I was hunting my favorite ambush spot where two deer trails cross. Just before dusk, four deer ambled along one of the trails about 75 yards from my post. I was sitting on a cushion with my back to a tall oak tree. I got a good angle on one of the deer and aligned my cross hairs upon the chest. At the shot, the rifle bucked against my shoulder as the blast echoed through the forest. The deer bounded away but toppled in mid stride after a run about same distance as two school buses. My bullet had torn through the heart and smashed a leg bone. I thought it was a doe but turned out to be a young antler-less buck; a dinner plate trophy, indeed!
30-30 is a keeper!
TR
Young buck taken in Pennsylvania
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Young buck taken in Pennsylvania
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Congrats.
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Re: Young buck taken in Pennsylvania
Good meat there. You also helped hone the gene-pool by harvesting one that was just not quite as sneaky as the others.
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Re: Young buck taken in Pennsylvania
When you're shooting antlerless deer, usually the button buck gets it first, as his size and male stoopidity puts him on the trail ahead of his more timid sister. I'm just enjoying some backstrap chops from one just like in your picture!
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Re: Young buck taken in Pennsylvania
We put up 15 lbs of burger and 15 lbs of spicy sausage from this young buck. A dinner plate trophy deer!
TR
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Re: Young buck taken in Pennsylvania
Easy and neat. Congratulations
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Re: Young buck taken in Pennsylvania
Well done
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