Sam and I have been hunting together with his friends over at an orchard east of where we live, we've had some decent luck this year and have pulled out about 4 or 5 deer so far with Sam getting his doe Wed and he's already posted that story so I figured I'd highlight my Wednesday adventure as well.....
Sam puleed the trigger on his in the morning and I believe it was the second or third drive that morning, we broke for lunch around noon and hit again around 1:30 with me posting on a hillside flanking the drivers below, well I picked a spot that was able too over look most of the upper part of the drive and where they were going too eventually hit a boundry and had too move up a hillside then over and me hitting the road and walking too a powerline.... Well they start moving and within minutes two doe bust over the top about 40 yards from me crossing the road.... No shot.... Dang, oh well stay focussed.... Next I hear rustling down below me and out runs a 6 point, small basket rack 1.5 y/o buck.... No buck tag..... Okay of course 30 yards broadside he stops and scans the road and the bottom he wants too hightail through.... Oh well a couple of minutes later I see orange of the driver on the bottom of the hollar.....
My turn too move, I make it down too the road and start a fast pace walk too the power line, I get too the border of the property that we have permission on and out of the thicket run two doe paralleling the road..... Okay I watch too see where they go and of course they come out onto the road standing broadside at 30 yards just eyeballing me like.... Yeah go ahead tempting as it was I gave them a pass..... Make it too the power line and start the trek up the hillside and stop too catch my wind and look around and saw pretty good sign of them crossing there so I just waited there.... Fast fwd a few minutes and out pops a doe and heading my way, all I have are head shots due too the hi weeds and briars so I wait, and sure enough out she comes onto the same trail I'm standing on.... A chip shot right???? Well I already had the gun up flip off the safety and squeeze the trigger and CLICK...... WTH!!!!! Bring the bolt up and back down and CLICK...... She was looking around at the first CLICK... And caught me on the second CLICK..... Off she goes.....
Drivers hit the power line and I'm just thinking WTH just happened..... Pull the round out and has an indentation on the primer..... Meet Sam up the hill a little ways and he looks at it and was on the same page as far as yeah deep enough too set it off.... Pulled the bolt looked at it and put it back together and walked up too the top and tried firing it again..... Click..... Put another round in it BANG..... Well at least it wasn't he gun having issues.... (It's my new Savage 220) So once I get some time next week I'm going too fire off (No pun intended) and email too Remington about there lot# of the ACUTIPS...... Was it a booner of a deer???? Nope, just some meat for the freezer for my brother who's working and can't hunt this year due too some health issues but none the less..... When I buy VERY EXPENSIVE SABOTS I expect them too go BANG not CLICK at the prey I'm shooting at....
Sorry for the long post, I ramble behind the keyboard alot :smiley_clap:
Sam puleed the trigger on his in the morning and I believe it was the second or third drive that morning, we broke for lunch around noon and hit again around 1:30 with me posting on a hillside flanking the drivers below, well I picked a spot that was able too over look most of the upper part of the drive and where they were going too eventually hit a boundry and had too move up a hillside then over and me hitting the road and walking too a powerline.... Well they start moving and within minutes two doe bust over the top about 40 yards from me crossing the road.... No shot.... Dang, oh well stay focussed.... Next I hear rustling down below me and out runs a 6 point, small basket rack 1.5 y/o buck.... No buck tag..... Okay of course 30 yards broadside he stops and scans the road and the bottom he wants too hightail through.... Oh well a couple of minutes later I see orange of the driver on the bottom of the hollar.....
My turn too move, I make it down too the road and start a fast pace walk too the power line, I get too the border of the property that we have permission on and out of the thicket run two doe paralleling the road..... Okay I watch too see where they go and of course they come out onto the road standing broadside at 30 yards just eyeballing me like.... Yeah go ahead tempting as it was I gave them a pass..... Make it too the power line and start the trek up the hillside and stop too catch my wind and look around and saw pretty good sign of them crossing there so I just waited there.... Fast fwd a few minutes and out pops a doe and heading my way, all I have are head shots due too the hi weeds and briars so I wait, and sure enough out she comes onto the same trail I'm standing on.... A chip shot right???? Well I already had the gun up flip off the safety and squeeze the trigger and CLICK...... WTH!!!!! Bring the bolt up and back down and CLICK...... She was looking around at the first CLICK... And caught me on the second CLICK..... Off she goes.....
Drivers hit the power line and I'm just thinking WTH just happened..... Pull the round out and has an indentation on the primer..... Meet Sam up the hill a little ways and he looks at it and was on the same page as far as yeah deep enough too set it off.... Pulled the bolt looked at it and put it back together and walked up too the top and tried firing it again..... Click..... Put another round in it BANG..... Well at least it wasn't he gun having issues.... (It's my new Savage 220) So once I get some time next week I'm going too fire off (No pun intended) and email too Remington about there lot# of the ACUTIPS...... Was it a booner of a deer???? Nope, just some meat for the freezer for my brother who's working and can't hunt this year due too some health issues but none the less..... When I buy VERY EXPENSIVE SABOTS I expect them too go BANG not CLICK at the prey I'm shooting at....
Sorry for the long post, I ramble behind the keyboard alot :smiley_clap:
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