PA doe with .54

[Joe L]

Here's a young doe I got in PA early muzzleloader season. Taken with .54 cal Pedersoli Hawken. Couldn't tell if it was a big fawn or small adult doe. It had seen me and kept coming closer to investigate, shot was quartering to about 35 yards. PRB with 85gr 2F, went through the spine and lodged in offside shoulder, no follow-up shot required.

 

[Newly O’Brian]

Can you post pictures of the recovered ball?

 

[snakebit]

She'll be good eating. Well done.

 

[Loja man]

Excellent eating!!

 

[Joe L]

Can you post pictures of the recovered ball?

This is all I could find, maybe about 40% of the ball

 

[Loja man]

Your dentist will be thier for you when you find the other part of the ball!!

 

[Patocazador]

Your dentist will be thier for you when you find the other part of the ball!!

I have broken teeth on several things (9 crowns to prove it) but never broke one on a lead ball or lead shot. Steel shot? Yes!, Frozen Milky Way bars? Yes!, pieces of bone? Yes!

So, Joe L, go ahead and chew away.

 

[ckwilli]

Very nice. Our season starts next week and I’m using my grandfather’s old TC Hawken.

 

[Joe L]

Your dentist will be thier for you when you find the other part of the ball!!

I'm not too worried about the rest of the ball being in the meat, but I have bitten down on a TSS pellet in a turkey I killed, that wasn't very fun.

 

[Loja man]

I have only bitten down on lead shot in quail, rabbit or squirrel. So far no chipped or broken teath!!

 

[45man]

Nice deer! The .54 will sure do the job.

 

[Mike in FL]

Good eating. I used to have no problem killing a doe. But I got old and realized the death of a young doe means no babies from her. So we actually really thin the heard by shooting them. I've read that if a doe misses mating, she will come back into heat a second time. That natural phenomenon guarantees plenty-o-bambies in the spring. On the down side, too many deer brings disease. I'm thankful for our game authorities and their biologists and their careful planning of how many deaths are best for the herd, which usually means a liberal hunting season. All that said, I will most certainly take a doe toward the end of the season rather than go meatless.

 

[oldschoolhunter55]

Here's a young doe I got in PA early muzzleloader season. Taken with .54 cal Pedersoli Hawken. Couldn't tell if it was a big fawn or small adult doe. It had seen me and kept coming closer to investigate, shot was quartering to about 35 yards. PRB with 85gr 2F, went through the spine and lodged in offside shoulder, no follow-up shot required.View attachment 359648

Congrats to you