Hunting & Fishing my first buck!

villhelm

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this is a picture of a 3point blacktail dear i shot with my remington 700 243. It was a far shot is all i can say (20 yards), I saw him laying under a tree 200 yards away and I crawled/crouched my way to him stood up once i thought i could take him and boom! got him right inbetween the heart and lungs with a trusty barnes X
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I aimed...a little lol glad it wasnt to far away or i would have missed, im not totally confident shooting offhand and i'd never shot that gun before so it was a prayer that the bullet would go where i wanted it to
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CavScout1983</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Congrats on the buck, but, why are you hunting with a weapon you have never fired before?</div></div>

honestly i left my own rifle at home, what was i thinking?? that day i had no idea i was going hunting originaly i was tooling on my dirtbike and one of my budys shot/wounded a dear while i was out trying to find it and put it down with him we spotted that one and filled my tag (we later found my budys dear about 200yards away from where he shot it comoflauged by some brush)
 
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: villhelm</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CavScout1983</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Congrats on the buck, but, why are you hunting with a weapon you have never fired before?</div></div>

honestly i left my own rifle at home, what was i thinking?? that day i had no idea i was going hunting originaly i was tooling on my dirtbike and one of my budys shot/wounded a dear while i was out trying to find it and put it down with him we spotted that one and filled my tag (we later found my budys dear about 200yards away from where he shot it comoflauged by some brush)</div></div>

Using the tools you got! I like it. Congrats on the deer. We call them 8 pointers here in Texas too!
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Hey that's a nice first buck. I'm trying to get my first deer period. Going out this evening with my son.

Nice stalking. Good skill to have.
 
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Congrats nice first deer -my first was a bow kill but i had to wipe the milk off of its chin! garuntee you got some great meals to look forward to out of that harvest!
 
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Thats a damn fine first deer by all standards congrats. its all about the quality of the hunt and by the sounds of it you have had one that you will remember for a life time. Hope you have many years of successful memorable hunts