A little after school luck

[mdhunter]

Great picture, big smile, congrats!

 

[CPAjeff]

My goodness - what a buck! Congrats to you both!

 

[antlerradar]

Heckuva shot at 417 yards!

A great shot is right.
Shows how far technology has come. My dad would have kicked my ass if I had even thought of trying a shot that far when I was her age.

 

[Lota lota]

Daughter and I headed out for a quick hunt after school and she evidently brought her lucky horse shoe with her. Spoiled her on her first deer. 22 creedmoor 77 grain TMK started at 3150fps.
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Awesome buck!

 

[brockel]

A great shot is right.
Shows how far technology has come. My dad would have kicked my ass if I had even thought of trying a shot that far when I was her age.

We shoot a lot. She practices to 450 most of the summer

 

[antlerradar]

We shoot a lot. She practices to 450 most of the summer

I was shooting a M77 243 with a four power scope. 450 yards with that set up would have been a pull the trigger and pray, not to mention the range would have been my best guess. I once missed a wopper of a buck because I over estimated the range by 100 yards.

 

[FREAK]

Wow! Congrats to you and your daughter. That’s a great buck!

 

[kansasdad]

More than twice my self limit on yardage, but I don’t shoot regularly more than 150. When you have a great setup and practice regularly I’m sure she was fully ready for a long poke.

Congratulations to the crew!

 

[brockel]

I was shooting a M77 243 with a four power scope. 450 yards with that set up would have been a pull the trigger and pray with that set up, not to mention the range would have been my best guess. I once missed a wopper of a buck because I over estimated the range by 100 yards.

I was a 25-06 shooting 85 grain ballistic tips as fast as I could with a straight 6x scope. 3” high at 100 yards. If I held top of back and it shot under the deer it was WAY to far. Still like the straight 6x scope but have switched brands of scopes and rifles

 

[PorterHouse]

Awesome buck. Congrats to your daughter and good work Dad!

 

[Walkathon]

Heck of a buck!

 

[Hunting Wife]

Wow. Beautiful buck. You have ruined that girl on deer hunting

Congratulations to both of you!

 

[Caseknife]

For those interested in bullet performance here’s what the 77 TMK did at 417 yards. Broke a rib going in and coming out and went through shoulder blade on exit and bullet was caught against the hide. Lungs were liquified

First picture is entrance
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Second is exit though shoulder blade
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Always just amazes me at the lack of fat on the bucks after rutting. Its a wonder how some of them make it through a long winter.
Good bullet performance and great shooting.

 

[nastynate]

For those interested in bullet performance here’s what the 77 TMK did at 417 yards. Broke a rib going in and coming out and went through shoulder blade on exit and bullet was caught against the hide. Lungs were liquified

First picture is entrance
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Second is exit though shoulder blade
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Nice work! I'm just curious, shooting fast little projectiles like that... what sort of shots are off limits for you and yours? Think that would handle a quartering shot where you had to punch through a shoulder? Any risk of the bullet blowing apart if the shot isn't so far?

I know those small fast bullets are getting more popular and just wondering your thoughts on strengths and weaknesses of a setup like that. I'm sure it's low recoiling and accurate, and I imagine big blood trails coming from an exit aren't so important if you're in open country. I've just never really thought about it so I'm genuinely curious.

 

[brockel]

Nice work! I'm just curious, shooting fast little projectiles like that... what sort of shots are off limits for you and yours? Think that would handle a quartering shot where you had to punch through a shoulder? Any risk of the bullet blowing apart if the shot isn't so far?

I know those small fast bullets are getting more popular and just wondering your thoughts on strengths and weaknesses of a setup like that. I'm sure it's low recoiling and accurate, and I imagine big blood trails coming from an exit aren't so important if you're in open country. I've just never really thought about it so I'm genuinely curious.

Any shot I’d take with my other rifles I’d take with this setup. You can see in pictures it broke multiples ribs and went through the shoulder. Wife shot a whitetail doe two nights ago same rifle at 190 yards quartering away. Bullet went in and came out front shoulder and exited. I should have taken pictures of internal damage.

 

[nastynate]

Any shot I’d take with my other rifles I’d take with this setup. You can see in pictures it broke multiples ribs and went through the shoulder. Wife shot a whitetail doe two nights ago same rifle at 190 yards quartering away. Bullet went in and came out front shoulder and exited. I should have taken pictures of internal damage.

TMK are match bullets, right? I, with absolutely, no experience with such guns/bullets, would've been concerned something like that might blow up on a front shoulder. I'd have thought you'd need a tougher bullet for that business. Show's what I don't know I guess. Any not-so-ideal outcomes with that combo?

 

[brockel]

TMK are match bullets, right? I, with absolutely, no experience with such guns/bullets, would've been concerned something like that might blow up on a front shoulder. I'd have thought you'd need a tougher bullet for that business. Show's what I don't know I guess. Any not-so-ideal outcomes with that combo?

We’ve had zero issues from coyotes to deer from 223 to 22 creedmoors. 30 yards to 450 yards