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    Good 8 for the CVA....


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    After work this after got up in shooting house over a clover patch and immediately had 3 does and some yearlings come out...then had what I think was a bobcat come out on the far end of the dogleg and I believe another adult doe chased it away snorting and blowing at it cause it came out right after the cat or fox maybe and ran into the woods after it...then the deer came back out with a couple of yearling herself...so I'd imagine that's exactly what she was doing was protecting her lil ones...about 20 minutes later all the deer in the field had made it into the clocer patch in front of the shooting house and I glance over the the left side of the field where the doe had chased away the cat or fox and this guy is just mangling a bush...look him over with binos and decide to shoot him and at 137 yards with range finder he goes down with one shot...this CVA 50 Cal has become one of my favorite firearms...it is a lethal machine...
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    Very nice buck!!!!

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    Congrats
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    Nice one, congrats.

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    Good buck!! What load are you running in the Optima
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    Great deer and congrats, Matt!! Love my CVA's!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Babe Winkleworm View Post
    Good buck!! What load are you running in the Optima
    2...50 grain triple 777 pellets and a 245 grain shockwave sabot yellow tip...dead on at 125 yards...

    Gets me in the kill zone out to 200....have to adjust for the longer shots but that's what the range finder is for...
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    Nice buck and it looks like you put a great shot on him. Congrats

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    Nice congratulations

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    Congratulations Matt!

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    Had a decent first week of muzzleloader season in the club... Wasnt happy with the 7 pointer on the left but still a respectable buck for our place...
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    I would rather the 7 point be taken and try to have the other one walk. We can only shoot one buck in Kentucky and so most wouldn’t shoot either, but that being said when the step off my farm some will not make it until next year.

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    We've talked about that deer a time or two...just need everybody to put glasses on them before they pull the trigger...that deer out in the field looked really big because he was so tall..in fact the text I got was he was a monster...then the next one was hes a tall 7 point and I knew exactly which one he was...I was just a little irritated..
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    Very cool. Nice bucks all the way around.
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    Congrats on a nice buck, Matt.

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    I like this optima better than the old encore that I had several years ago...patterns better, handles better..had more options with that encore but I don't need that many single shots anyway...
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    Nice. congrats!
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