learned I' get bitchy about it.. He grabs up every gun and fondles it. I have let him know in no uncertain terms to leave mine alone!.. :P
Not to give you guys cardiac arrest.. but there are lots of times I don't unload my rifle during deer season.. I leave it in my truck cause I come back in for a little while.. and then go back out a few hours later.. It stays loaded..
But Derek told me that he remembers me unloading my gun when I was standing in the alley talking to him after the last time I hunted on Thursday..which is weird cause I knew I was most likely going back out the next evening. Maybe that's why I did, cause I wasn't going until the evening and had massages scheduled for the morning..
Oh well~~ who knows..
I don't even remember doing it.. Guess I am so multi-task ::) I don't remember half of what I do.. Kinda like shooting and immediately without thinking it just goes on safety.. Or being in the field bird hunting.. shoot and be reloading all the while I'm walking to keep my eye on the bird that fell. Its all one unconscious easy movement..
Always unload shotgun before getting back in my truck... but never unload my rifle on the way back to town..
I drive a lot of country roads and if I see a deer on the way back in I need that gun loaded and ready in the truck with me.. ( and no.. I don't have someone hold my beer while I shoot out of the window.. ;D ) Well~~ actually that DID happen once ( without the beer) and it about broke my eardrums.. :o
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Congrats! and what Benny said. Nice deer too.
...Ok...off to the corner.
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Good rule about your rifle.
I read a statement, I believe made by Jeff Cooper: No one can handle your weapon without permission except your father or commanding officer.
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Great buck, nice shot and a heck of a rack too!!!
M'ette the bone collector! ;D
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M'ette,
Lucky you ran into a deaf deer cause that had to be the loudest CLICK you ever heard.
LOL
Richard
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So how much
crack deer jerky are you having made/making?
;D
I love that stuff...
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Uh,......we have NO info on the rifle, (anyone else notice?),....what caliber? Scope? Bullet?
Marshal'ette, no pics of the venison with your rifle in hand???
??? C'mon, we wants to know, and next to deer porn, uh,...well......
THERE"S ALWAYS GUN PORN!!!!! ;)
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Nice rack. The deer ain't bad either. ;D
Yes ma'am. I'll be in the corner.
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Nice buck. Now to rehab for the week before Christmas. Hopefully I'll have some pictures for you.
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Uh,......we have NO info on the rifle, (anyone else notice?),....what caliber? Scope? Bullet?
Marshal'ette, no pics of the venison with your rifle in hand???
??? C'mon, we wants to know, and next to deer porn, uh,...well......
THERE"S ALWAYS GUN PORN!!!!! ;)
I'm pretty sure it's a 243 Browning with scope.
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Haz~~ You are right.. I have a 243 Browning with a Leupold Vari X III 3.5x10 scope.
I have shot with this gun for over 30 years. I take extremely good care of it.. Have only had to tweak the sighting in 1 time in all those years.. It never ever fails me.. If the cross hairs are on the critter.. you can bet the farm that its right on target. I've shot my deer with it every year and a few coyotes too.. I love it..
Mark uses a 270 Browning. It has more punch of course.. and I've shot it too.. but I'll take mine any day.
So there you have it..
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... there are lots of times I don't unload my rifle during deer season..
Yeah, an old hunting buddy of mine did that once, even though it's illegal here. When he picked up his rifle to head back into the woods, he created a nice .30 hole in the floorboard of his Jeep. :-[ Luckily, no one was hurt, including his Jeep (except for the floorboard).
"I drive a lot of country roads and if I see a deer on the way back in I need that gun loaded and ready in the truck with me.. "
Is it legal to hunt from a vehicle in Kansas? Just wondering, because it's not in Kentucky, unless you are disabled, and then the vehicle must be motionless and you can't shoot on or over a roadway.
Swoop
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Ya got to jump out of your truck to shoot it. .. but if you have permission on the land that the deer is on.. then you can shoot.
They change the stupid laws every year it seems.. just to trip people up I think.. I don't have much use for Fish and Game.. Just another section of tin badge big shot wannabes...They F up more than they get right..
(((going into my mediation mantra now... and calm myself before I get on a tangent that I can't control))) ;D
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Haz~~ You are right.. I have a 243 Browning with a Leupold Vari X III 3.5x10 scope.
See! I do listen to you! (sometimes ;) )
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See! I do listen to you! (sometimes ;) )
I just cant believe its not "purple"
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I just cant believe its not "purple"
Didn't you notice the slip covers? Either it is purple underneath, or there is a purple set in the "unmentionable" drawer ;)
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That is a nice deer, and a nice rifle you took it with. Good going! I like the camo slip covers you put on. It's really nice seeing a 30 year old gun that's been well cared for. Too many aren't. BAR's are bad ass rifles. Bill T.
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Haz~~ You are right.. I have a 243 Browning with a Leupold Vari X III 3.5x10 scope.
I have shot with this gun for over 30 years.
(http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj216/marshalette/IMG_1804.jpg)
Come on, do you expect us to believe that? You are not old enough to have shot that gun for 30 years! ;)
Nice rifle.
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No one touches my gun...and I don't touch theirs.. unless permission is given.. and that's a rule that is not broken around here. My rule I go by and Marshal has learned I' get bitchy about it.. He grabs up every gun and fondles it. I have let him know in no uncertain terms to leave mine alone!.. :P
Nope....I can't do it....way too easy.... :D