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Dicks Sporting Goods/Field and Stream store put stainless Tikka T3 Lite's on sale for $449.00 before hunting season.

So I got a .308 for me and for my 12 year old son a .270 win. This will be his rifle from now on and the last one I buy for him.(Or so I think) We have looked at rifles together and he really likes the stainless rifles with the pepper laminate stocks. So I called up Boyds and ordered a stock cut to 12 1/4 inches finished with a 1 inch recoil pad. It fits him like a glove but still not too short for me or for him as he gets taller. Put a Nikon Prostaff with BDC on it for now.





The stock added about a pound to the overall weight which will help him with recoil. We tried some Hornady 130 grain SP loads which he shot fine but he preferred the Hornady Lite 120 grain loads and with an approximately 1 inch group at 100 yards on a Monday, we loaded up and went hunting the next day.

My shot at the top, he shot the 3 below after an adjustment.


Bob.

Part 2.

We left at lunch time and after a 2 1/2 hour drive went straight to our hunting spot.

He decided that since he had killed a very nice 8 point during the youth hunt he would let me kill any buck and he would only shoot a doe. About an hour after we get in the shooting house, (Did I say it was about 78 degrees? I was wearing shorts and a T-shirt it was so hot.) a doe stepped out. He looked at her through the binoculars and said, "Well, I'll go ahead and shoot her." I said let's wait a little while and in a few minutes a basket racked 6 point came out of the woods and started chasing her until they left the field. About 15 minutes before last shooting light the 2 deer came back out. Then at the very last of shooting light, I scanned the tree line with my binoculars and watched 2 shooter bucks come into the field.

I passed the binoculars to him and he handed them back and grabbed his rifle. I said, I thought I was shooting the bucks? And he said, Well, I got this new rifle for Christmas and well, I just changed my mind.

It was getting to the point that I was worried if there was enough light for him to see to shoot. He assured me he could see where to aim and we let the buck feed a little closer to us so he wasn't against the dark wood line but had field all around him. I asked if he could see him and he said yes, but he would let him pick his head up again and before he shot.

Bang, and the deer ran out of the field, we listened and no sooner had the deer left the field and I could hear a crash in the far tree line. We went to where they entered the tree line and found a few drops of blood, and the deer within 20 yards.

Where we found him.


Buck weighed 210lbs live weight.




Bullet found under the off side skin.


Only picture of the buck prior to seeing him that evening.


Can't see the entry hole in the pics, but it was tight behind the right shoulder crossing diagonally towards the left rear rib cage. So not a bad week for Harrison.

Bob.

Saaaaright! !

Good looking rifle. The gray laminate has been a fav or mine for a long time. My Ruger 10-22 is SS - gray lam.

That's a great buck PLUS one to be removed from the breeding herd.

Congrats

Jerry

Congrats!!!!

Nice rifle AND buck.

I love stories like this one!! Nice buck for the young man!!

Like the stock with the stainless barrel! Good price on that rifle also, remember when they were 650 ish in my area.

Congrats on a successful hunt!

Good stuff-cool looking buck. Congrats!

Great way to end the year!! Congrats to the both of you...

congrats on a fine looking rifle and great buck!

Congrats to you and your son, great looking rifle that will last Jr a lifetime and one heck of a buck.

Thanks guys, I told him he was done for the year and It's my time now. He killed a really nice buck during the youth hunt with my 7mm-08 loaded with 120 Ballistic Tips. So he has surpassed any season that I've had and any buck that I've killed to date.

8 point with a kicker that makes 9, weighed 265lbs and rough scored 158ish. You can see where the bullet entered at the shoulder. Deer went maybe 10 yards.



I told him to expect to get left at home the next few times I go hunting. Season ends on Feb 10 around here, so I still have some time to get it done. I have a new Tikka .308 to break in.

Bob.

Most excellent. Congrats to the lad.
Good luck in your quest of both chasing your deer and leaving the youngster at home.

Very cool congrats to both of you.

That's a big ole 8...

Great job...

Congrats to you and the young man

That kid is a stone cold killer! You screwed up and showed him your huntin spots!!!!

Naw, he won't be driving for 4 years yet. He still needs me for transportation.

This is his 7th year hunting averaging 2-3 deer per year. He's getting to where he only needs me around to watch for deer and keep the boogey man away when it gets dark. But the shooting part, he's got that down.

Bob.

Bob, congratulations to your son for his two fine bucks! Congratulations to you for raising your son in the manner you have.

All I can say about the second buck is that you shore ain't hunting in the area of Alabama that I'm hunting in! WOW! That bruiser is exceptional both in body weight and antler size/mass. Did you get the rack scored?

Great story, and congrats to you and your Son. Where I used to hunt up north, that garage floor would have been filthy with deer ticks! Do you have a tick problem there in Alabama?