First outing with the 30-06

Had my first outing with the 30-06 tonight and bagged a wee Roebuck still in velvet, shame as there were three bucks and two doe's and the other two bucks were clean but they meandered over a crest and were not accessible so this fellow was knocked over, wasn't as much meat damage on a roe as I expected with it - in fact the 125gr sp was less damaging than 75 BT's 243 Norma's I have used in the past.

the shot was high and further back than I'd like but I'll put this down to the dodgy position leaning over a dyke on a hill and shooting a new rifle to me and the buck only went 30 yards then keeled over dead.

the lung entrance and exit holes are pretty clean.

regards,
GixerView attachment 28189View attachment 28188View attachment 28187
 
well done ! i myself have a30 06 and have noticed minimal damage ,infact i have a few run a long distance due to what i beleive is lack of expasion on smaller quarry so much so that i tend to use it for bigger speciese now , just something to bear in mind ,i was using 150 g sierra soft nosed home loads , sounds like theres still a few to catch up with ! happy hunting arron.
 
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