Opening morning, buck down.

[H&Hhunter]

I took my buddy out this morning and we scored on a nice little 9 point whitetail. We were on a hill over looking a creek bottom. Just after the sun came up this guy decided to show himself.

I ranged him at 290 yards and my buddy put an end to his mortal worries with his .257 Weatherby shooting 100 Gr Barnes TTSX bullets. At the shot the buck settled and started to trot at a slow pace towards the safety of the brush line. My buddy put one more into him for insurance and he went about 20 yards into the brush before expiring.

The first shot had been perfect right through the top of the heart. It was a good morning and the season is starting off well. We’ve got one bull elk and one buck deer down. I’ve still got a cow elk tag, a buck deer tag in my home state and multiple deer tags in a neighboring state. We are rapidly making up for the paucity of tags from last year.

 

[red rick]

Nice buck and it sounds like y’all are having a successful hunt . Good shooting on your friends part .

 

[wankerjake]

Nice buck!

 

[LoonWulf]

Congrats, good looking animal. Good luck on filling the rest of your tags as well.

 

[stillquietvoice]

Nice buck congratulations.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Nice buck! Where were you hunting?

 

[H&Hhunter]

Just east of me near Elbert, Co on a buddies ranch.

 

[Robert]

@H&Hhunter if we fill our tags we are going to be set for a while.

 

[Aim1]

Awesome!

What state?

 

[H&Hhunter]

Awesome!

What state?

Colorado

 

[.455_Hunter]

Unfortunately, the primary areas I like to hunt here in CO have been on fire or are on fire currently.

 

[WestKentucky]

Unfortunately, the primary areas I like to hunt here in CO have been on fire or are on fire currently.

Does that mean seasons are closed for the year? If so have they said what they will do about drawn tags? It would stink if a man finally drew a tag just to get shut down by a fire and then lose his tag.

 

[squarepants33889]

Beauty of a buck.
I had a pretty good experience with the TTSX's myself.
I was out moose hunting the Saskatchewan prairies yesterday.
I had an ideal opportunity on a moose calf at a range findered 297 yards.
I was sitting on the side of a hill, rested on sticks.
The old .270 Winchester spat out a 130 grain TTSX that I must have pulled a bit high.
I'm confident in the load and have it well tested at the shooting range.
I compensated just shy of 8 inches behind the top third of the front leg.
At the shot, the moose dropped like a sack of potatoes, then peddaled his front legs a couple of times and died.
Upon closer inspection of the downed animal, I realized that I actually ended up hitting about 6-8 inches higher than I had intended.
It spined the moose.
During cleaning, I was stunned at the damage that TTSX caused. It was a clean pass through and about 6 full inches of spine was completely obliterated.
Nothing was left but tiny splinters of bone.
It's nice having confidence in a bullet that can help you out a bit when you don't nail your part.