Blackfork
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Took nephew up to friends ranch at Clarksville, Texas yesterday to shoot doe tags. We saw hogs first, back in the woods behind pasture at 250 yards. One of the hogs lined up in binocs behind a grown doe was TWICE as big as the deer. Lots of little ones. No shot. Four does came in the field and were watching the hogs also and being very alert, but closer to the hogs than I thought they would tolerate. The does kept an eye on the hogs, but grazed. I thought the does would come closer or the hogs would come out, neither of which happened.
The does grazed across the field and the hogs faded back into the woods. Nobody even looked at the feeder with corn under it back near our tower. The wind was very light but drifting in our favor.
After everyone was gone we watched another hour then got down out of the tower and walked to see deer and hog sign. I stayed in the cover as my nephew walked the field keeping pace. I jumped a doe and she stepped across the corner of the field and froze for a moment. My nephew went down on one knee and shot her. I saw him drop to shooting position and held up. I never saw the deer from back in the brush. He and I had kept visual and hand sign communication.
He was using his dads dragonov. Second doe with this rifle and standard military soviet copper-washed looking ammo. His dad shot one last week with it. Both heart shots. Both does ran about 30 yards and fell.
This was a VERY old doe with teeth nearly worn down to the gumline. You would think she would have known better.
Nice shot by nephew. Until last year he had never seen a dead deer hunting with his mothers side of the family. Clarksville isn't really hunting- just tower-ambush of plentiful does, but he didn't lose his cool. This was his sixth doe but the first on foot out of the tower and without me spotting over his shoulder.....and not with my scoped Ruger#1 in 7X57 and handloads.
102 lbs live weight, 72 lbs dressed. No milk. Probably 6-8 years old on the jaw chart. She might have thought I was a pig or not seen him until she stepped from cover and stopped to look at him.
I was carrying an Argentine 1909 Mauser Carbine 7.65 with a light 120 Sierra Gameking/Varget handloads in it. Open sights. I'm not going to get to shoot if I keep taking him and that dragonov!
I've never shot the dragonov. Be interesting to shoot it on a bench at 200 and see how it groups with that ammo. I'm sceptical...but there are two dead does.
He handled all the field dressing, skinning and butchering to fit in a cooler. Getting it down. Owner has 30 doe tags and 10 buck tags minus the six we have killed this year.
The does grazed across the field and the hogs faded back into the woods. Nobody even looked at the feeder with corn under it back near our tower. The wind was very light but drifting in our favor.
After everyone was gone we watched another hour then got down out of the tower and walked to see deer and hog sign. I stayed in the cover as my nephew walked the field keeping pace. I jumped a doe and she stepped across the corner of the field and froze for a moment. My nephew went down on one knee and shot her. I saw him drop to shooting position and held up. I never saw the deer from back in the brush. He and I had kept visual and hand sign communication.
He was using his dads dragonov. Second doe with this rifle and standard military soviet copper-washed looking ammo. His dad shot one last week with it. Both heart shots. Both does ran about 30 yards and fell.
This was a VERY old doe with teeth nearly worn down to the gumline. You would think she would have known better.
Nice shot by nephew. Until last year he had never seen a dead deer hunting with his mothers side of the family. Clarksville isn't really hunting- just tower-ambush of plentiful does, but he didn't lose his cool. This was his sixth doe but the first on foot out of the tower and without me spotting over his shoulder.....and not with my scoped Ruger#1 in 7X57 and handloads.
102 lbs live weight, 72 lbs dressed. No milk. Probably 6-8 years old on the jaw chart. She might have thought I was a pig or not seen him until she stepped from cover and stopped to look at him.
I was carrying an Argentine 1909 Mauser Carbine 7.65 with a light 120 Sierra Gameking/Varget handloads in it. Open sights. I'm not going to get to shoot if I keep taking him and that dragonov!
I've never shot the dragonov. Be interesting to shoot it on a bench at 200 and see how it groups with that ammo. I'm sceptical...but there are two dead does.
He handled all the field dressing, skinning and butchering to fit in a cooler. Getting it down. Owner has 30 doe tags and 10 buck tags minus the six we have killed this year.
