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Post by zac0419 on Nov 14, 2014 16:30:30 GMT -5
Awesome hunt, thanks for taking us along.
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Post by robl on Nov 14, 2014 17:30:30 GMT -5
Nice write up! Outstanding job with your sixgun!
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Post by crazycarl on Nov 14, 2014 18:58:56 GMT -5
I've never seen a buck that big in my life. Can't even imagine seeing so many deer that you can pick & choose which you want.
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Post by jared on Nov 14, 2014 22:17:15 GMT -5
Sounds like a great hunt. Congratulations.
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Post by callshot on Nov 16, 2014 11:14:55 GMT -5
Well done Bill. I wouldn't be surprised if someone doesn't ask you to give a demonstration and tell your story to a group of men assembled sometime!
Steve
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Post by 2 Dogs on Nov 17, 2014 6:37:02 GMT -5
Bill, Great hunt. Great story. Great pics. Im sure it was a great time. Glad you were able to make the shot and I certainly admire your patience. I woulda shot that first buck in a heartbeat! But, then again, I don't live in Colorado.
Well done.
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Post by Doc Barranti on Nov 17, 2014 10:37:10 GMT -5
Way to go, Bill!
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Post by hoover on Nov 22, 2014 16:33:08 GMT -5
Somewhere Elmer is smiling down upon you, for carrying on the tradition of a true six gunner! Your own handloads with a lead bullet made by you in a six gun you had designed to your liking! Doesn't get any better than that and something that few would understand.
Amazing that a plain, humble lead bullet could give such spectacular results! Everyone knows you can't kill anything with cast. As Ross Seyfried says, and I know you know this, cast bullets out of a handgun kill in all disproportion compared to rifle ballistics using jacketed bullets.
Congratulations on a great hunt done your way and a great write up.
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Post by Snyd on Nov 24, 2014 1:23:47 GMT -5
Wow! That was fantastic! Nice job on getting that buck with the wheelgun. I bet it was a joy helping out the ol boy with his buck. Good on ya.
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Post by bradshaw on Nov 25, 2014 16:44:05 GMT -5
Bill.... Quite possible your bullet threw a shock wave into the spine to drop him hard like that. If so, that would be part of the "temporary" wound channel some claim doesn't exist. This can happen with a flat or hollow point bullet, and it doesn't care whether the bullet is jacketed or cast, without the bullet touching the spine.
A hunt made in dignity laced with a fine shot.
David Bradshaw
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Post by Robster on Feb 14, 2015 9:38:38 GMT -5
great buck and great story. love the country you are in!!!
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Post by Markbo on Feb 20, 2015 13:12:08 GMT -5
Bill.... Quite possible your bullet threw a shock wave into the spine to drop him hard like that. If so, that would be part of the "temporary" wound channel some claim doesn't exist. This can happen with a flat or hollow point bullet, and it doesn't care whether the bullet is jacketed or cast, without the bullet touching the spine. A hunt made in dignity laced with a fine shot. David Bradshaw That happened to me! A nice trophy Mouflon Ram in the Texas Hill Country shot at about 140 yards with 117gr .25-06. I bent down to pack up my backpack and imagine my surprise when about 2 minutes later when I looked up he stood up and started walking off...right toward a cliff! Another shot - the only snap shot I have ever taken at a game animal in my life - and he was down. Found my first shot was high... barely clipped the top of his lungs but was right under the spine... clean pass through. Dropped him like a sack of potatoes, but it didn't last. The 2nd snap shot hit him right in both shoulders/lungs and he fell right over again. For good! Thank goodness. I might never have found him if he'd gotten over that cliff. |
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Post by James on Jul 12, 2015 21:51:37 GMT -5
Beautiful mulie............. my sincere congratulations
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