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TScottW99
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:59 pm
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Location: Roanoke
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 First deer with a handgun I have enjoyed reading everyone's hunting stories, pictures and posts this fall. My season started out very slow with only a bear and her cub being seen in bow season. During early muzzleloader I passed on several younger bucks and had one mature buck chase some does by me in the national forest but he would not stop. Once rifle season came in I took vacation and hunted the Jefferson National forest. On Black Friday I killed a fat little 3 pointer for the freezer in Bland County. Not thinking to well on that one as I was in a wilderness area and it was a pretty good drag. Andrea and I needed meat so I was plenty happy for that young buck. Sorry, no pictures that day. On the national forest doe day, the day after Black Friday I decided to hunt with my Encore pistol for the first time. I got this pistol 4 years ago this January. I have practiced with it a good bit and thought I was ready to use it last year when I broke my arm. So I took it out on doe day while hunting with Dale. We set up on set of finger ridges that are known to bed deer. Right as legal shooting light hit this young buck came through giving me a perfect broadside shot at 12 yards.  T/C Pro-Hunter Encore frame with a 12" .480 Ruger barrel. I was shooting a handload with a 325 grain Rainer plated hollowpoint.
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Doug
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:25 pm
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Re: First deer with a handgun Great job TScott and smart move taking Dale along to help drag  Doug
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STRIKER1300
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:33 pm
Posts: 938
Location: BIG LICK VA.
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Re: First deer with a handgun GREAT JOB !!!  Brian
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Econo
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:09 pm
Posts: 2070
Location: Buena Vista, Va.
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Re: First deer with a handgun nice
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Dale
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:27 am
Posts: 1907
Location: Roanoke, VA
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Re: First deer with a handgun Have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for the story to be posted up here on VATurkey. It's about time. I know the pistol deer has been high on your list. Ever since the first time I witnessed you shoot the Ruger .480, I couldn't wait to see you deer hunt with it. Glad I was there on the fateful day that the pistol met a deer. Congrats my friend on an accomplishment 4 years in the making. High Fives all Around!
P.S. I'll drag a deer for ya anyday!
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vabirdhunter
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:55 pm
Posts: 966
Location: Chesapeake, Virginia
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Re: First deer with a handgun Nicejob!
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huntingwhoas
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:27 pm
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Location: Augusta County, VA
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Re: First deer with a handgun Congrats! Taking one with a pistol is awesome!
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Vic
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:40 am
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Location: Baltimore, MD
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Re: First deer with a handgun Very nice. .480 Ruger, how does that thing recoil? I have a .44 Mag and it isn't too bad. Just wondering. I would assume that it took that spike quite nicely. That is a big slug with considerable power behind it.
Congrats!
Vic
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barry
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:44 pm
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Location: Bedford, VA
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Re: First deer with a handgun Congrats!
Beautiful woods you're huntin'!
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Bigmeat
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:23 am
Posts: 670
Location: Hagerstown, MD
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Re: First deer with a handgun Nice job, congrats!
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caddis
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:38 pm
Posts: 543
Location: Augusta Co, Va
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Re: First deer with a handgun congrats...that is awsome..way to go... 
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Roy S
Longbeard
Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:27 am
Posts: 198
Location: Daniels, WV (I hunt Floyd Co., VA)
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Re: First deer with a handgun Very cool
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TScottW99
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:59 pm
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Location: Roanoke
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Re: First deer with a handgun Vic wrote: Very nice. .480 Ruger, how does that thing recoil? I have a .44 Mag and it isn't too bad. Just wondering. I would assume that it took that spike quite nicely. That is a big slug with considerable power behind it.
Congrats!
Vic Pressure is even with the .44mag and recoil is similar. This load is a pussycat in the big Encore. However another load with H110 and a 275 grain Gold Dot is killer on both ends. 
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HODY
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 3:08 pm
Posts: 1565
Location: Central VA
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Re: First deer with a handgun Congrats again man. Pretty cool to kill one with a pistol.
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HokieGobbler
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:23 am
Posts: 891
Location: Luray, VA
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Re: First deer with a handgun Congrats Scott! Killing one with a handgun is something I would like to accomplish as well one day!
How far would you feel comfortable taking a shot at a deer with that gun?
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