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Offline carp

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Daughter and Handi .357
« on: October 25, 2011, 03:39:34 AM »
My daughter Abigail and I were in the stand Saturday afternoon. We had been using the grunt call from time to time and right before dark Abigail said she was gonna blow the grunt call one more time. A few seconds later a buck comes up out of the creek bottom and is standing broadside at about 40 yards. I'm looking at him through the binoculars and tell Abigail "get on him and shoot". I hear the hammer come back on her .357 and then the crack of the shot. He takes off and runs into the creek bottom.Then we hear a loud crash. We got down and went to look for blood. There was blood at the sight of the shot but it played out after a few yards. We went to where he entered the woods and found some more and then followed it. We went a few yards and the dirt was all churned up and there was blood splatter on the palmettos. Abigail, said "look around with the flashlight", I did and there he was. He's a gnarly looking 7 pointer with a blade point on one side with a hole in the bottom of one beam, dark with good mass. At least 4.5 years old. Approx. 180 lbs. Abigail was excited enough to light up a Christmas tree.
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2011, 04:06:05 AM »
That's a great memory for sure :) ! Thanks for sharing it.

Congrats to you and to the young lady.
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2011, 04:38:41 AM »
Nice!  ;D  Tell her congrats!
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2011, 04:51:24 AM »
Awesome ! Congratulations !
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2011, 05:04:03 AM »
Nice!.....Way to go Abigail!
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2011, 05:50:42 AM »
Abigail's Buck.

Sounds like the makings of a nice editorial!!!

I love these stories!!

I have written a couple for a local outdoor paper and they usually get published. Maybe you should try!!

Thank you so much for sharing! I truly do love these stories!!!

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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2011, 06:00:17 AM »
Sweet!! Gotta love a .357 kill,,, what load did Abbey use?
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2011, 06:34:55 AM »
Congratulations to both of you.

Hey Abigail, how about coming up to cold Yankee land for the 15th of November and do my grunt calling for me ::) ;D ::)

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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2011, 07:21:15 AM »
Thats why we do it! It is way more fun to take a kid or friend than going alone! Great Job!
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2011, 07:24:11 AM »
Beautimous!  Congrats to her.  ;)
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2011, 07:33:05 AM »
Quote from: flinthead on October 25, 2011, 06:00:17 AM
Sweet!! Gotta love a .357 kill,,, what load did Abbey use?

 
180 grain Cor-Bon. It did a number on him.
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2011, 07:46:04 AM »
Very good,,, I have some 180 grain Buffalo Bores that I have been itching to shoot a critter with.
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2011, 09:32:42 AM »
 Congrats to Abigail and You. Its great when they stay with it and succeed.
 
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2011, 10:26:05 AM »
That is how you should spend time with your kids.  You make memories that last forever.  Congrats! to you and your daughter.
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2011, 10:51:59 AM »
Congrats to your daughter for the buck and kudos for you takin your kid hunting! That's what its all about! Love that rifle too, btw!
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2011, 02:29:41 PM »
Congrats to both you and Abbigal!
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2011, 02:49:55 PM »
Quote from: petemi on October 25, 2011, 06:34:55 AM
Congratulations to both of you.

Hey Abigail, how about coming up to cold Yankee land for the 15th of November and do my grunt calling for me ::) ;D ::)

Pete

 
After she calls in one for you she can stop by my place on the 19th and call one in for me. ;)
Nice shootin' Abby. ;D
 
 
 
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2011, 03:52:39 PM »
Fantastic! I love stories like this.
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #18 on: October 25, 2011, 04:05:19 PM »
congrats to the young lady
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2011, 06:15:05 PM »
I'll be showing my daughter this.  Maybe she'll want something different for her birthday.  Like one of my Handis to go with her air guns.  And stop thinking so negatively about going out in the woods.

Be well both of you...
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2011, 07:39:34 AM »
my daughter is 11 she'll start hunting next year. she is kinda small so i was thinking about a 357 mag i figured as a minimum going to maxie so let me get this straight hers (cause you lost it now) is a standard 357mag shooting 180gr  factory cor-bon ammo.
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Re: Daughter and Handi .357
« Reply #21 on: October 30, 2011, 05:04:41 AM »
Quote from: av-doctor on October 28, 2011, 07:39:34 AM
my daughter is 11 she'll start hunting next year. she is kinda small so i was thinking about a 357 mag i figured as a minimum going to maxie so let me get this straight hers (cause you lost it now) is a standard 357mag shooting 180gr  factory cor-bon ammo.
That is correct. I bought it new for her when she proclaimed that she probably needed her own rifle when she was 8. ;D  This was the 5th deer she has killed with it. It does fine within it's limitations. It destroyed that buck's lungs.
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