deer hunting

kieran1141

just a question as to did anyone ever shoot 2 deer with 1 shot, came on 5 prickets feeding in heigh grass about 70 or 80 yards away 1 lifted his head to look at me bang through the neck seen the second deer 5 yards behind him with head down, my mate said 2 of them fell, i tought he was jokeing went down and second was shot in the head stone dead bullet passed through the neck of first and hit the head of the deer grazing, this will be a once in a lifetime i presume for me, .243 100g remington psp. this happened at 6.15 in the evening.

tfox

The Field had a supplement a while back about the 100 Greatest Sporting Records. Some chap in Scotland, on one of the Hebrides I think, shot bout 5 with one bullet :rolleyes:

kildare.17hmr

Thats cheap meat!! Fair play

kieran1141

tfox wrote: »

The Field had a supplement a while back about the 100 Greatest Sporting Records. Some chap in Scotland, on one of the Hebrides I think, shot bout 5 with one bullet :rolleyes:

well my little record dose'nt stand for anything so ha ha, 2 nice prickets and onely out 20min, but will enjoy the eating of them.

kieran1141

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

Thats cheap meat!! Fair play

they dont always come that easy, but cheap meat is right.

kildare.17hmr

kieran1141 wrote: »

they dont always come that easy, but cheap meat is right.

I wouldnt imagine they do! 1 shot, 2 deer, 20 mins! hope ya have a big freezer lad:D

kieran1141

kildare.17hmr wrote: »

I wouldnt imagine they do! 1 shot, 2 deer, 20 mins! hope ya have a big freezer lad:D

have 2 chest freezers and family do have my heart broke for deer and fish, got 3 deer the opening evening in an hour had went 10 time since with nothing to show for it, then 2 with 1 shot i must be going to get them in sudden bursts, will leave it now until november, but will still go out with binoculars.

J.R.

Well done - good shooting.

Out of interest, what would happen if the second deer shot (by accident) happened to be a doe? I'm sure you'd be entitled to keep it as it was shot accidently but may have some awkward questions to answer if met by a ranger hauling both back to the car!!..just wondering.

kieran1141

J.R. wrote: »

Well done - good shooting.

Out of interest, what would happen if the second deer shot (by accident) happened to be a doe? I'm sure you'd be entitled to keep it as it was shot accidently but may have some awkward questions to answer if met by a ranger hauling both back to the car!!..just wondering.

i dont think i would have taken the neck shot if it was a doe behind, but to answer the question i dont know, think i would ring the ranger iam sure if you rang they would know it was an accident, and as for good shooting, good luck mabey.

deerhunter1

kieran1141 wrote: »

just a question as to did anyone ever shoot 2 deer with 1 shot, came on 5 prickets feeding in heigh grass about 70 or 80 yards away 1 lifted his head to look at me bang through the neck seen the second deer 5 yards behind him with head down, my mate said 2 of them fell, i tought he was jokeing went down and second was shot in the head stone dead bullet passed through the neck of first and hit the head of the deer grazing, this will be a once in a lifetime i presume for me, i .243 100g remington psp. this happened at 6.15 in the evening.

ya done it last year with two fallow bucks, If I find picture Ill upload it

sikastag

Similarily to J.R just wondering about the 'intention' of the shot? Were you trying to take two with one bullet or was it luck? I know "what if?" is a pain in the arse but what if the bullet didnt strike the head of the second deer? Its head was down so bullet dropped? Possibility of wounding animal? Accidents do happen, that being said, so does luck. Either way a good outcome that both animals were dispatched properly.

poulo6.5

well done,
it must have bin a fair drag with two animals;)

4gun

somthing like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHudnBsGyHk

would definitely be somthing that not a lot could brag about....:D
good shooting

yank_in_eire

kieran1141 wrote: »

just a question as to did anyone ever shoot 2 deer with 1 shot, came on 5 prickets feeding in heigh grass about 70 or 80 yards away 1 lifted his head to look at me bang through the neck seen the second deer 5 yards behind him with head down, my mate said 2 of them fell, i tought he was jokeing went down and second was shot in the head stone dead bullet passed through the neck of first and hit the head of the deer grazing, this will be a once in a lifetime i presume for me, .243 100g remington psp. this happened at 6.15 in the evening.

Lads, forgive me for this but isn't one of the cardinal rules of shooting "know what is behind your target"? Fair play that you made use of both animals but should the shot have been taken in the first place? Just sayin';)

kieran1141

yank_in_eire wrote: »

Lads, forgive me for this but isn't one of the cardinal rules of shooting "know what is behind your target"? Fair play that you made use of both animals but should the shot have been taken in the first place? Just sayin';)

will agree with you there, but from the angle i was at if bullet passed through first animal i was fireing down should have hit the ground about 3 0r 4 yards before second 1, but seemed to hit bone and rise up, i would think i would be careful where i fire. ive never had a problem after over 30 years shooting, the important thing is that both animals were despached instantely, understand where you are comeing from and to tell you the truth i would be a little more careful next time, would have a bit of explaining if had been a doe behind.

Tackleberrywho

Not very unusual with core lokt bullets, First i heard of it was around 10 years ago with a 6.5x55 Norma round

I've done it with rabbits a good few times, save on ammo

That is why sometimes a smaller ballistic tipped round is better than a big soft nosed core lokt round.

It's the main reason i like ballistic tipped rounds

kieran1141

Tackleberrywho wrote: »

Not very unusual with core lokt bullets, First i heard of it was around 10 years ago with a 6.5x55 Norma round

I've done it with rabbits a good few times, save on ammo

That is why sometimes a smaller ballistic tipped round is better than a big soft nosed core lokt round.

It's the main reason i like ballistic tipped rounds

yep tack, just spoke to a lad last night and said the same thing,said 90 or 95 grain ballistic tipped would be better than 100g psp's, would,nt be that well up on ammo but he said the psp's mushroom out, i did have 3 holes in 1 animal with a heart and lung shot, was 2 holes on entry side must have hit bone and came back out, thanks.