[Stephen A. Camp]

Hello. Didn't get to do it with a handgun, but a running shot at 90 yards presented itself at about 4:20PM this afternoon. Used my converted SMLE "battle scout" rifle and factory 150-gr Hornady Spire Points. I hit too far back and it was my fault; I ALWAYS do this on running shots.

Hit about 4" behind the shoulder for a broadside shot. I was about midway in from the bottom to the top of the deer.

Massive blood where she was hit as well as lung tissue. I thought I'd missed as she showed utterly no reaction to being shot.

She was found about 60 yards away.

Nothing special, but a fair doe. Weighed about 80-lbs dressed.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid89/p0be86115afa4901a6f0a0de8b1fdc3bd/fa8cef49.jpg

I'll try and do a deer with a handgun tomorrow.

Best.

[clown714]

MMMMM!

looks like some fine eat'in;)

clown

[sm]

Well Sir, someone is having fun-huh? :D

Ya know, I don't recall ever seeing a pic or reference of Mr. Camp's with a rifle before. I mean I knew the man could shoot... I wait long enough and he'll divulge his shotgun skills...
Just kidding you Sir...Congrats!

[Stephen A. Camp]

Hello, and thank you. My shotgunning "skills" leave much to be desired. I'll be knee deep in fired hulls and have 3 dove (and shot one out of a tree) while my buddies will have practically a bird for each shot fired.

Oh, well....

Best.

[ksnecktieman]

Maybe if you want to improve your shotgunning you should mount a scope on it:) Congrats on your deer, and if four inches too far back on a running deer is something you complain about I bet that a lot of your deer have "died tired". And good luck with the handgunning one too:)

[Stephen A. Camp]

Hello, and thank you. I prefer when I shoot a deer with a rifle for it to receive "the end" in a fashion similar to someone "turning off a light." Sometimes I'm successful and other times not in this effort.

I'm leaving in a couple of hours to try an evening hunt with a handgun.

We'll see what happens.

Best.

PS: The place I'm going is interesting as the owner has a free-ranging Watusi bull that has an attitude. He doesn't like people anywhere on "his" property and charges the jeep now and then. If he shows up and happens to lay down where I'm hunting, I'll be up in that tree until he opts to leave. Hahahhaaha!

[Preacherman]

Hmmm... I can see the next column on "Hipowers And Handguns" - "What handgun to use against a rampaging Watusi bull?" :D

[Stephen A. Camp]

Hahahhahahha! One can that can be shot over the left shoulder while running!

Best.

[Matt G]

I can see the entry wound at the left edge of the pic. That's not bad, at all. I've hit doe further forward with a .300 WinMag and had 'em go 30 yards. :)

What was her bearing with regard to you? Meaning, where did the shot exit? (It did exit, didn't it?) I thought you were fond of the Sierra 180 in your SMLE-Scout? 5 years ago I carried some 180g loads Dad put together, duplicating one that you'd developed, in a sporterized #5 Jungle Carbine (back when they were thin on the ground) in the black timber near Pagosa Springs, CO, looking for elk. Never got to try it out, though.

What kind of handgun are you using next?

[Stephen A. Camp]

Hello, Matt. Straight on broadside and it exited in about the same spot on the opposite side. I like 180's, but in my abbreviated barrel use 150's.

Best.

[Andrew Wyatt]

Is that a number4mk1 scout or a number1 mk3 scout?

[Stephen A. Camp]

Hello. It is a No.4 MkII.

Best.