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Five days into the gun season and I still had a buck tag in my pocket and was just finishing up with morning chores and then meet some hunters at the cabin and make some drives. While I was opening up a gate to bring the tractor and feed mixer into a feed lot I looked up and saw a deer visible on a ridge skyline. After pulling the equipment thru and closing the gate, I stood and watched and saw it was a good buck slowly feeding on the ground, maybe acorns. I had an oh schidt moment, that deer is working his way closer and my rifle is in another tractor. Left the tractor running and snuck over to the machine shed and grabbed my Savage 99 250-3000 and worked my way over to a corner of the barn. Took a rest on a fence board, cranked the Redfield up to 7 power and he looked to be about 200-225 yards as he entered a gooseberry thicket, when he cleared it broadside, I sent a 87 gr Speer Hot-Cor. He lurched forward and stumbled and rumbled down the side hill, cleared a fence and fell on his nose in a chopped corn field and never moved. Fired up a loader tractor, loaded him in the bucket and hung him up in the machine shed to dress him out. The shot entered 1/2 way up behind the leg and busted the offside leg. It was amazing that he cleared the fence with three legs. ![[Linked Image from i617.photobucket.com]](https://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt260/jackpine44/buckpoint3_zpsw7euyuql.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i617.photobucket.com]](https://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt260/jackpine44/bucksidetine3_zpsk543sloo.jpg)
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Nice deer! Is that a drop tine in the top picture, or a corn stock under him?
Those are some knarly looking brow tines!
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That’s great. Congratulations
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Wow, that is a great buck and great story.
Funny how we search for a great buck and then sometimes, we just wind up in the right spot at the right time.
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Looks like a drop tine on the left side
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Nice deer! Is that a drop tine in the top picture, or a corn stock under him?
Those are some knarly looking brow tines! drop tine, sort of slightly sideways.
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congrats that is nice one
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Was wondering about your buck...did not see anything on the other thread. Nice work...pun intended 
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good to see the savage 99 is still working for you so well. need rifle and deer.!
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That's a nice looking deer.
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Beautiful buck and great story. Thanks for sharing.
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God damn er, yet another hammer!!! Grats
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Great buck!! Especially for an "incidental" one...
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Very nice!
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Congratulations on a great buck.
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Savage 99 250-3000 , cranked the Redfield up to 7 power, I sent a 87 gr Speer Hot-Cor.
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One heck of a buck. Congrats
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Very nice buck, and great shooting!
Just goes to show, even the old guys screw up. And he wasn't even on a hot doe!
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Looks like staying home for rifle season is a good option. Nice buck, and from the side of the barn. Maybe the best part is being within earshot of : "Momma, got one needs cleaning for the pot". Thats what I call a great day.
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Awesome buck. Cool story!
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Great buck and nice story. I've managed to do the loader tractor thing once or twice too. Beats the snot out of a long drag.
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Outstanding! He’s a beauty!
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Always better to be lucky than good. Very nice buck, congrats.
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A "Nice" buck. I have for years on the Savage forum of you Savage 99 guys using the 87 gr Speer hot core and finally got to see a deer killed with said bullet......congrat's.
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HI, Doc why don't you start a thread for pics of deer killed with a 87-grain Speer Hot-Cor?  In the mean time here is another example. ![[Linked Image from i617.photobucket.com]](https://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt260/jackpine44/15030004.jpg)
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That's what I was thinking with the gray muzzle. Congrats roundoak. The occasional "easy one" is payback for paying your dues.
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WOW! That's a beauty. Congratulations!
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very nice buck ! and with a Savage 99 and 250 Cartridge super ! thanks for the picture and the story,Pete53
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Congrads On a great Buck! and with a 99 250/3000
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I think I need to get a barn!
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That's awesome. Congrats.
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A couple of guys PM'd for more information on the 99 I posted up. 99-A. ![[Linked Image from i617.photobucket.com]](https://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt260/jackpine44/250savagescabbard002.jpg) It wears a Redfield 2x7 now. ![[Linked Image from i617.photobucket.com]](https://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt260/jackpine44/redfield2x7_zpsgrsvbhbj.jpg)
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That's beautiful. All the right things.
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Great deer once again, I am always impressed by the size and numbers of big bucks you have over there.
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Wow... what a gorgeous whitetail buck!
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Very nice deer, and an even cooler story. Congrats. That's why I always keep a rifle handy during deer season. I was hauling tobacco from the barn to the stripping room many years ago, and happened to see a buck after a doe crossing a field. Of course I had the 270 in the truck, and I ended my season then and there.
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Awesome deer and a classic rifle !
Congrats.
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Dang you put some bone on the ground! Congrats!
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I love this!  Great buck, roundoak!
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W O W !
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Congrats!! Beautiful deer!
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Great buck! He's an old bruiser. Congratulations.
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Very nice! Quite the added benefit for doing morning chores. Well done!
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