Well my hunting season ended yesterday with the taking of a whitetail doe.. not a record size mind you, but it is meat in the freezer. But I had to switch out to my scoped .243 Winchester instead, during the last hour of hunting. I walked along the fence line that split sections on my Aunt and Uncles 200 acres. An old trail road that led from the top down into the creek bottoms is where I stood... kinda thinking, I wonder.... cuz years ago I had nailed several from this very area.... I was thinking, "what a great place for a
Strong Built Hunting Stand", when I looked down and here was two does, not looking up at me, they didn't even notice me. I rested the crosshairs on the largest of the two, and she dropped right there. The 100-gr Core-Lock had smacked her in the neck... arriving down at the site I discovered that she about bled out. Well now came the dragging/pulling up hill :shock:
Now after reaching getting back up to the wire, I looked across and there is the other doe waiting.... she finally bounded off.
I will more than likely set my 336 up with a low power scope or Ultradot or Microdot
UltradotUSA for my future hunts in these dark woods.
Here's my woods that I want to share with you all..... Since nothing was moving out there.
But I will say that the .35 Remington saved my bacon in the early hours of the morning, when two dogs came up behind me intent on making me a chew toy. I had just shouldered the 336 to take a shot at a large whitetail that was moving thru the trees. I was waiting for it to stop so I could take the shot, then from behind..... At the sound of their growling and barking, when I spun around, the more timid of the two ran away, but the other, a rather large German Shepard was acting very agressive bearing teeth and bouncing on both front legs. From a distance of approx 10 feet there she stood with her ears back I thought for sure she would attack...... she dropped at the shot.
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Just to be on the safe side, since this was someones un-confined pet, I called our Sheriff's Dept.. who responded with animal control. The deputy looked over the scene, took my report and said, that I was in the clear. The owners of this dog how-ever should they claim their dog will face some charges of their own. The dog's collar was checked, and no Rabbies Vac Tag etc was attached.
My aunt told me that the people on the hill know who owns the dog.... as my aunt put it, people on the hill will be wanting to buy me drinks for ridding them of a dog that has been killing chickens, cats, small dogs and yes even deer.
Local paper this morning in the police log stated:
Hunter kills german shepard that was attacking him.
