Best Deer I ever got!!!!!
Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2003 12:14 pm
I have owned my 1874 Sharps for a while and have always had success with it. However, I have never taken anything exceptional with it. It never fails to thump whatever I have shot(does and small bucks) with only one shot apiece. This year is the exception. Opening day of Missouri's deer season was misting rain in the north central part of the state. My brother and I hunted in the morning, he with his new Encore .50
and me with my Sharps. I didn't have any oppurtunities. We stoped to have some lunch with plans to go back out. At 1:00 or so we went to our stands again. He suggested I go to the field edge and plop under a Pinoak tree. After his reasoning with me, I did it. Boy am I glad I did.
At 4:00 I saw this BIG buck coming across the south end of the field,about 350yrds. You could see he had a nice rack, I checked him out with my bino's and about dropped them, He was HUGE. I grabbed my
grunt tube and gave him a tute, or 2. He stopped, locked on like a bird dog and came straight to me. At 90 yards he stopped behind a small cedar, trying to hide and look for the mystery deer he heard. He took one step to the right, and exposed his chest. I was locked up on him with my rifle resting on my shooting sticks, trigger set. Boom!
He came running towards me, legs not working well, and fell 30 yards in front of me. Now I was getting nervous. I waited a few minutes to make sure. He was down for good. What a day! He is the biggest deer I have gotten, and I did it with my Sharps, finally! Our picture is posted on
the Trophy page, take a look!
regards,
Bruce
and me with my Sharps. I didn't have any oppurtunities. We stoped to have some lunch with plans to go back out. At 1:00 or so we went to our stands again. He suggested I go to the field edge and plop under a Pinoak tree. After his reasoning with me, I did it. Boy am I glad I did.
At 4:00 I saw this BIG buck coming across the south end of the field,about 350yrds. You could see he had a nice rack, I checked him out with my bino's and about dropped them, He was HUGE. I grabbed my
grunt tube and gave him a tute, or 2. He stopped, locked on like a bird dog and came straight to me. At 90 yards he stopped behind a small cedar, trying to hide and look for the mystery deer he heard. He took one step to the right, and exposed his chest. I was locked up on him with my rifle resting on my shooting sticks, trigger set. Boom!
He came running towards me, legs not working well, and fell 30 yards in front of me. Now I was getting nervous. I waited a few minutes to make sure. He was down for good. What a day! He is the biggest deer I have gotten, and I did it with my Sharps, finally! Our picture is posted on
the Trophy page, take a look!
regards,
Bruce