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Old October 22, 2019, 05:32 PM   #21
dahermit
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Join Date: October 28, 2006
Location: South Central Michigan...near
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I took a large doe here in Michigan with a S&W 657 (.41 magnum stainless) about 10 or so years ago. I was up in my high, and elaborate (lawn chair, porta potty, heater, etc.) tree stand. It was about a ten yard shot. She fell at the shot, got back up and ran as I continued to shoot. I hit her at least twice more as she ran (bullets recovered) and collapsed at about forty yards.

I was shooting double action, as was my practice with a S&W.

The bullets were Lyman 210 grain nominal weight with gas checks over what I remember as a load of Blue Dot.

I shot one other deer with a Model 58 four-inch S&W (also a .41 magnum), but I don't really count that as a "handgun hunt" inasmuch as I was looking for a deer I had previously shot at with a rifle, and it jumped up at about 20 yards to be dispatched as it crossed in front of me in an attempt at escape.
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