First whitetail

[wimpanzee]

So finally after three years of teaching myself to hunt public lands, I bring home my first whitetail deer.

For even more fun, I had to drag it up and over a missouri bluff to get it out of the woods, and my game cart decided to drop a wheel halfway back. Luckily I was able to replace the missing cotter pin with the wire spiral from my pocket notebook.

Tuned 909s, 196gr NSA slug at 830fps, complete pass through at about 50 yards. She ran about 100 yards and dropped on the trail.

Yay!

 

[csitas]

Good work my friend, That will be some fine eating there. Nice clean pic also, thanks for sharing your joy, it's ours too.

 

[Raden1942]

Great work buddy! It's harder than it looks to hunt deer with airguns. I live in CA so I can't do it but I'm very aware of what it would take and for me that would be a shot inside 60 yards unless presented the perfect opportunity to find a rest and take my time. Then I guess I'd take a 100 yarder. Anyway she looks good! Enjoy all the real work butchering it. I'm always happy to get a deer but then I realize that I will be spending the next 2 days cutting deer meat on the kitchen counter and I have a oh boy moment. Anyway if you take 1/8 in thick slices of meat and you smash it flat with a tenderising hammer then cover in flour mixed with salt pepper and ground garlic you will have my favorite recipe. Fry it in bacon grease for a couple minutes until golden brown and it's done. Hope you try it! God bless buddy. 

 

[kayaker]

WOW nice hunt know the work begins ! That's something to be proud of for sure !

 

[Blackpaw]

@Wimpanzee Very nice and well done, that is a nice and healthy looking doe.

 

[Hapo]

...I shoot deer to eat not trophies and those are the good ones...

 

[Phildog59]

Young does like that are the most tender best eating deer you can get good job  

 

[Ranchibi]

Congratulations! Great shot! She’s a healthy one .

 

[wimpanzee]

...aware of what it would take and for me that would be a shot inside 60 yards unless presented the perfect opportunity to find a rest and take my time. Then I guess I'd take a 100 yarder...

I hear that! I passed on some 100 yard deer the other day, and went home and ordered a new Texan

The 909s just doesn't have the umph to really get to 100 yards in a reasonable time, drop, and power level...This was about the max range for me, with this gun!

Thanks everyone!

 

[samvilla]

Very cool. Congratz 

 

[scallen2112]

Very nice! I'm about a year behind you on teaching myself to hunt, and I too am relegated to public land. It's not as easy as the shows and videos make it out to be, that's for sure. Still working hard on that first deer, but I have learned the art of spot and stalk for hogs and have a lot of pork in the freezer. It's a good feeling, bringing in your own meat, isn't it?