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PA Buck

Post by panman213 » Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:37 am

PA Buck with a Henry X Model in 45 Colt
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Re: PA Buck

Post by Hatchdog » Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:39 am

Nice buck and that’s a great picture with your Henry in it. Sure are tall eye guards.
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Re: PA Buck

Post by panman213 » Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:34 am

Thanks. The burned area behind the buck is from a controlled burn they did 2 weeks prior to the rifle season. I thought it might change the deer movement. However it doest appear to have made much difference.
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Re: PA Buck

Post by Ozarkwoodswalker » Mon Dec 04, 2023 11:43 am

Nice buck! Looks like it was a good season. Congratulations!!!
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Re: PA Buck

Post by 5shot » Mon Dec 04, 2023 9:36 pm

Congrats!! Could we have some details on the load used and how the bullet performed? Obviously it worked!
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Re: PA Buck

Post by Vaquero » Tue Dec 05, 2023 7:50 am

Good job, and a nice lookin buck.
Factory ammo or a hand load?
Yeah, what 5shot said.
Was it a long shot?, and how far did he travel after?

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Re: PA Buck

Post by Longbow2240 » Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:36 am

Good buck! Congratulations!
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Re: PA Buck

Post by daytime dave » Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:12 am

Nice Buck. Congratulations.
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Re: PA Buck

Post by panman213 » Tue Dec 05, 2023 12:54 pm

The shot was not far. Maybe 30 yards. It was a dead on frontal shot. He was head down coming thru some heavy brush. I whistled at him, he lifted his head and gave me a clear shot to his chest. That bullet traveled thru his heart, thru the deer lengthwise and out the back. I didnt recover the bullet but when field dressing him I didnt find the carnage to his insides as I expected. He only went about 25 yards and dropped. I used a handload that shoots fantastic out of my Blackhawk in 45colt Its a 255gr Lee RNFP powder coated in front of a modest charge of HP 38. Ive never chrono'd it but Load books suggest about 875 fps. Im sure I could load it hotter but after seeing this punch thru a deer, I dont think I Need to.
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Re: PA Buck

Post by 5shot » Tue Dec 05, 2023 6:49 pm

Thanks for the report! It's good to hear the cast bullet gets it done again!
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