TNHagies

Great report Semi. I too have a tendency to aim too high. Mine comes from missing a good buck on time too low trying to get too picky. You got her, that's what counts.

That's my yote bullet as well. You can try either the MMP or the Crush Rib (only ones made that I know of) The Crush Rib shoots better for me in all my guns.

liquidorange

thank you very much for the report. i will be getting to know my cva 45 bolter hopefully in the next couple weeks when the power belts and sabots come from the big store. i cant use the 40-s in my state but im gonna see how they work. at 25$ for 15 power belts i need something else to shoot when not hunting.

bronko22000

Semi excellent as usual. Only a few minor details were left out. I hope you don't mind a bit of criticism. I may have missed it, but I did not see any mention of the temperature, wind velocity and direction, barometric pressure or other weather conditions. Then too the fact that no projectile was actually recovered. Also, without taking a liver temperature of the deceased to determine the actual time of death, how can you be absolutely sure, beyond a shadow of a doubt that Mr. Renegade was the culprit and not another suspect?
I believe there are too many 'holes' in your prosecution to prove Mr. Renegade is guilty. CASE DISMISSED

spaniel

That's true, what a sloppy bullet report. Not recovering due to pass-thru is no excuse. All you need is a laser pointer and a deer decoy to do a recreation and you would have found that bullet in no time. It's easy, they always find the bullet on CSI

Chasam60

One ? Semi-Was she stressed when she came into the lane,or just moving naturaly? I shot 2 this year with the same high chest shot. The first came into me on a dead run and stopped before crossing an opening. His problem was he stopped right in my shooting lane. I painted the tree behind him with blood and lung tissue-he ran over 100yds uphill. The second was moving naturaly and the hit was the same. He went 40 yds down the hill and dropped. Even with a good hit, they are tough critters and not always DRT.

Charlie

Semisane

Thanks for the kind words guys.

A few of your comments deserve a reply, so here goes.

Try here kb1, http://store.thirdgenerationshooting...fm/2,3130.html

I cut those lanes and the food plot out of necessity eight years ago tjj. Our 9-man/900-acre hunting lease was clear cut ten years ago. For the first two years after the cut you could sit in an elevated stand and see deer in the new growth out to several hundred yards in a 360 degree circle. It was great. But by the third year the young trees and brush was six feet tall and so thick you could hardly walk through it, much less hunt it. Each member of the club cut two or three small plots with shooting lanes radiating from the stand like that. Now the trees are getting big enough that the underbrush is thinning and we can also use climbers and ladder stands again.

I agree Spaniel, but in truth I've made that exact shot a number of times and never had a deer go more than 30/40 yards. This gal was a trooper.

Me too Cayugad. Been out there with a light after dark a time or two. I'm an OK tracker, but fortunately two of the guys in our group seem to have "blood eyes" and are a whole lot better than I am.

That's an advantage you can keep as far as I'm concerned Breechplug.

Thank you Judge Bronko, I agree completely. You can't hold a Renegade responsible for doing what a Renegade was born to do.

Actually Spaniel, we plan to scan the shooting lane with a metal detector next weekend. I'm sure my CSI team will appreciate your suggestion though. I'd love to find the bullet and will post a picture if I do.

She was calmly munching French Mulberry (American Beautybush)Chasam.

oldsmellhound

Great report Semi!!! I'm glad you were able to connect on that nice doe. That's pretty amazing that it was able to make it that far after that kind of hit. I had an almost identical situation 3 years ago- 200 XTP, 80 grains T7, range was a bit longer - about 105 yards. I hit the buck in almost the exact place you did as well. Bullet performance was pretty much identical. However, in my situation, the deer collapsed immediately, kicked a couple of times and it was all over.

So she must have been a really tough deer. Congrats again on the fine harvest!

kb1

semi-thank you for the link all stores i've checked have been out of them for a long time.4.95 flat rate shipping is a big plus too. cause you know i could'nt order just one item.thanks again.........karl

bjhuntnut

{Most excellent report. I know you hate ruining meat but I think placing the shot more forward (and possibly a bit lower to miss the shoulder meat) would have helped things out. You would have been more likely to catch a major artery if not the top of the heart.}
Hey, I agree with Spaniel. Last year I shot three deer with 460gr. conicals and had to search out every one. Went anywhere from around 120 yds to 300 yds. This year moved my aim point forward, shot three deer and none went more than 20 yards. Congrat on finding the Doe, some guys would have given up within a half hour.

spaniel

I would be SERIOUSLY impressed if you found that bullet, even with a metal detector.

Your trees grow seriously fast down there. Ten years and already using climbers?? WOW. I've got 3 years going on an acre here and the few trees that came back are barely above the grass.

Sometimes they defy all belief but it's always a relief to find them after a long search. I've had a couple how shots over the years where I could not find them after 2 days and I felt terrible. I just had a buddy post on facebook, he shot one right before dark the last day of the season with his ML and they finally found it after midnight...almost three miles away!! I'm guessing he shot a "tad" worse than you though.