The old guy scores

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   So, I'm heading home from work this afternoon when my cell phone rings.  It's my dad.  He says "I just got a deer, can you come help me drag it out of the woods?"  So he starts the dressing process and I drive the hour from where I work to where he hunts.   Throw on my hunting coveralls and boots (conveniently in the back of my car) and schlepp the half mile into the woods to find him leaning up against a tree, out of breath from the gutting but happy as a little lark.  He looks up and goes, "Not bad for 77 year old eyes".  
The particulars:  Whitetail doe, dressed at 90 lbs which is about normal for this part of southern New England.  Rifle is a Winchester 94AE in .30-30 wearing a Simmons 44 Mag 1.5X6 and shooting Remington factory 170 grain RN.  What makes this worthy of the post is the fact that it was a measured 140 yard shot right through the boiler.  No real expansion.  It was a shoot through, entry and exit wounds for the most part the same size.  Truly, not bad for 77 year old eyes.
I put the thing on the old Dead Sled, got it to his truck and sent him off to the butcher.  He's tired and happy and I'm glad he's had another great season in the woods.  I learned the craft from him and owe him a lot more than dragging his kill out of the woods.
Peace guys.  788

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788Fan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .30/06 SpringField Joined: 10 August 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 336	Post Options Post Reply Quote 788Fan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: The old guy scores Posted: 04 November 2008 at 13:56
	So, I'm heading home from work this afternoon when my cell phone rings. It's my dad. He says "I just got a deer, can you come help me drag it out of the woods?" So he starts the dressing process and I drive the hour from where I work to where he hunts. Throw on my hunting coveralls and boots (conveniently in the back of my car) and schlepp the half mile into the woods to find him leaning up against a tree, out of breath from the gutting but happy as a little lark. He looks up and goes, "Not bad for 77 year old eyes". The particulars: Whitetail doe, dressed at 90 lbs which is about normal for this part of southern New England. Rifle is a Winchester 94AE in .30-30 wearing a Simmons 44 Mag 1.5X6 and shooting Remington factory 170 grain RN. What makes this worthy of the post is the fact that it was a measured 140 yard shot right through the boiler. No real expansion. It was a shoot through, entry and exit wounds for the most part the same size. Truly, not bad for 77 year old eyes. I put the thing on the old Dead Sled, got it to his truck and sent him off to the butcher. He's tired and happy and I'm glad he's had another great season in the woods. I learned the craft from him and owe him a lot more than dragging his kill out of the woods. Peace guys. 788
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CB900F Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator Honor, Integrity Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Eritrea Status: Offline Points: 8857	Post Options Post Reply Quote CB900F Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 November 2008 at 15:20
	788Fan; Thanks for the story. I appreciate the telling. I'm a bit surprised at the no expansion of the bullet though. After all, 140 yards is a perfectly reasonable shot with a .30-30, & I'da thought every manufacturer would have long time since made sure that their bullets opened up at that range. I do boycott Remington for other reasons & don't use a whole lot of their products including ammo. Maybe this is another reason to continue to shun Big Green. 900F
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Hudge Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 30 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 889	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hudge Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 November 2008 at 23:23
	788fan, Great story. I would love to have been able to see my dad stil hunting. He would have been 76 this year. As far aas the bullet not expanding, that seems a little odd. I shot my last buck with 150 gr. Cor-lockts from my .30-30, and got great expansion.
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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 November 2008 at 02:25
	Great story and an adventure you will remember every time you think of your dad. I've killed a lot of deer with the 170 rem flat nose (30-30 bullet). I shoot them at low velocity out of many 30 cal rifles just because they do expand on deer pretty good. And I've killed deer with one shot out to 200 yards. All killed deer dead and fully penetrated so no bullet to look at. But neither the bullet failed nor the shooter, both did a successful job. Thanks for sharing the story.

TasunkaWitko Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator aka The Gipper Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Chinook Montana Status: Offline Points: 14753	Post Options Post Reply Quote TasunkaWitko Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 05 November 2008 at 03:59
	excellent story, 788 - congrats to your dad! i've got a marlin m336c in .30/30 with a pretty much the same scope, except it is 2-7x that .30/30 is a good rifle out to about 150, no matter what the naysayers say.
	TasunkaWitko - Chinook, Montana Helfen, Wehren, Heilen Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen