Unlucky Deer
 

Came by rather close so I shot him with a DH 6 frame 34” gun shooting vintage factory 0 buck loads from the 30’s as aged by Professor Noreen . Shot him at twenty yards at the boom of the gun he ran towards the tree I was in and dropped 10-15 feet from the base of the tree . The third picture was taken from my perch in the tree .

I hadn’t patterned the load before going as I didn’t want to waste any and had a handloaded buck load in the left barrel in case the vintage shell didn’t go boom . When skinning the little fellow I saw plenty holes and even found one in the hide on the off side .

Ooch! Nice going. More venison for Mike's big cookout in July.

Nicely done, great to see your 8ga in action, congratulations

Good thing you only kill small deer, that way the backstraps and t-loins are nice and tender! :rotf::rotf::rotf::corn:

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I think it’s going to Prospect Hall November 30th for a tower shoot like last year .

Nice job

neat i did not know you could shoot buck shot through a vintage gun.

I dunno but I’ve been doing it for a number of years . My first try was with my grandfathers circa 1881 W&C Scott 10 gauge crystal indicator SxS . Since then I’ve used about a dozen Parker’s all gauges from 8 to 16 an LC Smith Quality 2 10 and an Ithaca NID 10 . I’ve not only used buckshot but I’ve come up with loads using slugs and roundballs or punkin balls as some refer to them .