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Well it's not a great show of gun & cartridge performance... but a .450 kill none the less
I took this little guy (115lbs) yesterday morning; a crazy lookin' six pointer, as a "cull" buck for the sausage grinder. The shot was a 45yd head shot with the H250gr factory load.



...and this 145lb 8ptr fell to the BC 45-70 with a H325gr handload to the neck at 90yds on Wednesday


...some pic's from Thursday & Friday as well. the izzy comp was confusing the auto focus i think




...and look who thought i was interesting to watch!

Way to go DU! I guess that bobcat was looking for some slow moving corn fed squirrels!

Did you see what I saw? It looks like some of those deer had ribbons and bells on them and several looked like they were tied out!

That's our DU-Man, wink.

Way-to-go-old-man!! The reality is, I'm just a bunch jealous..t

BM... i have two bobcats that hang around my corn feeders eatin' birds & chipmunks. they don't bother me or the deer so i enjoy watchin' 'um. i called this one in under my box stand and was teasin' him with my fingers until he got bore and left on another note... my buddy shoots 'um at his feeders and is overrun with coons go figure! coyotes...well they get the bullet! 2 so far this season

WC... i posted on another thread (stocks? or hunting mods?) that i was going from the 6 position magpul to an A2 shorty for hunting. well, if you look close you can see it in the pic. it's a little short even for my length of pull + heavy jacket, but its much more rigid & quieter when i'm in my climbers. not sure if its gonna stay or not

Oh... and i finally had a chance to run some H200gr handloads thru the bm wednesday morn. not bad. no pics or chrony but 3" high poi over the factory 250's and no windage change

Good to see someone is having good luck. I have only been able to go out 3 times this year and have yet to see a single deer. Got one last trip planned at my mom's out in Cumberland,VA on the 27th. Some big deer on her property, even a 12 point albino has been hanging around. Hope to get one this year.

cant beat the combo of a 45-70 and a 450 Bushy....great job!

one more 8pt (2 broken) for the 45-70; a 100yd throat shot with a 325gr FTX handload; no tissue damage, almost no blood

Nice job!... I see you used your 45-70 again. So when does primitive weapons season end there in LA?

...on Jan.30th. ever since we were allowed to use the 45-70 as a "primitive" weapon i use it all season long, Nov. thru Jan. i love that gun. i put it down once to shoot that knarley little buck with the 450b