How To Avoid A Bang Flop
#1
How To Avoid A Bang Flop
Lesson one: Shoot it in the wrong place.
Gun: CVA StagHorn
Scope: Weaver Grand Slam 3-10X40
Load:
240 grain .430 XTP
110 grains of Pinnacle RS
Winc. 209shotgun primer
Saw this ratty buck last evening on the way to my tree stand. Had seen him before and decided to take him out of the gene pool if i had a chance. The deer was standing broadsidewhen sighted. Was unable to shoot from a sitting position because of the 3' tall gras. Stood up and he was looking at me. Popped off a shot and the deer threw up his tail and ran off. Range wasabout 90 yards.
Walked towhere the buck was standing and there was no hair or blood. Walked 75 yards into the woods and the buck took off. Found a lot of blood where he was standing and the tracking was on: Good blood trail. He jumped up out of the grass about 400 yards from where he was initially shot: i shot at him and broke a hind leg. Found him lying dead about 50 yards away from where he jumped up.
The bullet entered the shoulder of the deer and ranged down his side inside the body cavity. It exited the inside of the ham on the same side in two pieces.
Would have normally waited an hour or so and then tracked the deer. That deer was shot at 6:20 pm. Have to be off that militaryproperty by 90 minutes after sunset-8:15 pm, so i could not wait.
Gun: CVA StagHorn
Scope: Weaver Grand Slam 3-10X40
Load:
240 grain .430 XTP
110 grains of Pinnacle RS
Winc. 209shotgun primer
Saw this ratty buck last evening on the way to my tree stand. Had seen him before and decided to take him out of the gene pool if i had a chance. The deer was standing broadsidewhen sighted. Was unable to shoot from a sitting position because of the 3' tall gras. Stood up and he was looking at me. Popped off a shot and the deer threw up his tail and ran off. Range wasabout 90 yards.
Walked towhere the buck was standing and there was no hair or blood. Walked 75 yards into the woods and the buck took off. Found a lot of blood where he was standing and the tracking was on: Good blood trail. He jumped up out of the grass about 400 yards from where he was initially shot: i shot at him and broke a hind leg. Found him lying dead about 50 yards away from where he jumped up.
The bullet entered the shoulder of the deer and ranged down his side inside the body cavity. It exited the inside of the ham on the same side in two pieces.
Would have normally waited an hour or so and then tracked the deer. That deer was shot at 6:20 pm. Have to be off that militaryproperty by 90 minutes after sunset-8:15 pm, so i could not wait.
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,918
RE: How To Avoid A Bang Flop
Good work on retrieving that deer Falcon. A lot of guys would not have even walked that 75 yards into the woods after finding no blood or hair at the point of the shot. A wounded deer that's still running from you can sure pucker your butt.
You call him a "ratty buck", but he looks to me like a good quality year-and-a-half old buck that broke what was a pretty good rack. Must have been a real scrqpper. Did you get a chance to confirm his age?
You call him a "ratty buck", but he looks to me like a good quality year-and-a-half old buck that broke what was a pretty good rack. Must have been a real scrqpper. Did you get a chance to confirm his age?
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,445
RE: How To Avoid A Bang Flop
That's the risk when you take a shot at a deer facing you. A fatal hit but some tracking involved. Good job tracking and finishing it off.
I've shot deer facing towards and facing away, when I had close shots andknew the bullet would penetrate to get the job done.
Looks like a good eating deer. I wonder if his rattiness has more to do with an accident than genetics?
I've shot deer facing towards and facing away, when I had close shots andknew the bullet would penetrate to get the job done.
Looks like a good eating deer. I wonder if his rattiness has more to do with an accident than genetics?
#6
RE: How To Avoid A Bang Flop
Congrats on recovering that deer. But I was looking at the rack and it almost looks as though it was cut off earlier, like maybe when he was in velvet.
Maybe he got caught in a fence and some good samaritian cut him free. Those antler ends just look too blunt to have occured naturally. They are usually tapered or bulbus shaped if injured. Just a hunch.
What do you guys think?
Maybe he got caught in a fence and some good samaritian cut him free. Those antler ends just look too blunt to have occured naturally. They are usually tapered or bulbus shaped if injured. Just a hunch.
What do you guys think?
#7
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,918
RE: How To Avoid A Bang Flop
I think he broke them off in a fight after the velvet was off. You're right, if he broke them in velvet there would likely be some bulbous growth.
#9
RE: How To Avoid A Bang Flop
In 2004 my son killed a small buck in Garvin county, OK. That deer was a fork horn and was 8.5 years old according to the game warden who pulled a jaw out.That deer weighed 100 pounds exactly. Two forks onmy sonsdeer looked just like this one does.Looks like they just naturally grew this way.
Last year i found a skull while hunting in the same area this deer was killed in: Nearly all the tines on that rack looked like this one does. i thought it wasbad genes or something.
Last year i found a skull while hunting in the same area this deer was killed in: Nearly all the tines on that rack looked like this one does. i thought it wasbad genes or something.
#10
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,918
RE: How To Avoid A Bang Flop
Last year i found a skull while hunting in the same area this deer was killed in: Nearly all the tines on that rack looked like this one does. i thought it wasbad genes or something.