Hunting & Fishing Marlin 357 mag vs whitetail

[wvfarrier]

Well, I was scouting out a new bedding area for my son to hunt in. Of course, I had my trusty marlin with me for safety. As I was exiting the area this fella hobbled out. I saw him walking out along a well traveled trail but he was moving really oddly. The area is pretty heavily wooded so I stalked him for a bit. I was wearing blue jeans and a black jacket. No camo. I got to about 55 yards before it was too open. His left rear leg was broken pretty badly and I just couldn't leave him to suffer. It was a fresh compound fracture. Still bleeding heavily. Anyway I took the shot. I was loaded with 180 grain xtp's with 16.5 grains of Lil gun. The shot was a little lower than I had wanted but was still a double lung punch. Blood trail was extremely good. He ran about 100 yards and laid down. The bullet performed very well. The entry wound was small as expected. I had perfect floret cuts through both lungs. I will post pics after skinning. I had to drag the bugger a long way tho so he hung for two days.

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Here is the recovered bullet. The remaining weight is 176.6 grains. Perfect expansion. Very expression

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[hlee]

How did you have both a recovered billet and an exit wound?

Good job!!

 

[6.5BR]

My Marlin kill - Doe 75 yds, 158 RP JSP, Lil gun, 2050 mv, DRT, 357 can be deadly.

 

[bohem]

Great! I didn't realize that Marlin made a 357 levergun.

 

[roggom]

Here you forgot a closing bracket on your pic

This is OP's pic

Nice deer

 

[T J]

I also use the 180 xtp in my .357's but with H-110. Dern Good bullet. Your pick looks great, can't ask for better expansion.


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[hangunnr]

Well, I was scouting out a new bedding area for my son to hunt in. Of course, I had my trusty marlin with me for safety. As I was exiting the area this fella hobbled out. I saw him walking out along a well traveled trail but he was moving really oddly. The area is pretty heavily wooded so I stalked him for a bit. I was wearing blue jeans and a black jacket. No camo. I got to about 55 yards before it was too open. His left rear leg was broken pretty badly and I just couldn't leave him to suffer. It was a fresh compound fracture. Still bleeding heavily. Anyway I took the shot. I was loaded with 180 grain xtp's with 16.5 grains of Lil gun. The shot was a little lower than I had wanted but was still a double lung punch. Blood trail was extremely good. He ran about 100 yards and laid down. The bullet performed very well. The entry wound was small as expected. I had perfect floret cuts through both lungs. I will post pics after skinning. I had to drag the bugger a long way tho so he hung for two days.

Here is the recovered bullet. The remaining weight is 176.6 grains. Perfect expansion. Very expression

That is not a Hornady XTP, Speer Gold Dot perhaps? XTPs have a solid copper jacket on the base, there isn't any lead exposed.

How did you get a double lung hit with a entry point that low?

Curious.....

hangunnr