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Our special Holiday anterless season started the 21st, so got up early this morning & went to go see if i could go fill another tag. temps were in the upper 20's, no wind. i have a ladder that sits alongside a trail i had widened up, disced, & seeded in winter wheat/rye that we called the Green Mile. got in the tree maybe 10 minutes before shooting light. didnt have long to wait, a few minutes after i could see to shoot, first deer comes down the trail, but it was a small racked buck i had seen on camera a few times. he never knew i was there & passed about 40 yards away. 5 minutes later, a second deer shows...no horns. this one stops at about 65 yards, quartering towards me, and i line up the hi-viz bead...never scoped this one...& send a Hornady 300gr FNSP from the #1-H .405. its a stone cold dead-right-there. got down & saw my "Doe" was a button buck. i probably wont bowhunt next week, so this one wrapped up the season with less than 30 minutes in the stand. always hate seeing the season end, but now i can get serious on 'yotes, and been seeing quite a few bobcats on the trail cams.
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Dats a nice lookin' rifle!
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Fyre,
Gratz on that doe (cough). I'm figuring on going after Christmas, hoping we'll get some snow out west to add to the fun.
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Very nice! I went out this afternoon with my 7mm-08 MRC, but now you're going to shame me into using a single shot.
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.
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Very nice! I went out this afternoon with my 7mm-08 MRC, but now you're going to shame me into using a single shot. You will have to drag out your #1 7X57. Doc
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Very nice! I went out this afternoon with my 7mm-08 MRC, but now you're going to shame me into using a single shot. You will have to drag out your #1 7X57. Doc Yep, the 175-grain RN may need to put in another appearance.
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum. I do tend to fit in well wherever I go in person. The campfire is the most outside exposure I get. No TV, no newspaper.
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Good shootin FPX, damn nice rifle too , I'll be out with my new to me #1S in 300 H&H soon to try and fill a few remaining tags. Gunner
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Great looking rifle and chalk one up for the great .405 Win. Well done. Mouse
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Yup. Congratulations! Venison with a great rifle.
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Congrats! Great looking rifle!
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Congratulations! I love the .405, it's a unique chambering that does speak with authority. Just got a #1 in .405 a month ago...
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I really like the fore end treatment on that rifle...very nice, and nice shot too.
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I really like the fore end treatment on that rifle...very nice, and nice shot too. stumbled across this one in the used rack at Cabelas, previous owner had added that touch & a fiber-op front bead. i kinda like the looks.
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I really like the fore end treatment on that rifle...very nice, and nice shot too. stumbled across this one in the used rack at Cabelas, previous owner had added that touch & a fiber-op front bead. i kinda like the looks. Very nice indeed, a very clean looking rifle, with significant power, too
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405 win and a 7x57 doesn't get any better than that, plus filled your tag way cool!
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Congrats. Thats a beautiful rifle and a very intersting cartridge to boot.
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