Dragonfly's 9 Point

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This ain't a crappie but I had to share the AWESOME day we had today. Melissa had been hunting for two years now and has been hunting hard. She has jumped into hunting as hard as she has crappie fishing. This woman is just amazing in so many ways! Well she stepped it up a notch this morning with this huge bodied 9 point. She has put in her share of seat time on the stand and it finally paid off. I wasn't on the stand with her so I can't give you all the details, but when she shot and then called me the excitement in her voice told me this was MORE than just her 1st deer! She made a perfect shot. No BUCK FEVER for her!!!! (we will be trying a different bullet because it should have dropped this buck in his tracks......but the tracking was tough with very little blood trail). Live weight was 227 and that is HUGE for a GA deer. Maybe not the biggest rack you ever saw but his body made the rack look smaller. Pics just don't do this deer justice. Many a man has hunted all his life and not taken a deer of this quality, including ME!!!!! He is headed to Buck Master Taxidermy and will be sitting next to my crappie mount Buck Master did earlier this year. Thanks for reading.

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congrats

That's a HUGH buck and certainly one to be proud of. Congrats to Melissa.:)

Whoa, that is one awesome deer Melissa , I'm so proud for you. Move your fish over Dan and make some wall space for that new mount.

congrats Melissa!that is a trophy buck for sure! good job!

Nice buck, shine I guess you know you got some smack talking in your future. lol

wtg Melissa.. that is a huge deer.. nice shirt too.
What did the boys think of her killing such a huge buck??

Melissa what an awesome deer you got. Dan Im sure your experience paid off for her. Seems to me there is a long time family forming here. Great shot Melissa. I hope Im never between your sights when you aim that rifle:eek:

Wow, that's a nice buck! Congratulations! I love that she is wearing a crappie tshirt. That's a good girl for sure.

What kind of rifle was she shooting?

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Originally Posted by Black Crow

Wow, that's a nice buck! Congratulations! I love that she is wearing a crappie tshirt. That's a good girl for sure.

What kind of rifle was she shooting?

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:D Yep that GA Slab Masters/B'n'M shirt stands out don't it! She is one of a kind for sure. She is shooting a Remington Model 7 Youth wood stock with a recoil pad (not for recoil but to give and extra inch or so in length) 7mm/08 140 grain Winchester Supreme Ballistic Tips (black box/nickle casings). Thinking of changing over to the AccuBonds or something similar since the bullet just didn't do what it should have. She put it right where it is supposed to be and it just didn't do anything other than punch through the other side about the size of your pinky finger. I was sick thinking we wouldn't find that deer because of the lack of blood to track him by. Had to track him by kicked up dirt and hoof prints for the 1st 40 yards and only a drop of blood every few yards after that until we found him piled up like he should have been at the spot she shot him. I can't afford to see her loose a deer because of bullets I bought!!!! She did everything right.

My brother reloads his own shells. He made a believer out of me a couple of months ago. I shot some Hornaday factor shells and shot a 4" group at 150 yds. Then he gave some of his reloads. Shot a 2" group with them. But to get to the point, up untill 2 weeks ago he was using ballistic tips. He shot a 10 pointer with his snipper rifle and the deer ran off. He found lots of urine and feces and just a couple of drops of blood. Never found the deer. The next day he shot a doe... Same thing, but he found this one. The bullet penetrated and exploded but didn't exit. He had to use his dog to track this one down. Now he says he'll never use ballistic tips again. It wasn't from lack of powder either. He loaded them hot.

!By the way, Heck of deer you got there... Both of em!

A big conratulatons Melissa,that is a fine looking buck,you done good. You will be hooked for life now.
LittleJohn

Very nice deer! Congrats!