Kevin Stenberg
Well-Known Member
I take my responsibility to humanely kill all of the deer I take very seriousely. That is why I ask for your forgiveness. I lost 2 deer this year and I am devastated by it.
The only bright spot I can see. Is it may have been a combination of alloy and load I was using. That is why I want to get your opinions. On my loads
Facts 3 hits on deer. 2 at 10 yards and 1 at 70 yards. Not 1 of the animals blead externally.
Deer #1 10 yards walked under my stand and started to walk away. She turned to look up at me. I put the crosshairs between her eyes. her departing run was a normal bound. I found 4 drops of blood 200 yards away in 1 little group. Nothing else.
Deer #2 10 yards walking very fast at me. Almost a run. I took him high and in front of the shoulder. Bullet was found in back of the offside shoulder and low. The bullet put a dime size hole in the heart, and liver and made mush out of the lungs. It traveled 200 yards without any blood trail. The bullet I found was about the size of a large pea. No bones were hit. The bullet must have just grazed the ribs. the death run was head low to the ground tail down almost in a crawl position.
Deer#3 70 yards broadside shot, shot not hurried, It was my normal shoulder shot centered front to rear and about half way up the shoulder. I couldn't see the exit run or if I had broken the front leg. I did see the front half of the deer be driven away from me at the shot. 2 of us spent an hour with flashlights, an the next morning we spent another 4 hours searching ( more of a search for a body) Not 1 drop of blood was found. My friend has much more exp. finding lost game than I.
My load was. 7TCU 135gr (357 maximum) Thore mold 50%WW/50%soft + 1%sn air cooled PC 24gr/blc2 Tula SRP After my first loss I went to my range (my home) and shot once at 25/50/100 yards. The first 2 shots were touching and the third was off by 3/16"
I shot once into water jugs at 50 yards. 1 heavy kitty litter 1.5gal jug which exploded. 1 3gal cooking oil jug which was a pass through. it had thicker plastic. A second cooking oil jug. And almost exiting the third jug putting a very apparent dent in it. The bullet had a perfect mushroom to 5/8th".
I can't figure why my combination didn't work? Kevin
The only bright spot I can see. Is it may have been a combination of alloy and load I was using. That is why I want to get your opinions. On my loads
Facts 3 hits on deer. 2 at 10 yards and 1 at 70 yards. Not 1 of the animals blead externally.
Deer #1 10 yards walked under my stand and started to walk away. She turned to look up at me. I put the crosshairs between her eyes. her departing run was a normal bound. I found 4 drops of blood 200 yards away in 1 little group. Nothing else.
Deer #2 10 yards walking very fast at me. Almost a run. I took him high and in front of the shoulder. Bullet was found in back of the offside shoulder and low. The bullet put a dime size hole in the heart, and liver and made mush out of the lungs. It traveled 200 yards without any blood trail. The bullet I found was about the size of a large pea. No bones were hit. The bullet must have just grazed the ribs. the death run was head low to the ground tail down almost in a crawl position.
Deer#3 70 yards broadside shot, shot not hurried, It was my normal shoulder shot centered front to rear and about half way up the shoulder. I couldn't see the exit run or if I had broken the front leg. I did see the front half of the deer be driven away from me at the shot. 2 of us spent an hour with flashlights, an the next morning we spent another 4 hours searching ( more of a search for a body) Not 1 drop of blood was found. My friend has much more exp. finding lost game than I.
My load was. 7TCU 135gr (357 maximum) Thore mold 50%WW/50%soft + 1%sn air cooled PC 24gr/blc2 Tula SRP After my first loss I went to my range (my home) and shot once at 25/50/100 yards. The first 2 shots were touching and the third was off by 3/16"
I shot once into water jugs at 50 yards. 1 heavy kitty litter 1.5gal jug which exploded. 1 3gal cooking oil jug which was a pass through. it had thicker plastic. A second cooking oil jug. And almost exiting the third jug putting a very apparent dent in it. The bullet had a perfect mushroom to 5/8th".
I can't figure why my combination didn't work? Kevin