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Took this deer with my circa 1978 Marlin "New Model 1895" with and old Weaver K2.5 on top and shooting the Rancg Dog 460-350GC bullet cast from wheelweights and powered by 34 grains of XMP5744 and a CCI200 primer !
I was about 30 feet up a tree hwne I saw and shot him !
He was a paced off 57 yards from me and he ran 40-50 yards and piled up nicely !
This was the largest racked whitetail I have taken to date . And was in the top 2 or 3 bodywise !
By no means is he a Booner or anything like that but I'm still happy as he has an 18" spread . But the coolest thing is the fact that I shot him on our property within 200 yards of the back door !
And you might call this my office chair but 30 feet above where it is now !
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
On a kinda side note I pluked this one from the same treestand the first morning of the ML season at 67 yards with my new to me Savage 10Ml shooting VV N-110 (42 grains) and the Hornady 250 grain SST sabot and a CCI209M primer !
This one was coming straight at me so I shot downward into his neck and found the slug under the hide at his left shoulder ! Obviousely he dropped at the crack of the rifle !
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
Nice symetrical rack . (don't try that line on the ladies) He has good size but doesn't look like that old of a deer . He has good girth at the base of the rack. What kind of mount are you going to do.
BenT wrote:Nice symetrical rack . (don't try that line on the ladies) He has good size but doesn't look like that old of a deer . He has good girth at the base of the rack. What kind of mount are you going to do.
I think he's 2 1/2 or possibly 3 1/2 year old deer .
He's already at the taxidermist
Gonna do a low sneak looking to his right ! As that is the way he was looking when he net his demise ! My treestand squeaked when I turned to shoot him and he was looking at the ground beneath me .
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
BenT wrote:Nice symetrical rack . (don't try that line on the ladies) He has good size but doesn't look like that old of a deer . He has good girth at the base of the rack. What kind of mount are you going to do.
You know it's pretty sad to say this one has the largest rack when you find out I've taken over 180 whitetails in my life !
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
Nice shooting. Looks like that 45-70 did the job nicely!
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RIHMFIRE wrote:
What kind of treestand is that?
Looks pretty comfy!
I bought that treestand back about 92 or 93 and it was made by "Brent Hunt's Trophy Whitetail Treestands" in South Carolina . I also have a loc on made by them in the same time period .
Now Treelounge has bought this company and markets these stands . And yes it is comfortable ! I've used this stand in Maine , Pennsylvania , Maryland , Virginia and Alabama . IF I go deer hunting somewhere and drive there this treestand goes as well !
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
That sure is a nice buck and rifle!
Sure wish we had deer seasons like that here in the West. Your lucky if you draw a tag for one deer each year. I have gone two years in a row without a tag quite a few times.
ScottS
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