|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 12,311
Campfire Outfitter
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 12,311 |
My buddy, Bob, died this past winter. He was an outdoor writer and magazine editor. Out of estate I managed to snag a minty Ruger Model 44, and swore I'd put it to good use. Bob would have been proud. I nailed a buck with it last night-- 80 yards, perfect shot, took out both lungs and the top of the heart. The only down side is that this is the first season in almost 40 years that I haven't been able to call Bob to tell him. Anyhow, I thought I'd at least let y'all know. Downside: I took the shot at 1718 last night with about 30 minutes of legal hunting left. The buck ran down into a ravine, and we didn't get the carcass out until about 1100 today. I tried going down there with an ATV, and . . . it was quite an adventure. More later. I'm due to go back out to fill a doe tag.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 14,408
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 14,408 |
looks like a nice setup. that scope looks just right on that gun. nice buck too.
My diploma is a DD214
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 150,970
Campfire Savant
|
Campfire Savant
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 150,970 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 15,874
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 15,874 |
Congratulations, and Bob would be pleased to know you used his rifle
Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist
Just "Campfire Riffraff and Trash"
This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,412
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 6,412 |
You did something great there. You kept your friend's legacy going the best way possible. Good on you.
Me solum relinquatis
Molon Labe
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 4,161
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 4,161 |
Nice rifle and one with a personal history. Doesn’t get much better. Hope you get to use it for many seasons...
Harry
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 66,751
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 66,751 |
hope there wasn't too much coyote saliva on the carcass.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 95,519
Campfire Oracle
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 95,519 |
hope there wasn't too much coyote saliva on the carcass. This. How did you keep the dimoc, ur, varmints off it Sha?
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
I Dindo Nuffin
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 66,751
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 66,751 |
Well, just to be my armchair butthead self: Skip going to celebrity dink kill breakfast feast at waffle house next morn at 7am Go get deer Or, better Go get lanterns and some neighbors, relatives, pizza delivery guy and retrieve deer 45 minutes after kill Or, Confuscious say. High shoulder/spineshock breakdown shot, deer no run 400 yards into abyss
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 3,246
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 3,246 |
Confuscious say. High shoulder/spineshock breakdown shot, deer no run 400 yards into abyss
I thought Confucius said "He who stands on toilet, gets high on pot."
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Grandpa:the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Dad:son you have 2 choices for supper eat or don't eat.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 66,751
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 66,751 |
Confucious say
.444 marlin
Not .44
😄
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 14,408
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 14,408 |
them ravine deer are a beeotch. years ago (thank god) i was hunting in a nice little laurel patch up on top of a mountain. one side favored the truck and the other, steeper, deeper side did not. last day, no buck and about 3PM i decide a fat doe is good enough. bad idea. 45-70, 300gr HP right through the lungs. deer was facing the truck side, turned around and running and sliding like an MF'er down the steep side about 200 yards blowing blood out everywhere. had to wedge it up against a tree to gut it and about killed myself getting it up to the top of the mountain again. dragged that mf'er til well after dark by myself. and this was before cell phones worked worth a schit. pretty sure i had a flip phone tmobile or some schit that had a range of about 100 yards from a tower. my brother was ready to call the search and rescue guys and was worked up. i get that fuggen thing down to the truck about 630 and he says "all that for a fuggen doe?" i had to agree.
My diploma is a DD214
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 66,751
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 66,751 |
Just ribbing the OP Anyone that's killed a few whitetails will experience one or a dozen doing that. lol I had one run off a 100ft bluff. By myself had to drag it 20ft at a time switching back and forth. This was before atv days. What I shouldve done is just cut the backstraps out and left the rest for the maggots. And as rem141 above, all that for a slick head doe. I shoot the fuggers in the neck now or high shoulder. I don't care about 'meat loss' Chicken is .49c a lb and tastes waay defuq better. 😄
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 16,888
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2018
Posts: 16,888 |
Confucious say:
Man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day
Nice buck, shaman. Good on you using your friend's rifle.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 12,311
Campfire Outfitter
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 12,311 |
Actually, if I'd dropped it in its tracks, I'd have had almost as hard a time getting it out.
You'd think that after 40 years, I'd not have put a new stand up overlooking a ravine, but . . .
I'm really going to have to rethink that stand location.
In the past we've been able to rely on my S10 Herschwagen. It has a winch on it, all you have to do is run a line down the hill and the deer comes up with just a touch of a button. However, just before season, the mechanic called me and said it was time to put the S-10 down for good.
We tried to do the recovery with Supercore's ATV. However, there was way too much intervening brush, and we both about died trying to get it out. I got the ATV down to with 20 yards of the carcass in the dark, and had to abort. This AM I had too strong sons to help guide me out. It was an easy half-hour job.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 19,495
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 19,495 |
Thanks for sharing this! Your friend would have been proud.
Retired cat herder.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065 |
Confucious say
.444 marlin
Not .44
😄 Confucious he ded He ded way before gunpowders Confusion is alive tho. Mike
Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff.
Jerry Miculek
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 54,284
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 54,284 |
No Uberlaunch and wench? Where is assfault angle?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 45,013
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 45,013 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 15,289
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 15,289 |
Wonderful way to honor the memory of your friend.
|
|
|
|
221 members (257_X_50, 300_savage, 1_deuce, 260Remguy, 10gaugemag, 33 invisible),
2,133
guests, and
1,092
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,190,599
Posts18,454,485
Members73,908
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|