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I Got out for the opener of CT rifle season to a neighbors woodlot in back of their beef pen.
I used my 45/70 Marlin cowboy with the 300 gr Ranchdog over 50 gr of Reloader 7. It was impressive and cut a 1.5 Inch hole through his heart. Blood trail was very good but very short
Not the biggest buck but work is iffy after Feb 1st and I am thanking the Lord for his provision.
Also they drag easier!!
Nice deer!! I have been out a few time but nothing yet. Saw a few does in buck only area and just buck scrapes and no does in the anything goes area. I'm off next week so I hope for better luck.
By the way antlers don't even make good soup.
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Congratulations. Great photo and glad to see the 45-70 is still helping to stock the larder.
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AJMD429 wrote:
You can't kill a deer with a .45-70 in Indiana. . .
. . . unless it's fired from a pistol...
I lived in Indiana Doc and I believe that a .45-70 shot from a rifle will kill Indiana deer just as dead as it will from a pistol...just ain't legal though
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soon 2 retire wrote:I lived in Indiana Doc and I believe that a .45-70 shot from a rifle will kill Indiana deer just as dead as it will from a pistol...just ain't legal though.
Actually I had a friend 20 years ago who was a very ethical hunter and conservationist, but refused to hunt with anything other than some rolling-block conversion or whatever that was .45-70; he used black-powder loads for the 'aroma and sound', and even drilled a hole to keep a ram-rod in so it would look 'legal' during muzzleloading season.
I never heard the gun go off but it always made me wonder what it is that makes black powder muzzleloading guns sound so distinctive - the powder, or the absence of a cartridge case and lower pressures, or what.
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