Henry - 3 for three
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2021 11:07 pm
Tonight - the single shot .243. I’ve a friend that lives in a deer reduction zone. He invited me over to sit in one of his stands. So what the heck - I go to his house. He is still working so he drives me to a field and points me toward his stand. Of course I miss the stand by about 50 yards. As I crested the hill I see two white tails straight up in the air headed north. So I move south and see another deer. Take the rifle off my shoulder, line up the shot, but before I could pull the trigger it jumps and runs. When it runs four more join it. Dang. A few minutes too late. Climb the stand anyway and wait in case they come back. Nope. They were gone. I leave the stand about 30 minutes befor last shooting light to check out a corn field in case they got around me. Again, nothing. Text my friend and let him know I’m on my way. Five minutes later he shows up and picks me up.
On the short drive back to his house I look into another field and say “is that a herd of deer?” He said “yep”. So I said why are we not getting out of the truck? He said “you have 9 minutes.” I hop out of the truck, hurry down the fence row, and the deer start moving. I rest the .243 on a fence post and scan the group. I chose the last one in line. Put the cross hairs on the boiler room and tell myself to watch through the scope - don’t flinch. Squeeze the trigger. I saw the fire from the end of the barrel through the scope. And the left eye watched her drop. Like a stone. Walked back to the truck and he asked “did you get one?”. I said “absolutely”. From where I shot to where she lay was around 250 yards.
The Henry single shots are excellent hunters. Three trigger pulls. Three deer down.
On the short drive back to his house I look into another field and say “is that a herd of deer?” He said “yep”. So I said why are we not getting out of the truck? He said “you have 9 minutes.” I hop out of the truck, hurry down the fence row, and the deer start moving. I rest the .243 on a fence post and scan the group. I chose the last one in line. Put the cross hairs on the boiler room and tell myself to watch through the scope - don’t flinch. Squeeze the trigger. I saw the fire from the end of the barrel through the scope. And the left eye watched her drop. Like a stone. Walked back to the truck and he asked “did you get one?”. I said “absolutely”. From where I shot to where she lay was around 250 yards.
The Henry single shots are excellent hunters. Three trigger pulls. Three deer down.