Thread: Stags & Bucks 2022

Where did he hit it with the 17HMR?

Originally Posted by Shearer

Where did he hit it with the 17HMR?

2 in the head,1 in the neck. 1st shot rocked it and it slowed to a stagger/trot, next 2 in quick succession dropped it.
He shot a red stag a while ago and dropped it on the spot with one shot to the brain box at 80m. That guy can really shoot!
That makes 7 deer ( 2 reds,5 fallow) down to the 17hmr in 4 months between us.... (20gr soft points)

Originally Posted by Allgood

2 in the head,1 in the neck. 1st shot rocked it and it slowed to a stagger/trot, next 2 in quick succession dropped it.
He shot a red stag a while ago and dropped it on the spot with one shot to the brain box at 80m. That guy can really shoot!
That makes 7 deer ( 2 reds,5 fallow) down to the 17hmr in 4 months between us.... (20gr soft points)

That's good going, have you lost any?

Originally Posted by charliehorse

That's good going, have you lost any?

Nope. Its not a caliber for marginal shots on deer so the conditions have to be perfect. Ie a solid rest, within 80m, a clear shot at the head/top of the neck side on etc. Any doubt and the shot isnt taken. We use 17gr varmint rounds for rabbits etc but always have a magazine of 20gr sp's in a pocket for anything bigger. They will penetrate a deers skull easily from the side. Did a post mortem on one of the reds a while back.....here are a couple of pics of what I found......

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brain damage