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I live in the part of West TN that was supposed to be demolished by Ice Storm Cleon. We were out to school on Friday waiting for the disaster to hit, Fortunately it never did, but I sat home just long enough to know I needed a day in the woods if I could just get there on Saturday. I waited til the freezing rain was nearly passed by and since we still had electricty I made the 100 mile drive to my Dad's home to hunt for does on Saturday morning. It was a crisp 23 with 13 wind chill that morning. I was hunting a place just narly thick hollow full of trails and rubs just below a soybean field that had not been picked this year. It was to wet so far. I did see two nice bucks,one walked down the edge of the bean field and was missing most of one half of his rack from fighting something bigger I hope, and the other was a healthy 9 point, this 9 point was not a giant Northern deer but a nice TN deer for sure that would have come home to my freezer had I not already shot 3 smaller bucks. Any way I knew it was going to happen. In the past couple of years I havent been able to pass up anything, if I did we would be going to the grocery store for meat, yuck. Any way I enjoyed the view and company of song birds and a couple of squirrels until just before dark when this big doe came down the hill on the way to the soybeans and stopped about 45 yards behind me just before dark. I could make her out well enough to see she was broadside and in the clear but not much else. I could see my sights well enough to put a .562 round ball from my lefty flinter with 90 FFF thru her lower shoulder. She made it 125-150yds without much use of her left leg but she disappeared up the brushy hollow for sure. The ball made a complete pass thru even blowing dirt up in the trench it cut in the ground, not much of anything but hair at the scene, I did find enough blood to reassure she was hit within about 10 feet. I had a very limited blood trail to follow with a 58 hole thru her vitals.
For the life of me, I am not getting the results with the 58 that I keep reading about folks getting with much smaller calibers on here. I have taken 5 with the 58 this season and have only seen 2 hit the ground. (one was hit above shoulder in bottom of spine, other heart shot) the rest have been double lung and at least one shoulder. I plan to shoot a few more, maybe I can figure out the magic spot to put them dead right there. Heres a few scenes from the tree. Dad's best friend his fiest/mtn. cur came to check things out in the last pic.
For the life of me, I am not getting the results with the 58 that I keep reading about folks getting with much smaller calibers on here. I have taken 5 with the 58 this season and have only seen 2 hit the ground. (one was hit above shoulder in bottom of spine, other heart shot) the rest have been double lung and at least one shoulder. I plan to shoot a few more, maybe I can figure out the magic spot to put them dead right there. Heres a few scenes from the tree. Dad's best friend his fiest/mtn. cur came to check things out in the last pic.
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