LC Smith 10 gauge

[6pt-Sika]

I think I need to get on the horn to BPI and get 8 pounds of 0 buck and 8 pounds of #3 Buck .

Haven't tried #0 yet and am about out of #3 .

[charlie cleveland]

i ve got to order me a little of everthing too i m aboutout...may have to start shooting rocks if lead get any higher or cross over and get me a cross bow..im like you craig i like to hunt deer with these old guns..my plans are to tote the 8 ga parker till i get a deer with it..i ve got to make some more round balls for it before long...i guess i kinda cheated on my dove shells i went to walmart... charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

i ve got to order me a little of everthing too i m aboutout...may have to start shooting rocks if lead get any higher or cross over and get me a cross bow..im like you craig i like to hunt deer with these old guns..my plans are to tote the 8 ga parker till i get a deer with it..i ve got to make some more round balls for it before long...i guess i kinda cheated on my dove shells i went to walmart... charlie

Turns out I had three boxes of 16 gauge reloads with an ounce of #8's hidden on the back of a shelf !

Also have 5 or 6 boxes of Remington and Winchester 1 1/8 ounce #5's I can take as back up !

So looks like if I go monday I'll carry my little AH Fox A grade 16 !hru

[Dennis]

Craig, good luck with both the doves and the deer. We will be waiting to see photos of your success.

Dennis

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Dennis V. Nix

Craig, good luck with both the doves and the deer. We will be waiting to see photos of your success.

Dennis

Well the dove today was a bust for me , never had a bird fly by within range so I bailed at 16:00 went home showered and was sitting in my tree stand by 17:00 and I am still sitting here . Not seen a deer yet either .

[charlie cleveland]

hope you get that deer with the buck shot..i believe i would load it just like you said..that triple 000 should ground check any thing that comes by..good luck charlie

[Dennis]

Craig, we don't want you to milk the season with the buckshot like Charlie did last year with his 8 bore. We can't stand that much suspense anymore. I know you will get your deer just as I know Charlie will get his deer this year with a slug from the 8 bore. Good luck to both of you. Actually- Good luck to all of us this year for a safe and successful hunting season.

Dennis

[6pt-Sika]

Well the dove shoot didn't pan out today but the deer on the DCP did !

Some pics from early while I was about 22-24 feet up my tree !









Had one of my 444's along just in case I saw one past 40 yards . This is a circa 1967 rifle I relbued and refinished the wood as it was about 3% blueing when I bought it . Shooting the Lyman 429244 HP with a goodly charge of H322 .






My Thermacell , until November I'm never without it !

[6pt-Sika]

Well long about 19:30 I looked directly below me and there was a doe about 4 yards from the base of the tree I was in !

Here's one from my seat using the I Phone !



And another from the same place with the zoom on my Nikon CoolPix !



And some pics when I got down !







I shot the right barrel which had my handloaded #1 Buck with 16 pelletes . I aimed right at the whithers of the deer as she was to close to go in from the side . Anyway it looked like 10 or so went in right where I aimed . When I skinned the deer about 2 inches of the backbone was gone there . I also found a pellet in the elbow of one of the front legs .





Well I realize 4 yards really isn't a fair test . But next time I'll go with #3 Buck in the right barrel and 000 Buck in the left barrel !

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Dennis V. Nix

Craig, we don't want you to milk the season with the buckshot like Charlie did last year with his 8 bore. We can't stand that much suspense anymore. I know you will get your deer just as I know Charlie will get his deer this year with a slug from the 8 bore. Good luck to both of you. Actually- Good luck to all of us this year for a safe and successful hunting season.

Dennis

Dennis you need not worry about me milking it !

Last year I got four deer and that was my worst year in the last twenty seasons . Generally I kill between 10 and 15 . So right now I'm at 4 with still a month of DCP and then hunting season starts . Hopefully I can use a couple more sizes of Buck in either this LC or my Ithaca NID 10 . Also have a few Ruger #1's I wanna blood this year 338 WIN MAG , 375 WIN MAG , 416 REM MAG , 25-06 , 270 , 280 , 6mm , 257 Bob , my wifes Ranger Arms LH 25-06 and a Mannlicher Schoenauer 243 .To say nothing of the Philly 12 gauge Sterlingworth and the Philly 20 gauge Sterlingworth . Oh and I almost forgot the 16's Parker GH damascus and a AH Fox A .

Then of course there are a couple 444's I've yet to blood . As well as about 5 390 grain plus cast bullets I wanna field test in my 2001 Marlin 444 Ballard rifled gun .

IT's a never ending thing