Dad sent me these picture a few days ago and I need to brag on him a little bit. He is 74 years old, rough as a cob, and still hunts with traditional bows and muzzleloaders. He is also the finest rifle shot that I know. Dad killed this buck on the last day of Missouri's muzzleloader season with his Hawken rifle using iron sights. Here is the story.
He was hunting in our middle field at a place that we call the Briar Patch which is a copse of trees and brush that runs out into the middle of the field. He saw this buck jump the fence about 200 yards away, coming out of the creek on that side, and proceed to walk across the field. It looked like the deer was going to come right to him so he just sat and waited for a close shot. At about 140 yards, the buck decided to change direction and turned and started walking away. Just before the buck went into the brush, he stopped and turned broadside. Dad held a foot over the deer's back, pulled the trigger, and hit that buck right in the goodies. The deer ran about 60 yards before piling up in the brush. Dad ranged the shot AT 164 YARDS! He can be a cantankerous old so-and-so a lot of the time but I sure wouldn't tell him that if he had a rifle in his hand. He is a walking encyclopedia of ballistic data and lives to hear that gun pop.
Darren
He was hunting in our middle field at a place that we call the Briar Patch which is a copse of trees and brush that runs out into the middle of the field. He saw this buck jump the fence about 200 yards away, coming out of the creek on that side, and proceed to walk across the field. It looked like the deer was going to come right to him so he just sat and waited for a close shot. At about 140 yards, the buck decided to change direction and turned and started walking away. Just before the buck went into the brush, he stopped and turned broadside. Dad held a foot over the deer's back, pulled the trigger, and hit that buck right in the goodies. The deer ran about 60 yards before piling up in the brush. Dad ranged the shot AT 164 YARDS! He can be a cantankerous old so-and-so a lot of the time but I sure wouldn't tell him that if he had a rifle in his hand. He is a walking encyclopedia of ballistic data and lives to hear that gun pop.
Darren