12-16-2017, 03:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-16-2017, 04:10 AM by Kswhitetails.)
My first shot was at 150ish, taking the first doe in the front chest because she was facing me. I don't like frontal shots as that usually results in a gut-hole and that's never ideal, but when that's what you've got, you take what you get. Doe number two ran about 60 yards to the left, and away from me about another 20 yards on the other side of the bales in the pasture, her stopped position resulting in a 170 yard shot of perfection, upper heart broadside, fatal. I watched her run about 15 steps and stop, then lay down. The first doe came back out from behind the hay bales and stood looking at me broadside so I shot her again praising God for the luck of seeing her again as I thought I had missed low with the first round. She now had two holes in her boiler house either of which would have been quickly fatal. She plowed about 10 yards into the tree row and out of my sight. I wasn't worried, I just assumed I'd find her on the other side of the row.
I got up, lit a cigar, and walked the 5 yards to the road, the 70 yards West to the truck, and smoked in the satisfaction of a hunt well done. I called my dad to report, because, well, that's what you do. You call the guy you want most in the world to tell you just got your first double! I am fortunate to still have my dad, as tumultuous as our relationship is I still called him first without even thinking about it. I then called the wife, who had made the arrangements for me to hunt here through her friend who she runs marathons with. These ladies are insane, and I figured if I didn't report the success I'd get run over, literally. After reporting, and about 20 minutes had passed, I set out to cross the road and start finding the carcasses. The deer I shot second I walked straight to, she had an entry and exit just behind both shoulders about 5 inches from the breast bone. The other lady was more of a challenge. I crossed the tree line, and began sweeping with my head lamp as it had long since been dark, and to my dismay I found that inside the tree enclosed lay down, the grass had not been mowed all year. It was a mess. I looked about 10 mins and never found any blood. I was worried at this point and had to say a little prayer as the adrenaline was beginning to rise again. Now what? Shouldn't have worried. Turned out that she had hugged a tree and was probably dead before she even hit it.
Shot one entered the bottom of the sternum, rose and took out the bottom of the heart, exited through the gut, and broke her left rear leg just above the knee. Shot two on deer two was through and through getting the top of the heart, and both lungs involved. It was surprisingly in tact, probably because she never really ran anywhere, and I let her expire without exciting her. The third shot went through and through perforating both lungs of the first deer, though as I stated earlier she was probably already mostly bled out. The spot where she was standing when I shot her the second time was covered in copious amounts of blood spatter, she probably would have laid down right there and expired had I not felt the need to shoot her again.
All in all the Larue 6.5 Grendel was flawless. It functioned, fed, fired, and performed as well as I hoped it would. The only complaint I have is that my optic choice, while completely worthy, is rather heavy, making a mid weight rifle heavier than I was wishing it was by the end of any real trekking in waist high prairie grass and basketball sized rocks. I need to lighten the package, the Harris 9-13 bi-pod and Larue mount are heavier than they should be too probably. I had an E-Lander 10 round mag with 6 rounds of Hornady Black ELD-M at the ready, and at the risk of bragging about it, I probably only needed two.
I am glad to have bought the rifle, the bi-pod mount, the extra magazines, the key-mod QD, the extra 5.56 barrel cartridge and bolt, the Tranquillo 7.62 suppressor, and the targets. I will buy more stuff from Mark. So far, not only am I impressed with this rifle's quality, accuracy, and durability; but as well as with the accessories function and form as a system. From the Scope base to the smooth articulation to the beautiful FDE CeraKote, it is superfluously obvious that much thought and design and time has gone into the process from ideas to enacted reality in the field.
It was too dark to take any real pictures, and as I was alone for the duration of my excursion, taking selfies with deer sticking their tongues out at me isn't my idea of a good time...
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I got up, lit a cigar, and walked the 5 yards to the road, the 70 yards West to the truck, and smoked in the satisfaction of a hunt well done. I called my dad to report, because, well, that's what you do. You call the guy you want most in the world to tell you just got your first double! I am fortunate to still have my dad, as tumultuous as our relationship is I still called him first without even thinking about it. I then called the wife, who had made the arrangements for me to hunt here through her friend who she runs marathons with. These ladies are insane, and I figured if I didn't report the success I'd get run over, literally. After reporting, and about 20 minutes had passed, I set out to cross the road and start finding the carcasses. The deer I shot second I walked straight to, she had an entry and exit just behind both shoulders about 5 inches from the breast bone. The other lady was more of a challenge. I crossed the tree line, and began sweeping with my head lamp as it had long since been dark, and to my dismay I found that inside the tree enclosed lay down, the grass had not been mowed all year. It was a mess. I looked about 10 mins and never found any blood. I was worried at this point and had to say a little prayer as the adrenaline was beginning to rise again. Now what? Shouldn't have worried. Turned out that she had hugged a tree and was probably dead before she even hit it.
Shot one entered the bottom of the sternum, rose and took out the bottom of the heart, exited through the gut, and broke her left rear leg just above the knee. Shot two on deer two was through and through getting the top of the heart, and both lungs involved. It was surprisingly in tact, probably because she never really ran anywhere, and I let her expire without exciting her. The third shot went through and through perforating both lungs of the first deer, though as I stated earlier she was probably already mostly bled out. The spot where she was standing when I shot her the second time was covered in copious amounts of blood spatter, she probably would have laid down right there and expired had I not felt the need to shoot her again.
All in all the Larue 6.5 Grendel was flawless. It functioned, fed, fired, and performed as well as I hoped it would. The only complaint I have is that my optic choice, while completely worthy, is rather heavy, making a mid weight rifle heavier than I was wishing it was by the end of any real trekking in waist high prairie grass and basketball sized rocks. I need to lighten the package, the Harris 9-13 bi-pod and Larue mount are heavier than they should be too probably. I had an E-Lander 10 round mag with 6 rounds of Hornady Black ELD-M at the ready, and at the risk of bragging about it, I probably only needed two.
I am glad to have bought the rifle, the bi-pod mount, the extra magazines, the key-mod QD, the extra 5.56 barrel cartridge and bolt, the Tranquillo 7.62 suppressor, and the targets. I will buy more stuff from Mark. So far, not only am I impressed with this rifle's quality, accuracy, and durability; but as well as with the accessories function and form as a system. From the Scope base to the smooth articulation to the beautiful FDE CeraKote, it is superfluously obvious that much thought and design and time has gone into the process from ideas to enacted reality in the field.
It was too dark to take any real pictures, and as I was alone for the duration of my excursion, taking selfies with deer sticking their tongues out at me isn't my idea of a good time...
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