Blackfork
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Used my CMP 1903A3 to shoot a doe yesterday up at Clarksville on a Managed Lands permit.
75 yard offhand shot at 2:22 in the afternoon. I was checking feeders, cams and looking for pig sign. She spooked out of some brush and ran on the other side of a small lake. I got an NPA on the first open spot that she might stop and look from, and she stopped and looked. My 1903 still has the 200 yard zero from the National Matches and the Texas Garand Championship on it so I knew the Greek HXP FMJ would be above the front sight. I held a six-oclock hold, focused on the front sight, pressed the trigger straight back and held it down all the way through the recoil. The slug cut the aorta off the top of her heart and she ran 50 yards. I noted where she was standing and the last place I saw her. Marked my shooting point with a stick and gave her 15 minutes. Walked over, picked up the blood trail and followed it to her. 102 lbs live weight. Probably 2 1/2 years old.
Up next: P17 Enfield.
75 yard offhand shot at 2:22 in the afternoon. I was checking feeders, cams and looking for pig sign. She spooked out of some brush and ran on the other side of a small lake. I got an NPA on the first open spot that she might stop and look from, and she stopped and looked. My 1903 still has the 200 yard zero from the National Matches and the Texas Garand Championship on it so I knew the Greek HXP FMJ would be above the front sight. I held a six-oclock hold, focused on the front sight, pressed the trigger straight back and held it down all the way through the recoil. The slug cut the aorta off the top of her heart and she ran 50 yards. I noted where she was standing and the last place I saw her. Marked my shooting point with a stick and gave her 15 minutes. Walked over, picked up the blood trail and followed it to her. 102 lbs live weight. Probably 2 1/2 years old.
Up next: P17 Enfield.