Author Topic: How many whitetails with a handgun? (Read 6173 times)

454-hunter · « **Reply #30 on:** September 27, 2008, 04:01:54 PM »

Let me try to recall .

The first was in 2000 a 5-point buck.
The second 2001 a spike on opening morning and a spike on wednesday morning with a 44-magnum
The third was a spike buck in 2002 with a 454-casull
The fourth was a doe with a 454 in 2003.
The fifth was a doe with a 454 if I remember right if I recall it was in 2004.
No deer with a handgun in 2005 or 2006 or 2007 New jobs and in had no time to hunt in 2007 however I did take 2 deer in 2005 a buck and a doe with a rifle. I also took a doe in 2007 with a rifle .
This year I plan on taking several as we have a two antlered deer limit and four anterless deer limit all with a 454 hopefully.
454-hunter

irold · « **Reply #31 on:** September 28, 2008, 01:38:29 AM »

Good thread...interesting !

For me its been :

2 buck , an 8 point with a 44 SRH and a one sided 3 point with my 44 mag,12 inch barreled Encore. Both using the same load , 240 XTP over 296

4 doe..3 with that 44 SRH and one with a 460 Mag Encore

LarryL · « **Reply #32 on:** September 30, 2008, 01:51:43 AM »

Hunting up here in NH, things are bit slower when it comes to getting deer! I hunt alone, and also work a lot. I usually get 4-5 days of hunting in per season. I've been hunting with a handgun starting in 2003. Have gotten two so far with my Ruger SRH in .480 with a 2X scope.

2004 - 11 point buck, 205#, Hornady XTP factory load, 25 yds, 1 shot high shoulder & spine + 1 finish shot to the neck.

2006 - doe, 109#, 325gr Gold Dot handload, 55 yds, dropped with 1 shot to the neck.

Guess I should be due to get one again this year.

Cottonwood · « **Reply #33 on:** September 30, 2008, 04:17:48 AM »

This year I am hoping to get all my deer using my handgun, as now in my area we can get 5 doe tags as well as the 1 buck tag. So my goal is to try and up my current 2 by handgun to another 6.

S.B. · « **Reply #34 on:** October 01, 2008, 12:48:22 AM »

Four in Mo., one in Wisconsin. Never kept any sort of records on the loads, back then? Most were with .44 magnum but the one in Wi. was with a .41 magnum. All have been with handloaded ammo, couldn't afford factory while raising children.

Poppy · « **Reply #35 on:** October 01, 2008, 02:35:59 AM »

My count is a total of four. All bucks, largest was an 8 pointer. My weapon: a T/C Encore in 7.62x39 with 125 grain Corbon ballistic tips. 15" barrel with a Simmons 4x scope. Probably the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

winman · « **Reply #36 on:** October 03, 2008, 04:18:23 AM »

Four, all with handloads in an 8 3/8 inch model 29-2.

klong · « **Reply #37 on:** October 09, 2008, 10:40:25 PM »

4 deer for me with the handgun.
1 Contender 35Rem
1 Contender 7TCU
1 Contender 7-30 Waters
1 Freedom Arms 454 Casull

None over 50 yards.

dehunter52z · « **Reply #38 on:** October 11, 2008, 09:42:36 AM »

16 bucks; 73 antlerless in pa. all with tc contender ,as for cals.
from .223 to 45/70 . my favorite .357max and .445super mag
i got 25 different cal. in tc bbls and have used them all !

NebrHunter · « **Reply #39 on:** October 11, 2008, 01:55:04 PM »

1 W.T. doe at 199 yds..
243 encore .

greg bayes · « **Reply #40 on:** October 22, 2008, 10:36:24 AM »

hey, you all ! 7 deer, 5 with 1911 govt. mod. ----first gen. black talon. 1 with 44mag. 240 Hornady HP. S & w Mod. 29, 8 3/8 in. (1200 fps). 1 with a S & W mod. 25 8 & 3/8 in.--- 260 Kieth SWC. ( 1000fps.) All killed in the state of Kentucky. 10 others killed with shotgun and/ or rifle. GOOD HUNTING !!! Greg Bayes

JOE MACK · « **Reply #41 on:** October 26, 2008, 01:59:55 PM »

Only about a half-dozen or so. Here, it's mainly desert mulies while home in Montana, it's been all mulies. Oh, and one Coues in Arizona.

t-reg · « **Reply #42 on:** October 30, 2008, 04:36:06 PM »

Over 40 with various .44 magnums. The first 15 or so were shot w/ JHP bullets, then I discovered hard cast lswc's and never looked back. I took a 9 year break from the handguns when I moved to an area where rifles are allowed for deer hunting. This year I'm getting back into it with a .357 magnum.

billjoe · « **Reply #43 on:** October 31, 2008, 04:22:44 PM »

4 so far:
5 Pt with 357Max @ 60 yds
6 Pt with 7-30 Waters at 20 yds
Doe with 7-30 waters 110 yds
Nubbin with 6.5JDJ at 190 yds
All 1 shot kills.

This year I'm using a 375JDJ with the 6.5 as backup.

bj

Skillet · « **Reply #44 on:** November 04, 2008, 06:14:30 AM »

17.

My first was with a Super Blackhawk .44 mag. 15 with a S&W 624 and .44 spl handloads and one with a Hawes Western Marshal .44 mag loaded with my .44 spl handload.

Oh! I almost forgot, one with a .45 CVA Kentucky pistol sidelock, using a homecast 250 gn TC maxi-ball... that makes 18.
Skillet

cattleskinner · « **Reply #45 on:** November 08, 2008, 02:11:12 PM »

2 deer with a handgun so far:

1- 44 mag Lone Eagle @85 yds or so
1- 41 mag Blackhawk @40 yds or so

Hopefully if I can get one this year with my Accusport 45 bisley and cast boolits...that is if I don't cave in and use a muzzleloader again this year.

