| White-tail hunting |
| 10/10/2005 The hollow tree |
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| I had spooked two deer out from under this tree near the Taj Mahal before hunting season and expected to harvest a deer from here. I returned four times without seeing anything. The first time the area had a strong animal smell, similar to that of a blanket used by a dog for sleeping. |
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| 10/14/2004 Lyle and Alex |
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| Hunting for white-tail near the Taj Mahal. |
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| Federal 300 Win Mag Power-Shok |
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| This cartridge uses the 180 grain Speer Hot-Cor Soft Point bullet. |
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| Bullet tip |
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| The soft lead tip should have expanded easily going an estimated 2450 fps (about Mach 2.2) as it hit the deer. |
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| Empty shell casing of the killing cartridge |
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| Dead deer |
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| Exit wound. The spine was severed. The laser range finder gave the range as 255 yards. I shot it at 16:45, October 31th, 2005 on my parents property near Cavendish Idaho. |
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| Entrance wound |
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| Doug and I looked for a few seconds but couldn't find the entrance wound in the field with the skin still on the deer. After skinning it we found it. |
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| Exit wound |
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