At the muffled report of the 6.5 Creedmoor rifle (a Mossberg Patriot model), the medium-sized whitetail doe ran about 20 steps and collapsed.
I was glad to see that; no tracking and looking to find the deer. The whole scene was in a back field on a friend’s farm that was easily accessible with the truck.
When meat hunting for deer, which is what most of my deer hunting consists of, this is how I like to do it. Quick and easy, like a trip to the butcher shop. You can judge me for this if you like, but it works well to put venison in the freezer.
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Once upon a time, the taking of antlerless or doe deer was considered by most as a big no-no. I am talking about back in the 1950s and ’60s, and even later in some areas of the Southeast.