11-12-2012, 07:13 PM
JohnOD Wrote:Well done! It looks like a good sized deer. Where did the bullet hit?
Size-wise, this is a pretty young deer. My son killed a big, mature buck the same evening that seems twice the size of this one. Incidentally, his buck was taken with a 6.5x55 in a Remington 700 Classic.
The bullet broke a rib a bit far back, just ahead of the diaphram, then angled forward and destroyed the lungs. The entry wound is visible in the photo. The buck ran over 100 yards dead on his feet.
We farm in northen North Dakota. A snow storm came through just in time for the start of our deer season.
Now to start using the Grendel on the local coyote population.
SRG