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Good job!

You don’t need to call Bob, he already knows and is smiling down upon his friend. I would be willing to bet that Bob was with you when you got up that morning before your hunt and was with you the entire time......probably laughing at the pickle you got yourself in with your ravine recovery. 👍

Bob's last deer was a doe on a ML hunt a few years before I met him. It was in the Shawnee Forest over by Portsmouth.
He said he was about 2 ridges over from the truck when he met up with the deer. He had her dead to rights. It suddenly hit him how far away he was from the truck.

His solution?

He mounted the 45 Cal TC Hawken and got a good sight on her and yelled "BANG!" The doe got this terminal look of fear in her eyes and took off.

we're all thinking the same thing. LOL

shaman put a good hit on it,

No ass shot and 5 miles of cable not needed. 😀

Shaman; way too cool getting a buddies rifle back "in the field" god bless you.

All the best.

GRF

Very nice! Killin something with a rifle with some history to it always makes it a little more memorable. Know all about some tricky recoveries, according to my old man a few areas here at my place and some of the others we hunt rival any jungle he treked through in Nam on his government sponsored trip there!

The fingergroove 44 is an awesome little carbine!!

Those are a great, deer-killing machine. If accuracy starts to slip, first thing to check is whether the bolt through the stock that holds the rear receiver mount has loosened. Also, glass bedding the gas block can go a long way toward accurizing those carbines.

"My new liver hurts assfault, can't you drag it out? Wait...take your clothes off first so you don't get dirt and blood on them."

When I read shaman's other post, my immediate thoughts were the same

Shaman,

Good on you, and good on Bob. May that 44 claim plenty more (and easier) deer in years to come.

Congrats on blooding your deceased friends Ruger .44 carbine.

Took my first ever deer, a young buck, with one like it,

Shot it in the butt too, more specifically aimed at and hit base of the tail.
First shot, bullet penetrated through the length of the deer and stopped just beneath the hide at front of shoulder.
Second through both lungs and out the off side.

Choked a little as I read your story, shaman. My fishing buddy and great friend passed a couple months ago.

You did your friend proud. Good on ya.

I've got more details, pics, and such from the hunt.

They're up on my weblog here:



Bob's Model 44 and the Buck