Hunting & Fishing Very proud of my boy!

[ccoker]

Took Sean my 13 year old to my buddy Rick's place
deer didn't come out until the sun had set and it was a good 30 minutes past sunset when he got his shot..

nice doe between 150 and 175 yards that was invisible to the naked eye.

textbook perfect shot, ran about 40 yards and piled up

As we were getting out of the stand I started to ask him where he thought he hit it, rephrase, "where did you hit it?" his response was about an inch behind where I wanted..

sure enough, that was the case, about 2" behind the shoulder

I was watching through my scope and saw the dust fly from the bullet impact, I thought he missed, but nope, the 80g Barnes TTSX went clean through and did massive internal damage.
Using my old Sako 243

He told me he didn't think he could have made the shot without that little glowing green dot of the Trijicon scope!

He was hell bent on getting a deer and kept hunting AND made the shot when a lot of grown men would have been headed back to camp!

He has taken several deer and hogs but seemed to develop a flinch last year and clean missed 2 deer..

Worked through that with him at the range and practicing dry firing..

Very proud of my boy!

I also wacked one at a little over 250 a few moments later with my 6.8

 

[hrt4me]

Re: Very proud of my boy!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ccoker</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Took Sean my 13 year old to my buddy Rick's place deer didn't come out until the sun had set and <span style="color: #FF0000">it was a good 30 minutes past sunset when he got his shot</span>..

<span style="color: #FF0000">I also whacked one at a little over 250 a few moments later with my 6.8</span></div></div>

I thought Texas deer hunting laws state that it is only legal to shoot a deer during open season between one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset? Or am I mistaken?

 

[ccoker]

Re: Very proud of my boy!

clarify, exactly 30 minutes after sunset

 

[lpgasguy]

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Sunset in texas is a very iffy thing, IF your on the east side of the hill it sets earlier than IF your on the west side.

 

[hrt4me]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: suicide jockey</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sunset in Texas is a very iffy thing, IF your on the east side of the hill it sets earlier than IF your on the west side.</div></div>

Don't the officials use the officially calculated/published daily times for Sunrise and Sunset?

Example from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: NOAA Improved Sunrise/Sunset Calculation

 

[Chadwick122689]

Re: Very proud of my boy!

Nice job on the deer of your son's... Who cares how long after sunset the shot was made... As long as you're able to make the ethical shot on the animal, time is just semantics... I respect the law, but lets just be happy a boy got a deer and made a great shot...

 

[ccoker]

Re: Very proud of my boy!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Chadwick122689</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nice job on the deer of your son's... Who cares how long after sunset the shot was made... As long as you're able to make the ethical shot on the animal, time is just semantics... I respect the law, but lets just be happy a boy got a deer and made a great shot... </div></div>


thanks

 

[JSTARSZ]

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I love those little Barnes bullets. My go to bullet for the 6.8mm is the 95 GR TTSX's.

 

[FARGO]

Re: Very proud of my boy!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Chadwick122689</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Nice job on the deer of your son's... Who cares how long after sunset the shot was made... As long as you're able to make the ethical shot on the animal, time is just semantics... I respect the law, but lets <span style="font-weight: bold">just be happy a boy got a deer and made a great shot</span>... </div></div>

My thoughts exactly.

 

[ccoker]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JSTARSZ</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I love those little Barnes bullets. My go to bullet for the 6.8mm is the 95 GR TTSX's. </div></div>

same here..
except, I did use a 110 Accubond on Sat for the first time
deer seemed highly allergic to it
Only shot I had was a little over 250 and through the shoulders, it entered dead center and exited far side, massive internal damage... DRT

 

[BOLTRIPPER]

Re: Very proud of my boy!

when is dinner?

 

[trilogymac]

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"Very proud of my boy!"

As you should be!

Tell him great job for me.

Trilogymac

 

[skinney_7]

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YEP, thats what its all about...gettin em out there in the field, havin fun, bringin home some red meat, NICE WORK, cant wait till i get mine out there to do the same thing.

 

[mdesign]

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Good for him...great to see a youngster stick with something and do well. Glad the sun stayed up long enough for him to "get-er-done".

 

[BOFF]

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Congratws to you both!!!

Any pics? I learned a while back, when I thought I could remember everything, pictures help to clarify and bring back what I forgot.

God Bless,
David B.

 

[ccoker]

Re: Very proud of my boy!

camera was in the truck, just in too much of a rush to get the other deer (took a buddy who shot a few) field dressed and back to the processor in time (2 hrs away)

here are a few pics..
him and his little bro

little bro and a hog

Little bro practicing with a 22 (subsonic rounds)

a pig he got when we went hunting with Bill Wilson last year

from about 7 years ago...

 

[BOFF]

Re: Very proud of my boy!

Great pics!!
Thanks for sharing.

God Bless,
David B.