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We’ve been after a cull behind the house and yesterday evening he finally came out in the daylight when we was there. I have a shoothouse setup but by the time I got home from work there was already a few does mingling around so we elected to setup in my shop which I have a shooting bench setup in. You can see almost everything out of shop you can the shoothouse but the kids prefer to go to the shoothouse. Anyways a couple minutes after 5 I noticed a big bodied deer appear on the back corner and after confirming it was our target. She was setup on sandbags on the bench and the shot was 402 yards. I was watching through spotter and felt confident she made a good shot. She said dad let’s go get him as soon as she shot and was very confident. When we got out there the deer was about 50 yards from where she shot and a perfect right behind the shoulder double lung shot. This may not sound like much to some but ol papa is pretty proud of the hard work she has put in shooting the 260 Rayhill rocket with a 156 eol Berger. She has practiced a lot of the bench and prone with the rifle and not short of confidence. Several times grown men have been here and missed the plate at 362 and she tells them to move out of the way I’ll show you. Of course it’s given us a lot of quality time together and I would not take anything for that. 402 YARDS WITH TOTAL CONFIDENCE AT AGE 6. Only a five point but a target buck that weighed in at 186.6lbs. Not much on aging by teeth but pretty sure he’s 5 as I’ve been getting his picture for several years That’s my girl Will get buddy to post pictures
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Congrats to both of you and great shooting
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Dang.....402 yards is a long for any deer hunter much less a 6 year old. She had a great teacher....congrat's to you both.
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Good shooting! Congrats to her (and you)!
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Good for the young lady! Man, that is one big ol' 5 point.
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Dang.....402 yards is a long for any deer hunter much less a 6 year old. She had a great teacher....congrat's to you both. No joke! I'm impressed....
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Congrats to the young lady. Nice buck and at 402 yds.
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Congrats to you and your little lady sidekick. Great shooting!
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What the heck, 6 years old, just shaking my head here. Stand up and take a bow young lady.
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Wow, congratulations to your young lady.
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What are the cartridge dimensions on the .260 Rayhill Rocket?
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Nice shot and a great report, Congratulations!
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