Freeforester
Well-Known Member
Sorry about the sideways look on life (and death!); I was out this afternoon to try to get the last roe doe in a new (fenced) plantation, and had the good fortune to connect finally at 5pm today.
She presented at about 100yds and I took a base of neck/end of shoulder shot collapsing here on the spot. When I got up close, there was a very visible cloud puff of pins following the end trajectory of the spent bullet, but I could see specks of blood and tiny tissue particles quite a bit out in front in the fading daylight. Curious to see, I went from one to tother (10"snow blanket over much of the vegetation helped no end), and found the last speck here shown, fully 18-20 yards beyond where the bullet struck.
This was pretty informative to me, and I've been at it since 1983 - you're never too old to learn!
Apologies for the picture, but when I 'right' it the right way up in the computer, the image gets cropped, so you can't see where I gralloched the doe, but the speck is about 2" left of my sticks, and the gralloch may be seen just front bottom right of the bush behind, having taken the shot below and in line more or less with the right edge of the bush.
Must try harder, and think more, especially about useful composition, and snowlight exposure!
She presented at about 100yds and I took a base of neck/end of shoulder shot collapsing here on the spot. When I got up close, there was a very visible cloud puff of pins following the end trajectory of the spent bullet, but I could see specks of blood and tiny tissue particles quite a bit out in front in the fading daylight. Curious to see, I went from one to tother (10"snow blanket over much of the vegetation helped no end), and found the last speck here shown, fully 18-20 yards beyond where the bullet struck.
This was pretty informative to me, and I've been at it since 1983 - you're never too old to learn!
Apologies for the picture, but when I 'right' it the right way up in the computer, the image gets cropped, so you can't see where I gralloched the doe, but the speck is about 2" left of my sticks, and the gralloch may be seen just front bottom right of the bush behind, having taken the shot below and in line more or less with the right edge of the bush.
Must try harder, and think more, especially about useful composition, and snowlight exposure!