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November 19, 2006
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Chuck and Bob – those are great stories. And Bob – 68 shots! That sounds like a very exciting and memorable day. I know from experience that one shot, one deer doesn’t always work out that way. For my family, hunting in the deep woods with a lot of thick brush, the occurrence of a clear unobstructed shot was more myth than reality. Also, when you jump a deer in the woods, it rarely stops after a few feet to offer itself as a stationary target. One of my more memorable shots was a deer running flat out through thick brush. I had a ’94 .32 special carbine with a Leupold 2x “scout” (it wasn’t called that back then) scope in Leupold, “detacho” mounts. Anyway, it was running flat out and I fired a shot, quickly levered the carbine and fired another shot. Got it. When I looked the deer over, I discovered two holes about two inches apart. I will add that the shots were further back then they should have been as I didn’t lead it enough. Still brought it down quickly though.
November 7, 2015
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I’ve had the pleasure of hog hunting on the famous Nail Ranch near Albany, TX a few times and one time I chose a single shot pistol in 35 Rem for my primary hunting arm. We were nearing the end of our day hunt as my hunting partner’s hog had been a bit difficult to put on the ground. When my turn came we jumped a group (OK, sounder) of hogs and a few were nice eating size. The hog I selected was running with a buddy who seemed to want to act as a bodyguard for the one I selected and initially put a poor hit on. The chase was on and I suck at moving targets. I only had five rounds for the single shot pistol and all were expended in a foot chase that covered a few hundred yards. Each time “my” hog stopped, the other hog got between me and his buddy. I didn’t want to pay for a second hog so I tried to shoot around the bodyguard hog. I had my trusty Guv’mint model Colt under my jacket so I let the single shot pistol hang from its sling while I used my duty gun to deal with the hog. It was a close quarters running battle and at one time I performed a tactical reload (after five rounds) while running after this seemingly bulletproof hog. My duty ammo at the time was Winchester Black Talon. Our guide told me he didn’t know how many times I’d hit the hog but the Black Talon ammo apparently turned his insides to mush. I was apparently hitting a bit far back as the forward section of ribs was destroyed.
Some critters just won’t die. I drove home with five rounds in my “social equipment” (duty gun). To this day my pickup has at least 2-3 fully loaded 1911 magazines. We all have bad days, next time I’ll have plenty of ammo.
Mike
November 19, 2006
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Mike – yet another cool story in this thread. Thanks – I enjoyed reading it. Also serves as a cautionary tale.
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TXGunNut said
Some critters just won’t die.
Mike
And a lot of times they run a long ways and just don’t realize that they are dead already. Hit straight through the lungs and heart.
November 7, 2015
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Yes, Chuck. Sometimes critters just don’t realize they are dead.
Mie
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