I took a Whitetail doe yesterday evening at about 35 yards with a 16" AR using 75gr. TAP. Heart shot and she ran uphill about 35-40 yards in a gnarly cedar thicket and fell dead. 5.56 most certainly did the job, but that small exit wound made tracking of blood sign difficult at best, with the only blood having been at the sight of the impact and where we ultimately found her balled up. I saw a very nice 8 pointer yesterday morning but he was at about 105 yds walking dead away and I did not have a stable rest from which to shoot, nor did I want to chance a,"Texas Heart Shot" with the 5.56 . This was my first deer, and she field dressed out at #65. Unfortunately no Pics.

Good times,
Blake

Well I finally managed to down a deer last week of season, nice sized buck that had shed. Then I started planning a 10 day Elk trip to CO right up till the wife reminded me of the promise to take her some place warm and lazy for vacation. So no Elk this year

Congrats!

Maybe you could get someone to stand in for you so you could go get that Elk?:D

Well considering her idea of a vaction is the NC coast in the summer, i think id gladly take a stand in

You know, I think the real person making that decision would be your wife. Especially since you wouldn't even be there to watch. :D

LOL she makes most of the decisions, only lets me think I do. Ill run the stand -by past her... :)