Three days later we had only seen one more buck on public land... Not good. When he spotted several does early in the morning, I decided to take the shot. The laser showed 390 yards to the rock just in front of her. I held behind her shoulder, and near her back, and torched off my trusty .25-06, sending a 115 Berger VLD downrange at 3200 fps. The bullet hit about 8" below my aimpoint and destroyed her heart and lungs then smashed the off-side foreleg. She collapsed and slid down the hill immediately.
My buddy snapped this photo of me ready to send another bullet if necessary. It wasn't. I used the tree limb as a natural rifle-rest. The factory built .25-06 Remington 700 CDL topped by a simple 6x Leupold was up to the task.
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This is the fifth mule deer I've killed with this rifle, the third with the Berger VLD, and the first doe to fall to this rifle:
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Buddy, packing out his 3x3, we were a ways into the backcountry:
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I load the Bergers with Wilson dies, and they've proven to be sufficiently accurate and deadly. This season I took a buck in Washington and the doe in Wyoming.
Regards, Guy