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‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:40 pm
by Longbow2240
I tried to hold back on this one, but he gave me a little excitement so…. heard a lite grunt to the left of me, I gave one right back and he moved on in. Bout 40ish yards and that was it. Great hunt and an added bonus in the deer woods this morning with the single shot 243
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Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:01 pm
by daytime dave
Nice deer, congratulations.
Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:36 pm
by Cofisher
Kinda hard to pass them up when they talk to you. Well done, single shots rule!
Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:47 pm
by Sir Henry
Congratulations.
Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:29 pm
by Vaquero
Congrats, nice buck.
RP
Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:19 pm
by North Country Gal
Congrats. Love that you use a single shot.
Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 6:01 pm
by Ozarkwoodswalker
Great deer. great story. good job!
Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 6:16 pm
by JEBar
congrats .... nicely done
Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:55 am
by Hatchdog
Great buck taken by a great rifle and hunter. Well done.
Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:07 pm
by Longbow2240
Kind words appreciated from everyone!!
Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:24 pm
by 5shot
Congrats on a nice buck and a great choice of rifle! Hard to believe you can hunt deer without the latest megablaster and a high powered scope with dials and electronics and more lines in the reticle than a Chicago street map!
Good job!!
Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 12:00 am
by 5shot
Hey Longbow....In reading my post I should have said "it's possible to hunt deer" rather than directing my sarcasm at "you". No offense meant. I have a couple skills but being a wordsmith ain't one of them!
Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:34 am
by Redthies
That’s a beautiful buck. Very symmetrical rack too. Is he big for a Tennessee deer? I would guess so? Will you do a mount for the rack? I do a “euro” of all my deer, but that guy might get a proper full mount.
Funny thing about antler points… by our regs here in British Columbia, that is a 3 pt. They govt biologists who set the standards for qualifying by antler points go by maximum number of tines on one side, excluding brow tines or eye guards. We hunters get a bit more in depth and would call that a 3x3 as it has 3 on each side. My whitetail from last year was a 3x2 but yielded just shy of 100 lbs of meat off the bone.
Re: ‘23 243 8pt
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 6:53 am
by Redthies
5shot wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:24 pm
Congrats on a nice buck and a great choice of rifle! Hard to believe you can hunt deer without the latest megablaster and a high powered scope with dials and electronics and more lines in the reticle than a Chicago street map!
Good job!!
I still shoot .30-30 for 98% of my deer hunting. I sometimes feel a bit of a goof wearing the latest and greatest hunter specific clothing (I’m very lucky to be looked after by First Lite) all the while knowing there are guys “getting it done” in jeans and a flannel. Probably more monster deer have been taken by guys in their work clothes shooting grammas old .30-30 than any “mountain athlete” type of modern day hunter.