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freedivr2
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Bottom line question is; who do you think shot the buck? Here's what happened;
After hunting apart all morning last Monday, my hunting partner and I met up about noon to return to the truck. After seeing a fair number of 4 x 4s (and one GREAT, but very elusive buck that was likely 185 or better) we decided that we should at least take a small guy if one presented itself within 1/2 mile of the truck so we would at least go home with something. About 15 minutes after we made that decision, sure enough, we jumped up a medium sized 2 x 3 about 25 yards from us. I whistle and he stops dead cold at 45 yards, totally broadside. I look at my partner and he looked at me, we said nothing (like "go ahead, you shoot it"), looked back at the buck. Then we both shouldered our smokepoles (thinking the other guy wasn't going to shoot, I guess), squeezed off a round SIMULTANEOUSLY (one big "boom"), and the velvet 2 x 3 dropped like a rock.
So here's the details and dillemma; even as of today, we really have NO true idea of who REALLY shot the buck, and here's why; both shots went off simultaneously not even 1/2 a second between shots. We both aimed at the shoulder, but the buck was shot thru the neck. We both used 50 cal. Powerbelt bullets (and the bullet broke the neck and went thru, no bullet recovery). We both were standing within 5 feet of each other, the buck was above us, a little to our right at about 15 feet elevation at 45 yards out. When we returned to camp, we fired rounds at the exact same distance and elevation and we both hit within 2" of the same spot (in other words, neither smokepole was out of whack). My partner thinks he jerked his shot high, and I kinda thought that I was steady on him, so we agreed that due to this goofy situation, I should tag him (since I still had a cow tag to fill and he could pursue that big B & C buck that he saw on opening morning in the deep timber), and the other reason was my partner was purty sure he jerked the shot. Problem is, I thought I was on target and if I hit it, I also must've jerked my shot.
So who shot that buck?
After hunting apart all morning last Monday, my hunting partner and I met up about noon to return to the truck. After seeing a fair number of 4 x 4s (and one GREAT, but very elusive buck that was likely 185 or better) we decided that we should at least take a small guy if one presented itself within 1/2 mile of the truck so we would at least go home with something. About 15 minutes after we made that decision, sure enough, we jumped up a medium sized 2 x 3 about 25 yards from us. I whistle and he stops dead cold at 45 yards, totally broadside. I look at my partner and he looked at me, we said nothing (like "go ahead, you shoot it"), looked back at the buck. Then we both shouldered our smokepoles (thinking the other guy wasn't going to shoot, I guess), squeezed off a round SIMULTANEOUSLY (one big "boom"), and the velvet 2 x 3 dropped like a rock.
So here's the details and dillemma; even as of today, we really have NO true idea of who REALLY shot the buck, and here's why; both shots went off simultaneously not even 1/2 a second between shots. We both aimed at the shoulder, but the buck was shot thru the neck. We both used 50 cal. Powerbelt bullets (and the bullet broke the neck and went thru, no bullet recovery). We both were standing within 5 feet of each other, the buck was above us, a little to our right at about 15 feet elevation at 45 yards out. When we returned to camp, we fired rounds at the exact same distance and elevation and we both hit within 2" of the same spot (in other words, neither smokepole was out of whack). My partner thinks he jerked his shot high, and I kinda thought that I was steady on him, so we agreed that due to this goofy situation, I should tag him (since I still had a cow tag to fill and he could pursue that big B & C buck that he saw on opening morning in the deep timber), and the other reason was my partner was purty sure he jerked the shot. Problem is, I thought I was on target and if I hit it, I also must've jerked my shot.
So who shot that buck?
