On Tuesday afternoon Louann dropped me off on one end of a swamp bordered and then she drove about 3/4 mile down towards where the swamp hit a cross road and parked the truck. The wind was such that if I went east and she went west from where she parked the truck we would both be working across the wind and at the same time towards each other.
About 20 minutes before it got to dark to shoot I heard her .243 go off and at almost the same instant the thump of the bullet hitting home. As we'd been working basically towards oneanother I wasn't but maybe 150 yards away when she pulled the trigger.
She'd stalked him for quite a ways before finally shooting him at about 15 yards. Heart shot so he did not go but about 50 feet.
Wish he had run the other way......and a lot further......as in towards the road!
Meat looked and smelled good........some will get fried at the market Friday for breakfast. And we saved a bit of the fat to render into lard. I'll let you know how the lard thing works out.
And a note on the bullet. Entered the left side just at the elbow, clipped a rib and then the off side shoulder blade. Came to rest just under the skin....a perfect mushroom. Federal Premium with the Sierra Game King 100 grain. It has been a very reliable bullet over the years.
About 20 minutes before it got to dark to shoot I heard her .243 go off and at almost the same instant the thump of the bullet hitting home. As we'd been working basically towards oneanother I wasn't but maybe 150 yards away when she pulled the trigger.
She'd stalked him for quite a ways before finally shooting him at about 15 yards. Heart shot so he did not go but about 50 feet.
Wish he had run the other way......and a lot further......as in towards the road!
Meat looked and smelled good........some will get fried at the market Friday for breakfast. And we saved a bit of the fat to render into lard. I'll let you know how the lard thing works out.
And a note on the bullet. Entered the left side just at the elbow, clipped a rib and then the off side shoulder blade. Came to rest just under the skin....a perfect mushroom. Federal Premium with the Sierra Game King 100 grain. It has been a very reliable bullet over the years.