First Deer of the Year!

[CarJunkieLS1]

Yesterday morning I got my first deer of the season. I've been hunting all year and this was my first time I've been able to get a shot. It was a smaller doe that was in a full run down the hill right towards me. I saw her right at the top of the ridge about 100 yards away. I quickly grabbed my MSR AR-15 in 30 Rem AR and quickly snapped it up onto my shoulder and flipped the safety lever. I was quickly able to find her in my scope and followed her down the hill to a distance of about 40 yards.

I made a doe bleat noise with my mouth and she went from a full on run to a dead stop instantly. She was facing me directly I steadily placed my crosshairs right between the front legs at the base of the neck. Slowly I exhale all my breath and squeeze my SSA trigger the 2nd stage breaks like a thin piece of glass. At the shot I saw hair fly and she fell onto her back legs. She went straight down and slid down the hill a few feet as she struggled to get her feet. Quickly it was all over and there she laid.

Moments like this make up for all the times I leave the woods empty handed. The happiness, excitement, and joy I feel are unmatched from anything else. The times I am in a stand and leave empty handed I still enjoy the time to view Gods creation and marvel at the view. Therapeutic for me. Its a win win I've only been a deer hunter for 5 seasons now and its safe to say that I'm hooked for life.

 

[Doc7]

Awesome!!

 

[CarJunkieLS1]

For those that maybe interested. It is a 30 Remington AR with a handloaded 125 grain Nosler Accubond at 2775fps. Bullet was not recovered and did not exit. I looked and found zero signs of fragmentation or core seperation. The insides were "tore up" the heart was completely detached from all the major arteries and had a very nice quarter sized hole in it.

The entrance wound was basically the bullet diameter and she did bleed a fair amount from the entrance. These little bullets work extremely well and looks like I have a winning combo.

 

[FL-NC]

Still waiting for my lucky day this year. When/if I finally get one, it will be the hardest work I've ever done for a deer!

 

[gspn]

Moments like this make up for all the times I leave the woods empty handed. The happiness, excitement, and joy I feel are unmatched from anything else. The times I am in a stand and leave empty handed I still enjoy the time to view Gods creation and marvel at the view. Therapeutic for me. Its a win win I've only been a deer hunter for 5 seasons now and its safe to say that I'm hooked for life.

I love it. I know exactly how you feel. Great post.

 

[Axis II]

great job! I like pictures, please post one!