Guns and Animal pictures

[Art Eatman]

Better a thorough explanation than one which says too little and leaves too much room for more questions...

I admit there are times when I wish I weren't such a warm-weather desert rat. There's a lot about Alaska to like.

But when it's 110, my arthritis doesn't bother me nearly so much. Pain-free Is Good.

, Art

 

[mec]

Guns and Animals. The gun is a ruger comp target that shoots just like a rifle with the 1.5-4X weaver scope. The Jackrabbit is of the expired variety. The scope came in handy on this on as I was rested against a fence post. The JR was sitting near the bale of hay and all I could see was his little bitty ears 40 yards off. Head shot.

 

[edlsen]

Corn fed Whitetail

I just posted this on another thread, but for those of you who don't want to chase it down I'll do it again.
This is my first deer. I took it during the opening weekend of early muzzleloader season in Northeast Iowa. I was laying in a pasture with my gun resting on a pine branch that I was hiding behind. The shot was about 25 yards. It is a 10 point and the neck measured 32 inches. It weighed 235 lbs without the guts. I ended up with 125 lbs of sausage, 50 lbs of jerky, and 70 lbs of deer sticks. (The weight doesn't add up because of the pork they add to the sausage) Yes, I'm having it mounted. The neatest things for me were that my very pregnant wife had gone out with me that day and that I got this guy with a muzzleloader. My biggest disappointment is that this is the deer I should have worked up to. Now I can't take anything less.
My First Deer
Happy Hunting
Jared

Sorry the picture is so dark, but I took my shot with about 5 minutes of light left so by the time I got to getting a picture it was pretty dark.