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I'd call this guy my first "real" buck. A little 5 pt. I was actually about to get down, I hadn't seen anything all morning. I owe it to good timing and my Remington 700 .243. But mainly to "Coleridge", he's wise beyond my years. [URL=http://s1351.photobucket.com/user/swrandolph45/media/5pt_zps07a27a25.jpg.html] [/URL
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Everybody knows you can't kill a deer w/a 243. What grain bullet and ammo? powdr
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Well done! You owe it to good aim and a productive area as well. Enjoy the fine venison....
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You owe it to good aim and a productive area as well. And the guy that pointed you to the rifle, mounted your scope, loaded your bullets, helped cut up the deer... I'm sure the list goes on. Ohh & all the little people too Congrats
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Awesome.
That deer looks really tasty !
'Nother .243 fan here.
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Point it right and 243 will get it done. Looks like fine eating. Magnum Man
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Point it right and 243 will get it done. Looks like fine eating. Magnum Man I may have shot a deer or ten with the 243 using 100 gr Hornady over IMR 4350. That combo still doesn't suck............ I wouldn't hesitate to say my extended family has killed 50 deer with a 243. I was the first to start out with the cartridge in 1975. Every kid, cousin, new inlaws, and younger friends and their kids all used one at some point early in their deer hunting career. Might have even been a couple black bears that experienced its insufficiency. I bought an SS M77 last year and will dream up some 100 gr deer loads for it this winter. My daughter had our first grandchild recently. I ought to be able to come up with a load in the next 7-8 years till he's old enough to carry it.
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BTW: to the OP - congratulations! Your first buck is bigger than mine was.
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Congratulations! Nice buck.
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Congratulations, enjoy it and i wish you many more in the future..
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@ Coleridge....Dang man, sounds like you did everything but pull the trigger.
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Just mess'n Your light years ahead of were I was my first season in; that many years ago!
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Congrats on a fine deer.
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Oh and to answer the question. Shot with 85gr Sierra Varminter loaded with 36.0 of H4350
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Congrats on your first one! Pretty buck, backstraps for Thanksgiving!
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