Last Wednesday my daughter and I went to a friends place in hunt of a good management buck. Their idea of a management buck is a trophy to my daughter and I. We arrived early in the morning and found our way to the stand before sunrise. My buddy had described several nice deer to us but also warned that there was a nice 8 point with a fling horn, making him 9pts, this one he didn’t want shot. On this morning it was really foggy and for a long time, I could tell there were deer out, but couldn’t make out details. At about 8:44 the fog was burning off just enough to see a really nice 8 pt, I looked and looked and prayed that this one didn’t have the fling horn. After studying the deer for several minutes we confirmed by use of a spotting scope that this was just a 8 and a shooter. My daughter turned herself around, straddling the chair now ( this gives her a more stable shooting platform) and put the crosshairs on the buck at approximately 130 yds. She squeezed the trigger and the big buck lurched forward, hitting both shoulders on the ground, whirled around and crashed into the thick South Texas brush. Emma had made a great shot on the deer, despite her great shot we wanted to wait a bit, just in case.

As we waited a nice pack of Gobblers and Jakes appeared on one of the opposite senderos. I told Emma to get out of the way and that it was my turn. I’ve been packing a Ruger American Ranch rifle in 7.62x39 all year and placed the dot from the 1-8 strikeagle on one of the bigger gobblers and let one fly. The rifle is equipped with a Griffin Armament Recce7 suppressor and has about zero recoil. Using the Hornady steel cased 123 gr SST, at about 150 yds. I was able to watch the impact through the scope and saw a ball of feathers fly in the air. Turkey down!

We left the stand and retrieved the turkey and then walked to the spot to where the deer was shot. Found a good bit of blood and awesome trail of disturbed dirt and blood. We located the buck about 15 yds in the brush, DRT.

Here are the pics guys. The 8 point is in the process of a skull mount.

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Last edited by ChanceD; 12/24/17.