~Amos

shooter · « **Reply #46 on:** November 08, 2008, 02:55:01 PM »

So far just one doe with a Savage Striker in .308 winchester at 50 yrds here in NY .Trying to shoot one this year with a Glock 10mm.
Shooter

stevinator · « **Reply #47 on:** November 13, 2008, 04:22:21 PM »

Two,1 doe 1 8pt buck with a Taurus Tracker .357 with a red dot on it.Both under 40 yds.

Bigeasy · « **Reply #48 on:** November 14, 2008, 08:12:07 AM »

Well, best as I can remember, I think about 18-
2 with a .357 mag Smith 586 4 inch
1 with a Colt Gold Cup .45
15 more with an assortment of Ruger and S&W revolvers in 44 mag and 45 LC. Most with 250-300 grn. cast, or the 300 grn XTP.

If I learned anything, deep thru and thru penetration with a relatively big bore bullet is the key to a reliable deer killer.

Larry

Randy M · « **Reply #49 on:** November 15, 2008, 12:46:52 PM »

Somewhere around 12. Most with a TC Encore, scoped, etc. I've slowly worked my way to an iron-sighted wheelie gun.

Randy

41 magnum · « **Reply #50 on:** November 15, 2008, 03:17:42 PM »

16-Since 1984, when I started handgun hunting with a Ruger Blackhawk in 41 mag-6.5" bbl topped with a Burris 2X
-2 muleys in Idaho and 1 blackbear
-2 elk in Idaho
-1 black bear in Va
deer loads use a 200 gr Speer
elk and bear use Sierra'a 210 gr silhouette

Shaylex · « **Reply #51 on:** November 16, 2008, 02:02:25 PM »

Got my very first handgun deer at about 7:30 this morning. About a 125 yard shot with the Contender 45-70 off a shooting stick.

kevthebassman · « **Reply #52 on:** November 16, 2008, 02:25:05 PM »

I'm still waiting on my first! This is my first year carrying a "hunting" handgun in the woods, a .44 Mag Super Blackhawk. I had one in the sights this evening but it was a squirrely little yearling, not enough meat on it to make it worth butchering so I let it walk. I'm finding that even when I have a rifle on my lap, the handgun is easier to bring to bear in the woods I've been hunting.

Slufoot · « **Reply #53 on:** November 16, 2008, 02:53:04 PM »

Quote from: Shaylex on November 16, 2008, 02:02:25 PM

Got my very first handgun deer at about 7:30 this morning. About a 125 yard shot with the Contender 45-70 off a shooting stick.

Congrats! The first one with a handgun is always one you will remember.

GOOD SHOOTING!
Slufoot

Hammer1 · « **Reply #54 on:** November 16, 2008, 04:50:37 PM »

No deer with a handgun.

One 6 x 7 elk with a Ruger Bisley 44.

African impala with a 1911 45 ACP with 230 grainers.

Was with a fellow who took a kudu bull with a 10mm Auto using 200-grainers.

.

Lazermule · « **Reply #55 on:** November 18, 2008, 01:33:52 AM »

I took my biggest deer to date with a hand gun back in 2004. I took a 140 class 9 point that dressed out at 244 lbs (PIG!) with my 35 Remington Contender. I was actually late getting out of bed that day as my youngest boy was born the day before and I was at the hospital late. Anyway, I was late getting out in the morning and on the way to my stand, still in my back yard I spotted the buck on the move with a group of does. They were out 200-300 yds and heading my way so I decided to take cover and let them get closer. My cover was to dive between my hot tub and my house as I was still in the back yard and sure enough those does brought that randy devil within 75 yds and I took him through the heart and lungs in one shot. Kinda funny how things happen sometimes.

The next year, I lost a real nice one that I hit in the shoulder with my 357 mag. I was shooting a real hot load, but it was too light of a bullet and it was a hollow point. The deer dropped on the first hit and I had plenty of time to shoot him again, had my revolver not failed to advance the cylinder. I had this buck on camera and he was a 12 pointer that went conservatively 170-180 class score. I followed him for almost a mile and lost all blood..... Use HEAVY non HP bullets on the 357 mag for white tails.

LAZER

Glanceblamm · « **Reply #56 on:** November 24, 2008, 05:31:09 AM »

Correction...five deer now (as of Sun am) this was a nice doe that my freezer was needing badly!

Mohawk · « **Reply #57 on:** November 24, 2008, 05:52:57 PM »

I think 4 deer.

-a whitetail doe with a 4" Smith Model 10 .38, 158gr.lrn, deer ran 50yds. Double lung, thru and thru
-a whitetail doe, I think, same gun(or maybe a Taurus 80), 110gr Semi-jacketed HP, Remington, deer ran 50yds. Double lung. Bullet lodged in second lung. Great expansion
-this season, one spike and one doe, 4"Smith Model 28 .357, 158gr Semi-jacketed HP Remington, both deer ran about 40yds. Lungs, and both thru and thru.

Will_C · « **Reply #58 on:** November 25, 2008, 04:18:53 AM »

Just shot my first- a doe at 42 yards with my Smith 686 6". I was off a little with my shot and hit the base of the neck-it dropped instantly. I used my handload of a 158 grain Hornady XTP and a max charge of H110. I'm hooked!
Wil

Slufoot · « **Reply #59 on:** November 25, 2008, 01:38:23 PM »

Congrats Will_C, it can become addictive!

GOOD SHOOTING!
Slufoot