Follow your shot, episode two

[El Jason]

I took the Kimber for a walk today, fully intent upon shooting the first buck I saw. One crossed the saddle I was sitting on at 9AM. I judged it at 250 and held dead on. When I got down there I found bone and blood. Not good blood.

The track took me two hours to work out. Several times I lost it, with very sparse blood. The last time I lost it I spent about a half hour working circles and finally picked up the trail. A short while later I jumped a buck, favoring a front leg. He stopped in a small opening and I was able to thread a finishing shot in.



I shot him on the back of the ridge in the upper left. He took me all the way down to the bottom and the back up. All told, probably over a mile.



As he lays. Lots of prayers were answered today. This is no brag. Far from it. It’s a humble recognition of doing your due diligence when you screw shit up.

 

[Addicting]

If you were able to recover one of those hammers can you post or send me a pic of it. I’m very curious how those turn out.

 

[p_ham]

kind of surprising he went back up...glad you were able to find him.

 

[rtraverdavis]

With the first deer I ever killed I had a similar situation. Took me most of the day to find him and finish the job. I felt terrible, but have never been as focused—before or since—as I was while i was trailing him. A lot of lessons learned that day. Thanks for sharing. I’m glad you got him.

 

[Bigjay73]

Well done sir

 

[Little Big Man MT Chris]

went through a similar situation with finding my girlfriends buck this year, i to was thankful for answered prayers , that feeling of relief when the deer is found is well known, congrats on a buck

 

[1_pointer]

Good job finishing what you started.

 

[BlakeA]

Nice work!

 

[noharleyyet]

Kudos on the strong finish.

 

[duckhunt]

Good job

 

[Brittany Chukarman]

Good reality check for us all. I've been on that roller coaster of emotions. Glad it worked out

 

[El Jason]

If you were able to recover one of those hammers can you post or send me a pic of it. I’m very curious how those turn out.

Steve said that’s exactly how they should look. I haven’t unpacked my reloading stuff yet, so no weight.

 

[ClearCreek]

Unfortunately, I have heard several stories of animals shot with these type of bullets and the animal either is lost or is found after a lengthy tracking job. One big white-tailed buck was hit and not recovered by the hunter; the next day another hunter killed the deer and the original wound channel from the first hit was minimal.

ClearCreek

 

[marksjeep]

Kudos on the effort and successful hunt.

 

[El Jason]

Unfortunately, I have heard several stories of animals shot with these type of bullets and the animal either is lost or is found after a lengthy tracking job. One big white-tailed buck was hit and not recovered by the hunter; the next day another hunter killed the deer and the original wound channel from the first hit was minimal.

ClearCreek

I’m willing to bet the only reason they are lost or a lengthy tracking job ensued is because of poor bullet placement.

 

[mtmiller]

Glad you found him. Way to stick with it.

 

[mtmuley]

I killed a whitetail buck with an 80 grain Hammer out of a .243 on Sunday. Worked really well. mtmuley

 

[noharleyyet]

I killed a whitetail buck with an 80 grain Hammer out of a .243 on Sunday. Worked really well. mtmuley

Looking fwd to using the 92g hammer. Carried the 25-06 a couple days over Thanksgiving but no ignition events.

 

[Addicting]

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Steve said that’s exactly how they should look. I haven’t unpacked my reloading stuff yet, so no weight.

Did that start out as a 140g? Looks like it will hit pretty hard thru bone and still retain the weight.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Congrats on finding your buck. Not every shot is as free from drama as we would like. Way to stick with it.