my hands are gonna be really cold after i get done field dressing this doe....
edited... it was a button buck
edited... it was a button buck
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I’ll bet! It’s brutal out here. The wind is picking up now. Starting to snow in my blind literally!my hands are gonna be really cold after i get done field dressing this doe....
Rubber gloves seem too add some protection from the wind and my hands stay warm while guttingmy hands are gonna be really cold after i get done field dressing this doe....
edited... it was a button buck
Do I even have to say it again?
And why would you stop now, George?Do I even have to say it again?
Denny, I'm on the same page as Phil, I don't think wind was an issue... We all miss, so it's nothing against you...So. . . The wind blew a 200-300 grain bullet? You sure you didn't just blow thru the deer and get poor/lacking blood trail? Or maybe flinched and missed? Just trying to make sense of the scenario you are trying to make sense of. Not a dig at you. I cannot fathom my muzzle loader round blowing off course in 100-150yds. Maybe an inch? Possibly two inches off? Not enough to miss the vitals if I aimed center mass or even right on the shoulder.
How far behind the deer was the sapling?
10 yards within the woods is the sapling.So. . . The wind blew a 200-300 grain bullet? You sure you didn't just blow thru the deer and get poor/lacking blood trail? Or maybe flinched and missed? Just trying to make sense of the scenario you are trying to make sense of. Not a dig at you. I cannot fathom my muzzle loader round blowing off course in 100-150yds. Maybe an inch? Possibly two inches off? Not enough to miss the vitals if I aimed center mass or even right on the shoulder.
How far behind the deer was the sapling?
My ballistics program (strelok pro) has my muzzleloader load (Hornady 240 gr xtp mag at about 1970fps) moving >17 inches at 150 yards with a 20mph wind. It's 26+ inches with a 30 mph wind at the same distance.So. . . The wind blew a 200-300 grain bullet? You sure you didn't just blow thru the deer and get poor/lacking blood trail? Or maybe flinched and missed? Just trying to make sense of the scenario you are trying to make sense of. Not a dig at you. I cannot fathom my muzzle loader round blowing off course in 100-150yds. Maybe an inch? Possibly two inches off? Not enough to miss the vitals if I aimed center mass or even right on the shoulder.
How far behind the deer was the sapling?
What’s it say the drift @ 100 yardsMy ballistics program (strelok pro) has my muzzleloader load (Hornady 240 gr xtp mag at about 1970fps) moving >17 inches at 150 yards with a 20mph wind. It's 26+ inches with a 30 mph wind at the same distance.
I never would have imagined such drift. Thanks for sharing Hedge. My apologies to Denny. I'll take statistical data over the "I find it hard to believe" thought going thru my head. With a 40gr bullet I wouldn't have thought twice about drift. Just never thought a ML bullet would move like that.My ballistics program (strelok pro) has my muzzleloader load (Hornady 240 gr xtp mag at about 1970fps) moving >17 inches at 150 yards with a 20mph wind. It's 26+ inches with a 30 mph wind at the same distance.
7 & 11 inches (20 & 30 mph)What’s it say the drift @ 100 yards
I ran it with the data from my 10/22; 9 & 13 inches at 100 yards. 1.9 & 2.9 with my precision AR running a 77 gr 5.56 load. 5 & 7 with my 350 legend.I never would have imagined such drift. Thanks for sharing Hedge. My apologies to Denny. I'll take statistical data over the "I find it hard to believe" thought going thru my head. With a 40gr bullet I wouldn't have thought twice about drift. Just never thought a ML bullet would move like that.
I'm sure the scope is just fine, but I will be doing that later today with the load that is in it currently. Everything is tight and the scope never got bumped during my travels. In fact, I haul my rifle out to my blind while it remains inside my gun case and I only pull the rifle out when I go to take the shot. I checked the zero for 100 the Friday before muzzy opener and it was perfect.I'd send one to a target just to make sure something isn't off with the scope.