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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
:ROFLMAO: I said 30 feet in the post but I’m 20 feet in the tree and he is about 10 feet downhill below the tree base. I’m terrified of heights and hunted 10 feet up the first year I used a climbing stand. -
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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
Thanks! I think my elevation created more downward angle than I expected and the shot stayed somewhat low on the neck. I will say he seemed very determined to stay alive. Even after the final shot I took while he was down, which was straight into the boiler room, it took him another 5 minutes to... -
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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
Wow you know your stuff, yes he was slightly quartered to and his neck was turned up looking at me exactly as you described. I didn’t realize his neck was turned as much as it was until I saw the bullet wound trajectory. I thought he was a little more angled directly towards me so I expected the... -
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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
Thanks! At first I couldn’t even find any blood, I was stoked when I found the blood trail. I was able to track the ruffled leaves better than I could the blood, glad it was daylight! -
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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
Thanks and yes def a learning experience I won’t soon forget. The guy ran down up and down two steep hills and two creek bottoms. Was a brutal 3 hour haul out by myself, he suffered and so did I! -
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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
Yeah that’s the exact ammo I used. It did exit but the exit wound was surprisingly small. Pic is the exit wound, entry was about 3” higher on other side. As someone else said, it appears it just got his trachea. When I found him about 90 mins later he was down and def on his way out but that far... -
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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
Ahh you are correct it’s misleading because I def understood it incorrectly lol. Will stick to boiler shots going forward, I dont trust my personal aim enough to go for a spine which I expect is about a 3” target! -
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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
Yeah that’s what I am thinking too, should have aimed higher. Glad it was daylight, blood trail was sparse. Thanks! -
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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
Dude I know right! I had to do a double take on the back of my Hornady box. I don’t understand the science of that. You are actually looking at the exit hole which is surprising I know. The entry was about 3” higher on the other side. I feel pretty confident my .30-06 would have put him down... -
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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
Meant to put lower neck there, just fixed the post. Was aiming for higher up on the neck. I think the bullet didn’t mushroom quite as much because he was so close and velocity was high. Those dang creedmors look like needle bullets to me lol, usually hunt with my .30-06. Not trashing the... -
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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
lol I like this guys perspective. Guess I was gonna feel better if everyone came on here and said neck shots are totally fine. You’re right though, shot ethics are up to the hunter. -
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Late Season NC Public Land 10 PT With Some Regret
Harvested the largest buck of my 5 year hunting career this week. Hunted the morning of Jan 1 which is the last day of rifle season on the public land I hunt in NC. At around 9:45 a 10 point mature buck shows up traversing the side of a hill that I set up on. I see him about 80 yards out and... -
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How to White tail
Hunted from the ground my first couple years in NC and then moved to climber. Probably never going back to climber, at least not in the areas I hunt. NC is thick and visibility is my biggest issue. 10 feet up gets me above the brush and increases my visibility 10 fold. -
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Floating an idea, don't kill the messenger
I’ve always felt my federal and state taxes should cover land management in areas that I hike. That being said biking I feel should come with a fee as that does more damage to trails that then requires maintenance. I disagree that everyone accessing public land should pay something similar to...- accone
- Post #49
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Where to put proceeds from home sale
Accountant here, but I don’t have a specific investment for your. My recommendation is to tell your bank or financial advisor the situation and ask their recommendation for the lowest risk but best yield over the period.- accone
- Post #23
- Forum: Money and Finances
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How far do you stay upwind of elk?
Not sure for elk for for whitetail I stay far enough upwind so that I never see them lol -
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Deer - lets see em
NC whitetail, Jan 1 2026. Last day of the season on public. -
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What are you guys paying for gas?
2.55 per gallon in NC. Harris Teeter has a 20 cent off per gallon deal right now bringing it down to 2.35- accone
- Post #2,753
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Budget .308 bolt action recommendations
Tikka t3x superlite would be great depending on how sensitive you are to recoil. I find myself grabbing the tikka more than my weatherby due to the action and how light weight it is.
