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Title: Warm opening day.
Post by: trailtwister on November 16, 2015, 04:09:28 AM
Opening day buck the small one for my combo tag at 7:28AM. 70 yard shot with Remington 870 slugger 20ga. using discontinued Remington 2 3/4” buckhammer slugs. 70 yard lazered shot buck ran 70 lazered yards. Took out both lungs and dropped the heart loose.
Some people would count the real short thing as a point.
T shirt and sweat shirt unzipped weather day time high temp was 63.

(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk194/oldmasseyguy/deer%20season%202015/Opening%20morning%20buck_Nov%2015%202015_3355_zpsrkwmvgm8.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/oldmasseyguy/media/deer%20season%202015/Opening%20morning%20buck_Nov%2015%202015_3355_zpsrkwmvgm8.jpg.html)

(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk194/oldmasseyguy/deer%20season%202015/Opening%20morning%20buck_Nov%2015%202015_3354_zpsn7phlf5e.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/oldmasseyguy/media/deer%20season%202015/Opening%20morning%20buck_Nov%2015%202015_3354_zpsn7phlf5e.jpg.html)

(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk194/oldmasseyguy/deer%20season%202015/Day%20before%20and%20opening%20day%20buck_Nov%2015%202015_3365_zpsytkclmyf.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/oldmasseyguy/media/deer%20season%202015/Day%20before%20and%20opening%20day%20buck_Nov%2015%202015_3365_zpsytkclmyf.jpg.html)

(http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk194/oldmasseyguy/deer%20season%202015/Day%20before%20and%20opening%20day%20buck_Nov%2015%202015_3364_zpsgbvn0uut.jpg) (http://s280.photobucket.com/user/oldmasseyguy/media/deer%20season%202015/Day%20before%20and%20opening%20day%20buck_Nov%2015%202015_3364_zpsgbvn0uut.jpg.html)


:eyebrownod:  Al

Title: Re: Warm opening day.
Post by: FinsnFur on November 16, 2015, 05:04:14 AM
Nicely done Al. Ya didnt have to wait long for him did ya :congrats:
Title: Re: Warm opening day.
Post by: Okanagan on November 16, 2015, 06:35:39 AM
WTG!  He looks tasty.   Is 70 yards a long shot with shotgun slugs?  Pure ignorance here in rifle land, not critique. 

I got back from Pennsylvania last night, where we saw whitetails every day in the fallen Fall leaves near my daughter's suburban house.  I'd love to hunt a whitetail in leaves like those in your pics.   
Title: Re: Warm opening day.
Post by: pitw on November 16, 2015, 08:20:47 AM
Nicely done.  Never used a slug to hunt with but the proof it works is in your pics. :yoyo:
Title: Re: Warm opening day.
Post by: trailtwister on November 16, 2015, 11:54:53 AM
Slugs when you fine the one your shot gun likes are good for at least 150 and some say 200 yards. For me I am pushing it to find a place to shot a deer 100 yards. Last years was 93 yards, I could see him because of all the dead ash trees have fallen making a clear area.
I was in my blind less than a hour.

:eyebrownod:  Al
Title: Re: Warm opening day.
Post by: FOsteology on November 16, 2015, 02:24:34 PM
Good shooting and congrats.

I have one of those Remington 870 20ga slug guns too. Pretty dang accurate at 100 yards and I personally wouldn't have a problem taking a 150 yard shot on a deer.
Title: Re: Warm opening day.
Post by: Dale on November 16, 2015, 06:58:09 PM
Congrats Al... looks like it'll be a good eater...

I've built up a 870 20ga slugger also... had the barrel pinned at the tang, a high dollar scope mount and a trigger job... it'll touch 3 shots at a hundred with the fancy Hornady sabots, still need to find a place to stretch it out and see what it'll do...
Title: Re: Warm opening day.
Post by: coyote101 on November 16, 2015, 08:41:48 PM
Nicely done sir.  :highclap: Congratulations  :congrats:

Pat
Title: Re: Warm opening day.
Post by: HaMeR on November 18, 2015, 05:39:31 PM
Congratulations on a fine buck Al!!  :yoyo: :yoyo:
Title: Re: Warm opening day.
Post by: trailtwister on November 19, 2015, 03:40:20 AM
Thank you all. So warm here the deer just are not moving in the day lite legal hunting time

:eyebrownod: 
al
Title: Re: Warm opening day.
Post by: bambam on November 19, 2015, 03:49:16 PM
Good job ! Congrats !
Title: Re: Warm opening day.
Post by: nastygunz on November 19, 2015, 10:57:46 PM
Great pix! I have 4 buck hammer slugs left,  not sure why they were discontinued,such a popular slug ?!
Title: Re: Warm opening day.
Post by: trailtwister on November 20, 2015, 03:33:57 AM
Probably not as much money in them as others. I am going to start reloading some soon.
slugs are us has some interesting chunks of lead.

:eyebrownod:  Al