01-01-2022, 01:27 AM
I was in the basement of my parents home today looking at the rack of the largest bodied whitetail deer I have ever seen personally. Dad took this near 400 lb live weight buck in the company of his FIL & myself likely age 10. Caliber of choice at that time was the 6mm Rem.
That deer was a non typical 7 x 11 that would gross a little over 160 I suspect. This year while deer hunting My opportunity came at another outstanding whitetail, perhaps my deer of a lifetime. Another 160 class deer was taken with another 6mm caliber rifle. Found it amazing to recall that after dads first fatal shot at a near 30 yards on his dandy 7 x 11 whitetail he followed up with 3 more fatal shots in the boiler room out to 60 yards with that pump action 760 6mm REM before that brute realized he was done.
Fast forward 47 years later and His son is shooting a much smaller 6mm cartridge that was burning roughly 10 grains less propellant & pushing a projectile weighing 9grains more at a much greater distance just over 250 yards. This time shot selection was the CNS & again well exicuted. Results, the deer has had his lights turned off like a switch. High shoulder hit resulted in a deer that was down for a DRT nap.
That deer was a non typical 7 x 11 that would gross a little over 160 I suspect. This year while deer hunting My opportunity came at another outstanding whitetail, perhaps my deer of a lifetime. Another 160 class deer was taken with another 6mm caliber rifle. Found it amazing to recall that after dads first fatal shot at a near 30 yards on his dandy 7 x 11 whitetail he followed up with 3 more fatal shots in the boiler room out to 60 yards with that pump action 760 6mm REM before that brute realized he was done.
Fast forward 47 years later and His son is shooting a much smaller 6mm cartridge that was burning roughly 10 grains less propellant & pushing a projectile weighing 9grains more at a much greater distance just over 250 yards. This time shot selection was the CNS & again well exicuted. Results, the deer has had his lights turned off like a switch. High shoulder hit resulted in a deer that was down for a DRT nap.