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It drizzled rain last night and this morning was socked in with a heavy fog.
Nothing moved early, not even the squirrels. Along about 8:30 I caught movement in the creek bottom but couldn’t make out what is was. It worked its way up the hill and I started tracking it with my rifle. At 70 yards I decided it was a big doe and that was what I was after. It stepped into a little opening at 50 yards and the .45 SMR barked. At the shot the deer turned and headed back down the hill but the off side leg was swing loose, so I was sure the hit was good. It made it about 30 yards before tripping on the brush and going down for good. The .445 round ball with 90 grains of FFF had knocked the heart out of it.
Much to my surprise, it turned out to be a unicorn. My side of the deer didn’t even have a base but the off side had a little horn, so I had to burn a buck tag on him.
He will eat good as he was butter ball fat and a really good one to take off the lease.
 

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My side of the deer didn’t even have a base but the off side had a little horn, so I had to burn a buck tag on him.
He wouldn't be classified as a buck in Florida. A buck here is defined as having one antler longer than 5 inches. He would be an antlerless deer here and you would need a doe tag for him.
 
It drizzled rain last night and this morning was socked in with a heavy fog.
Nothing moved early, not even the squirrels. Along about 8:30 I caught movement in the creek bottom but couldn’t make out what is was. It worked its way up the hill and I started tracking it with my rifle. At 70 yards I decided it was a big doe and that was what I was after. It stepped into a little opening at 50 yards and the .45 SMR barked. At the shot the deer turned and headed back down the hill but the off side leg was swing loose, so I was sure the hit was good. It made it about 30 yards before tripping on the brush and going down for good. The .445 round ball with 90 grains of FFF had knocked the heart out of it.
Much to my surprise, it turned out to be a unicorn. My side of the deer didn’t even have a base but the off side had a little horn, so I had to burn a buck tag on him.
He will eat good as he was butter ball fat and a really good one to take off the lease.
Congrats to you.Thanks for the story i enjoyed it.Thats some good shooting too
 
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