11-03-2022, 03:28 AM
Howdy!
I haven't posted in a long... long time. I blame life
ItÂ’s hard to accept that my younger daughter was 3 when I joined this forum. Time flies. She's 15 now and we finally got out to the family property to spend some time in the woods together last weekend. This was the first time she got to hunt with the Howa 1500 mini since I bought it for her late last year. Just last week I broke the rifle down, cut the barrel to 16.5" and re-threaded it. The goal was to get it more portable for her with the suppressor on. I have not had time to do any load development with it so I just zeroed it for some Hornady eld-m factory loads I had in the closet. Not my first choice for hunting loads but it's what I had.
All in all, it was a very successful weekend. She took care of some vermin that have been causing trouble for her grandmother and cleanly harvested this buck at about 100 yds. She threaded the needle through a fence and brush to centerpunch the vitals. The Eld-m pretty much grenaded and didn't pass through. We recovered the jacket and core on the opposite hide, but it did the job. He jumped, bounded about 3 times, and crashed within 15 yds.
I have never seen so much FAT on a whitetail before. I should have taken some pictures of it. The acorn crop is insane this year and they have obviously been gorging themselves on it.
Anyway- needless to say I'm a proud dad and thankful to have more meat in the freezer.
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I haven't posted in a long... long time. I blame life
ItÂ’s hard to accept that my younger daughter was 3 when I joined this forum. Time flies. She's 15 now and we finally got out to the family property to spend some time in the woods together last weekend. This was the first time she got to hunt with the Howa 1500 mini since I bought it for her late last year. Just last week I broke the rifle down, cut the barrel to 16.5" and re-threaded it. The goal was to get it more portable for her with the suppressor on. I have not had time to do any load development with it so I just zeroed it for some Hornady eld-m factory loads I had in the closet. Not my first choice for hunting loads but it's what I had. All in all, it was a very successful weekend. She took care of some vermin that have been causing trouble for her grandmother and cleanly harvested this buck at about 100 yds. She threaded the needle through a fence and brush to centerpunch the vitals. The Eld-m pretty much grenaded and didn't pass through. We recovered the jacket and core on the opposite hide, but it did the job. He jumped, bounded about 3 times, and crashed within 15 yds.
I have never seen so much FAT on a whitetail before. I should have taken some pictures of it. The acorn crop is insane this year and they have obviously been gorging themselves on it.
Anyway- needless to say I'm a proud dad and thankful to have more meat in the freezer.
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NRA life, GOA life, SAF, and TSRA
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason, co-author, 2nd Amendment.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason, co-author, 2nd Amendment.