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First hunt for a twenty year old rifle I bought last winter. Chambered in 7mm Remington Magnum. Topped with a 3.5-10x Leupold. Sighted in at 200 yards with handloaded 160 grain Sierra Game King soft point boat tail bullets. One shot instant kill & drop. Feeling good about that.

Then I hunted for pronghorn, and have to admit that I muffed the first shot and wounded the antelope. After the finishing shot, there just wasn't any way to make the photo look good, so I never even reached for the camera on that one.

Still - I'm happy. Was hobbled with foot/leg injury and had a tough time doing much hiking. But I made the stalk, took the shot and put a muley in the freezer. Am pleased with the buck, the load, the rifle and my shooting on the mule deer.

Hope all you deer hunters have a great season.

Regards, Guy