8 years later to the day,Repeat Birthday Deer hunt, No more Erik's

[CartridgeCalls]

Went out with an Erik for my 30th birthday and he wounded a deer that we spent 8+ hours looking for never to recover it. He was using a .223 ( I told him it was way to small and was using open sights) shot was only 50 yards. It was the biggest 4X4 in D11 I have ever seen. Great blood trail but went dry.

Went out Sunday for my 38th Birthday with another Erik and Same thing happened. He wounded a real nice 3X2 in D13 but was using a .30-30 scoped. Shot wsa at 110 yards. Lunged him as we found plenty of bubbles and chunks of lung.

Conclusion. No more hunting with Erik's on my birthday.

 

[hucklongfin]

Or just get better at tracking wounded deer.

 

[CartridgeCalls]

Or just get better at tracking wounded deer.

Tracked for over three miles and over 8 hours when the blood trail disappeared. Copper rounds do that.

 

[Aggro]

Without speed copper is just like shooting something with a target arrow. 223 with a 70 or 80 grainer is right on the bottom end.

 

[frazier]

Without speed copper is just like shooting something with a target arrow. 223 with a 70 or 80 grainer is right on the bottom end.

Thats funny , every deer i have shot with my 270 with Barnes copper bullets has dropped like a stone !

 

[frazier]

Or just get better at tracking wounded deer.

Yep go back a couple days later and look for the ravens they will show you where your deer is , nothing goes to waste in nature

 

[CartridgeCalls]

Yep go back a couple days later and look for the ravens they will show you where your deer is , nothing goes to waste in nature

We were able to locate it the next day but a mountain lion had already peed all over it. Im sure by now the ravens are feasting. We were able to cut off the antlers and report it to CADFW.

 

[Aggro]

Thats funny , every deer i have shot with my 270 with Barnes copper bullets has dropped like a stone !

Think of all the people with a 30 30 shooting copper 170 grainers at over one hundred yards. It doesn't take long for those rounds to scrub speed to where they won't expand. I had to drop down to 100 grains in the Grendel. People shouldn't have to buy a new firearm based on junk science. How many people have died from eating venison or quail that were shot with lead.

Copper is also a toxic metal. Total political clusterfuck.

 

[Vermonster]

Well, technically, 30-30 has still taken more animals than any other caliber. If you lung shot it, I would think you would have found it, even with copper. But, maybe it actually is an "Erik" thing.....lol

 

[CartridgeCalls]

Well, technically, 30-30 has still taken more animals than any other caliber. If you lung shot it, I would think you would have found it, even with copper. But, maybe it actually is an "Erik" thing.....lol

Copper just doesn't have the energy or expansion as lead. I didnt even hear a distinct wop you would normally hear at only 110 yards. We almost didnt look for blood but since the buck went and bedded down I figured he must have been hit.

 

[HighWildFree]

Sounds more like something an Eric with a C would do! Giving us Eriks with a K a bad name.

 

[live2fish]

Nah it’s definitely an Erik with a k problem.