wtnhunt Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Bought this remington 700 varmint stainless fluted in .308 back before the 2016 season, but did not ever hunt with it last year. Worked some handloads out earlier this year and went with a 178 grain hornady eld-x and imr 4895. Was supposed to be a ne wind this morning, but was little to no wind when I was putting my outer layer of clothes on. I planned to sit a stand near the river channel hoping to possibly catch a deer we had not had any pics of or maybe whack some yotes. Headed out and realized I left my phone, so turned around went back to the house and grabbed it. Ended up going to the closest stand looking over food plots where I had heard a fight earlier in the week instead of the stand I initially planned on. After I got in the stand could see a deer at the other end of the field, but was too dim to tell what it was. As I am watching that deer had a doe blow a few times out somewhere in front of me off to my left, but never could see it and wind was not blowing that way. Ended up eventually having 5 does move around and end up on a scrapeline about 175-180 yards away as it was getting light. At 6:33 I hear grunting, picked up the binoculars and looked, but did not see a deer, heard him grunt again and still could not find him. Ended up having the deer grunt again right in front of me but still could not see him, he was just the other side of the crest of the hill and as he stepped in a cut path in the tall grass I saw his tines then saw body and got my gun up. Flipped the safety off and squeezed and it was over. He dropped straight down, didn't take a single step. Immediately after I shot had a 7 point step out of the woods from where this buck was headed. Wife had hunted the past few days, but she was unable to go this morning. I wish she could have gone, would have rather seen her get this one. Had hopes there was something better antlered around, may still be. Had several pics of this buck and another 8 but had not seen him this season before now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bug House Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Nice buck WTN! Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Trail cam pic of him from a few weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 (edited) congrats William! Thats better than the 3 I let go here Edited December 1, 2017 by Mathews XT Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maine Hntr Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 congrats William, atleast you've been seeing them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 Awesome wtn, good shooting, he's a nice deer, congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 18 hours ago, Mathews XT Man said: congrats William! Thats better than the 3 I let go here When i first started that one would have been a wallhanger. Have let bigger ones walk and really probably should have let this one go. But, wanted to kill something with my 308 and this year has been slim in what we are seeing in bucks. Only shooter really we knew was around had been the busted up buck back when he had his antlers, but he was all busted before season ever really got going. Whacked a yote this morning with the same gun, different stand. Liking these hornady eld x bullets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted December 3, 2017 Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 Holy Moly!! Id say he got whacked!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 Congrats William! He's a nice buck. Looks like a big healthy body on him. That yote didn't stand a chance lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Thanks everyone. He was a decent body sized buck, probably a 3.5 year old. His antlers were fully intact, sure he was not responsible for the busted bucks antlers being broken. The yote was an adult female, that means no litter or pups from her this spring. Need to whack a lot more of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 CONGRATS on a good buck, William !!! And that's a good 'yote, too !! Just like snakes...........only good ones are DEAD ones............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Not sure how but I missed this. Congratulations William! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 I missed it too, along with many other posts! lol. Congrats William, nice deer and nice gun! Love the 700s. My 7mm-08 CDL SF shoots so nice, really need to get some dies for it and work on some loads. Would like to one like yours to my collection in .22-250 or .220 Swift for a varmint gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleA Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Good to see that a 308 Win can still kill a deer. Around my parts if you don't have a 6.5 CM you're not living life right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Shaun_300 said: I missed it too, along with many other posts! lol. Congrats William, nice deer and nice gun! Love the 700s. My 7mm-08 CDL SF shoots so nice, really need to get some dies for it and work on some loads. Would like to one like yours to my collection in .22-250 or .220 Swift for a varmint gun. Thanks Shaun. Still thinking I will eventually add a 700 cdl sf, probably in a .270 or .30 caliber. Might wanna give those eld's a try, sure they are offered in 7 mm. 1 hour ago, doubleA said: Good to see that a 308 Win can still kill a deer. Around my parts if you don't have a 6.5 CM you're not living life right. lol. Yeah it still works ok. Honestly that was the fastest and hardest I have ever seen a deer that I have shot drop, he buckeled under straight to the ground. No experience with the 6.5 cm's but had considered an upper chambered in that caliber. The girls have killed a few with my .243 handloads, but this was the first deer I have killed with my own handload. Kind of a rewarding feeling to work a load to where you like it and then take a deer with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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