Hunting & Fishing Last minute MN Doe

[slayer_21420]

Did a little spot and stalk tonight on my corn field as it was just cut this afternoon.

Held out untill the last minutes of light in hopes of getting a mature buck but he evaded me again.. Took this doe with about ten minutes of legal shooting left.

I used my 700 7mmRM with Vortex Viper HS LR 4-16x44, 150gr Federal Fusion

Here she is in position for a texas heart shot lol



I waited for her to go broadside at a lasered 224yds and took the shot, she made it twenty or so yards before she fell just off the edge of the field. Upon inspection of the wound cavity I found that the 150gr Federal Fusion bullet failed miserably, it made it into the rib cage then fragmented and didn't exit the other side. Part of the jacket decided to wreak havoc in her guts so dressing her out was fun. Needless to say I will not be using that bullet again.



Pics of the wound cavity-

In


No out


All in all it was a fun season with lots of action, only sat one evening without seeing a deer. Now to get some blood on the new Savage ML-II Smokeless Muzzleloader in a couple weeks :grin:

Steve

 

[Infinity]

Congrats on the meat.

 

[piglatinhater]

Thanks for after shot details.

 

[slayer_21420]

Thanks for after shot details.

For sure, I guess these are not typical results from the fusions but i'm less than impressed. Even the berger 168vld's I usually shoot will exit on a broadside shot with no heavy bone hit..