This was a few weeks back, on the second day of PA's one-week muzzleloader season, but the first day out with the .54 Early Virginia from TVM.
The day started out at 25F, with 2" of frozen, super crunchy snow from the day before under foot, which is really kinda rare for the 3rd week of October in these parts. By 3:00 (the time of the shot), it had warmed up to 50F and most of the snow was gone. I caught this huge doe feeding as I was sneaking in for the evening stand. I took a knee and watched her for 10 minutes or so, waiting for her to step out into the path, but she turned back toward the thicket. She gave me a small shot window that I thought I could sneak a .535 homecast roundball wrapped in a .013" patch sitting atop 80gr Goex FFFg into the boiler room, so I took the shot. She hit the ground right where she stood.
Hopefully, I post the picture correctly:
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The day started out at 25F, with 2" of frozen, super crunchy snow from the day before under foot, which is really kinda rare for the 3rd week of October in these parts. By 3:00 (the time of the shot), it had warmed up to 50F and most of the snow was gone. I caught this huge doe feeding as I was sneaking in for the evening stand. I took a knee and watched her for 10 minutes or so, waiting for her to step out into the path, but she turned back toward the thicket. She gave me a small shot window that I thought I could sneak a .535 homecast roundball wrapped in a .013" patch sitting atop 80gr Goex FFFg into the boiler room, so I took the shot. She hit the ground right where she stood.
Hopefully, I post the picture correctly:
