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re: Would you use a Judge as a "finish off" gun for deer?
Posted on 8/18/15 at 4:47 pm to Clyde Tipton
Posted on 8/18/15 at 4:47 pm to Clyde Tipton
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You can put a head shot with a judge on a squirmer, but one that jumps up may require something that points/aims a little better.
Only in the face.
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Posted on 8/18/15 at 7:24 pm to Nodust
I use a spear or a Rambo knife.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 7:30 pm to Yammie250F
Crossbow FTW
Posted on 8/18/15 at 8:39 pm to Yammie250F
How often would you say you track a deer that requires follow up shots?
Posted on 8/18/15 at 8:43 pm to Purple Spoon
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How often would you say you track a deer that requires follow up shots?
Depends on if I'm hunting during the day, or at night.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 9:30 pm to Buck_Rogers
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After realizing he wasn't going to bleed out anytime soon, I took a closer shot at his head. I'll be damned if the thing didn't move his head that split second and I ended up with a crippled buck with one eye.
I decided then to grab its antlers, brace its head against my leg and cut its throat. It took about 3 seconds once I hit the artery for him to die, and it left about 6 quarts of blood on me to explain to everyone back at the camp.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 9:34 pm to Yammie250F
Not only no but hell no. Not only are you going to just wound it a little more, you're screwing up even more meat if you ever do find it after you light a fire under it's arse when you shoot it with a snubnosed .410.
Please don't do this. Just kill the damn thing with the first shot or don't take one.
Please don't do this. Just kill the damn thing with the first shot or don't take one.
Posted on 8/18/15 at 10:26 pm to Yammie250F
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Are we talking about a squirming deer that can't get up, or one that has laid down and may jump up and run off once confronted?
In my experience, any deer I've tracked, I put the rifle up and grab a 12 ga. shotgun with 3.5" buckshot.
This.^^^^
A "squirmer" can be finished off w/ nearly anything, including another rifle shot in the chest (choose your angles carefully and you'll have minimal, if any, additional meat loss).I also agree that a 12 gauge shotgun w/ buck shot is the gun of choice when tracking a wounded deer. I always hunt deer w/ a handgun, but when dealing w/ a wounded deer, I put the handgun up and get a rifle/shotgun.
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