Learning some key lessons in patience and the rewards that can be attained by sticking with it are invaluable. Congratulations to your son. Enjoy the good eats that came with his success.
One deer was shot inside 50 yards. Double lung pass thru. The bullet appeared to have doubled in size with a larger exit wound. Deer got back up, ran thirty yards or so and tipped over. Most of the others were shot between one hundred to two hundred yards out. None required a difficult tracking...
150 grain Barnes TSX Boat tail
46.0 Grains IMR 4064 (Top end of safe pressures in my rifle. Make sure to work up any load in your rifle.)
2940 FPS average at 70 F.
A few Mule deer, Elk out to 480 yards. and an antelope.
My daughter always took charge of the grinder when meat processing was underway. To this day, if I send her a picture of my wife at the grinder, she will respond with, "Hey, that's my job". 😂 Great memories being made.
ThisThis tree was hit just three hundred yards from our camp while The Northstar was trying to sleep. I packed in the next morning and we checked out the damage. Roots ten to twenty feet from the base of the tree had the bark blown off and exposed the roots as well.
Sounds like you have a well rounded young lady, who also values a fun time with her old man once in a while. Congratulations to you both on a fine buck and the memories that came with the hunt.
Hoping to get my first handgun pronghorn with my TC Contender next year in Wyoming. Did you use a bipod/tripod to help steady shot or are you some kind of handgun ninja.
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Idaho Antelope - Mid Sept.
Idaho Mule Deer General Season - Most of Oct.
Idaho Cow Elk -Early Nov.
Rest of Nov. and Dec. Chasing Chukar
Gotta love my first hunting season as a retired teacher. Finally get to hunt during the weekdays for weeks at a time.