Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting My son's first deer

Thanks again all for the words of encouragement. At this point my season's been such an uber success, it doesn't seem to matter what I hang my tag on.

For them that care about such things, heres a pic of the recovered bullet. Looks just like the one I shot into a line of milk jugs before season. Had it impact been back a little it would've absolutely nuked the vitals, but I want something that'll punch a shoulder if I need it to. I've always had good luck with Interlocks, 165s and 180s in my 06, and 225s out of my 338 RUM (that were screaming) but this left me a little cold. No harm no foul, deer's down. Kick in the pants is I had a load worked up with 95 gr ballistic tips, but didn't have enough left over to practice with and have a pile on hand for season, and several stores had the 100 gr Hornady's so being my thrifty self I went with the Hornady's. I left the heart for the coyotes, and it was dark enough I didn't take the time to care it up. Wish I had now, as it could have been either a bone shard or a little piece of lead that put the hole in it.