Less than 24 hours from getting the call about a new job, I was out in the woods at dawn's early light and...Old No7 wrote:We are all Blessed in so many countless ways, but the 24 hours from Friday (yes, "the 13th") morning to Saturday morning enriched me with two special Blessings...
Blessing #2 = I got a deer!
Just after 7AM, about 110 yards out across a dry swamp/swale, I spotted what I thought was a doe walking along the treeline heading towards the grassy edge of the larger wet swamp. I had time to slowly get into a solid position and crank the 2-7X scope up to 5X. Then one shot with my Model 70 in 6.5x55 Swedish (using a 129 gr Hornady spire point handload) did the job. (If it had been raining, I probably would have had my Savage 99 Levergun, but oh well...)
Turns out it was a little "button buck" and his knubs were about the size of my thumbs. Having an Anterless Deer Permit for my zone in my pocket, I didn't have to struggle with the "Small buck or doe?" question at all. I was hunting for meat,not antlers, and there was a deer. And here he is... My shot went a little higher than I wanted, taking out the spine (and a couple of chops...
), but we'll have some fine meals out of him. It's not too gruesome, but the exit hole was a whole lot bigger than 6.5 millimeters!
After those 2 special Blessings in 24 hours, my wife said "Now you need to play the lottery..."So now I am just waiting on the news of my $60,000,000.00 jackpot!
Good huntin'.
Old No7
