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It's been a great year of deer hunting here in Alabama so far this year. My son killed a large doe (119 lb) last week at 85 yards with my 16" Grendel (123 SST, 28 gr XBR 8208). We recorded the hunt on video, but haven't had a chance to edit the film yet.
The following evening, I sat on the ground in a thorn-choked drainage ditch over looking a bedding area along a river. The wind was perfect for this setup; blowing directly from the bedding area towards me.
About 3:30 in the afternoon several does came into the field. I soon heard an extremely large crashing sound coming from two bucks fighting in the thick cover. Soon a large 8 point busted from cover and was running across the field in front of me. When he stopped at about 110 yds, I put a 123 SST in the boiler room. He staggered a few yards and went down.
He weighed 195 lbs and is a heavy mainframe 8 pt.
The rut is just now kicking in here in NW Alabama, and the next couple of weekends should be exciting hunting.
The 123 SST has performed well this year with 6 clean whitetail kills so far.
Best,
PA_Allen
The following evening, I sat on the ground in a thorn-choked drainage ditch over looking a bedding area along a river. The wind was perfect for this setup; blowing directly from the bedding area towards me.
About 3:30 in the afternoon several does came into the field. I soon heard an extremely large crashing sound coming from two bucks fighting in the thick cover. Soon a large 8 point busted from cover and was running across the field in front of me. When he stopped at about 110 yds, I put a 123 SST in the boiler room. He staggered a few yards and went down.
He weighed 195 lbs and is a heavy mainframe 8 pt.
The rut is just now kicking in here in NW Alabama, and the next couple of weekends should be exciting hunting.
The 123 SST has performed well this year with 6 clean whitetail kills so far.
Best,
PA_Allen
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