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After admiring and fondling Henry rifles in stores, I finally made the decision to buy my first Henry rifle, a Big Boy steel carbine in .44 magnum. I picked up the rifle in early December on a Wednesday and sighted in on Saturday. After reviewing trail camera pictures from a piece of land I hunt in Northwest AR, I told my wife I would like to hunt Sunday AM. I assured her that I would be back in time to shower and get ready for church.
I had only doe tags left, and had 3 doe show up prior to daylight. I only have the stock semi-buckhorn sights and could only see their silhouette inside my blind. Watching the 3 deer in front of me as the woods began to take on shades of color, one of the deer raised her head. I could tell by the shape of her head that she was an adult doe and not a yearling. At around 6:55, the deer had been there for at least 15 minutes and I couldn't take it any longer. I got the best silhouette of my sights, knowing the front bead had to be deep in the notch of the rear sight (which was nearly bottomed out to sight at 50 yards). I then moved the rifle to super impose the sight picture over the broadside doe at 35 yards...


Shot was a bit high and a bit back, but a very effective "bang/flop" kill. The doe was dressed out and dropped off at the processor in time to get home, shower and stretch out for nearly an hour before time to wake my wife and get ready for church.

I can't wait to put my new Henry to work on some feral hogs! I have a feeling my other rifles are going to see some neglect in the days/years ahead.

outstanding .... truly outstanding .... our BBS 44 Mag is one of my favorites .... looking forward to your future range and hunting reports .... feel free to jump into ongoing conversations as well to start new ones .... please take a look at our How Many ? thread (link below) and add your 44 to our community's total


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Lol. Sounds like a good morning. I know that feeling of 'not enough light '. Well done.

For your first Forum post, that was a treat to tag along with you on your deer hunt.
And congrats on your first Henry rifle!

Welcome from the Show-Me-State, Ozarkhunter. Enjoy your "hunts" through the Forum chats.
PT7

Welcome to the forum from CT. Congratulations on the new Henry and the harvest. Thanks for joining the conversation. Unfortunately, the photo didn't post because the Bushcraft USA forum requires an account login to view that content.

ozarkhunter wrote:After admiring and fondling Henry rifles in stores, I finally made the decision to buy my first Henry rifle, a Big Boy steel carbine in .44 magnum. ... I got the best silhouette of my sights, knowing the front bead had to be deep in the notch of the rear sight (which was nearly bottomed out to sight at 50 yards). I then moved the rifle to super impose the sight picture over the broadside doe at 35 yards...Shot was a bit high and a bit back, but a very effective "bang/flop" kill. The doe was dressed out and dropped off at the processor in time to get home, shower and stretch out for nearly an hour before time to wake my wife and get ready for church.

PT7 wrote:For your first Forum post, that was a treat to tag along with you on your deer hunt.
And congrats on your first Henry rifle!

Welcome from the Show-Me-State, Ozarkhunter. Enjoy your "hunts" through the Forum chats.
PT7

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Thanks! I grew up (left at age 12) in Independence, MO. Moved to AR in 1979.

CT_Shooter wrote:Welcome to the forum from CT. Congratulations on the new Henry and the harvest. Thanks for joining the conversation. Unfortunately, the photo didn't post because the Bushcraft USA forum requires an account login to view that content.

ozarkhunter wrote:After admiring and fondling Henry rifles in stores, I finally made the decision to buy my first Henry rifle, a Big Boy steel carbine in .44 magnum. ... I got the best silhouette of my sights, knowing the front bead had to be deep in the notch of the rear sight (which was nearly bottomed out to sight at 50 yards). I then moved the rifle to super impose the sight picture over the broadside doe at 35 yards...Shot was a bit high and a bit back, but a very effective "bang/flop" kill. The doe was dressed out and dropped off at the processor in time to get home, shower and stretch out for nearly an hour before time to wake my wife and get ready for church.

Sorry about the photo link. Any way here to upload from desktop?

Try this...


Uploaded to facebook and saved the image address... Where there's a will, there's a way!

welcome!

ozarkhunter wrote: Any way here to upload from desktop? ... Where there's a will, there's a way!

Yes. Select the Full Editor and Preview option. You'll see a tab at the bottom of the screen called Attachments. Click it. Upload your photo. When you select to 'place inline', it will be inserted at the place in the message where your cursor is located. Choosing to add a comment, gives it a caption.

That's a great photo. We love pictures here. Thanks.

Great story, and harvest. Best part....you kept the wife happy also ...by the way, welcome to the forum from Western North Carolina!!

Fantastic first post and great hunting tale to go along with it. Picture was just the icing on the cake!

Welcome to the forum from KC. Great to have you here! I have lots of relatives in your neck of the woods!

Welcome from the TV Oregon. Haven't been able to see any of your pictures so far [update: now i can]

Welcome Glad you joined us and great story to start off with.

Hello from KY.