8 MM for deer ?
Maybe TOO good...[:D]
Three deer, one shot
1/7/2007
Minnesota's firearms deer season was almost over, and Chris Olsen of Two Harbors needed to get his venison. One shot was all he needed.
Olsen killed three deer with the same bullet from his 8-millimeter Mauser.
Olsen, 50, was hunting on his property about 15 miles north of Two Harbors late one afternoon. Two deer Olsen described as yearlings walked in to check out a scent cloth he had put out. He was going to shoot one, when a doe appeared. It approached the scent cloth, which was about 60 yards from Olsen's stand.
"I thought, 'I'm going to have to shoot her. It's desperate times,' " Olsen said.
Olsen shot a single shot and all three deer bounded away. Olsen thought he had missed.
Later, his brother Lee Olsen joined him. They found the doe a short distance away and field-dressed her.
"By George, we got done with her, and there was another one," Olsen said. "I thought, 'Wow, two deer with one shot.' "
The two men field-dressed both deer and retired to their shack for the night. And the third one was not far away. The bullet had passed completely through the first two deer and a piece of it lodged in the third deer.
"I couldn't believe it," Olsen said.
Olsen had tags to legally take all three deer.
Three deer, one shot
1/7/2007
Minnesota's firearms deer season was almost over, and Chris Olsen of Two Harbors needed to get his venison. One shot was all he needed.
Olsen killed three deer with the same bullet from his 8-millimeter Mauser.
Olsen, 50, was hunting on his property about 15 miles north of Two Harbors late one afternoon. Two deer Olsen described as yearlings walked in to check out a scent cloth he had put out. He was going to shoot one, when a doe appeared. It approached the scent cloth, which was about 60 yards from Olsen's stand.
"I thought, 'I'm going to have to shoot her. It's desperate times,' " Olsen said.
Olsen shot a single shot and all three deer bounded away. Olsen thought he had missed.
Later, his brother Lee Olsen joined him. They found the doe a short distance away and field-dressed her.
"By George, we got done with her, and there was another one," Olsen said. "I thought, 'Wow, two deer with one shot.' "
The two men field-dressed both deer and retired to their shack for the night. And the third one was not far away. The bullet had passed completely through the first two deer and a piece of it lodged in the third deer.
"I couldn't believe it," Olsen said.
Olsen had tags to legally take all three deer.
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[:D][:D] Nice, probably a little too good.[:D] 0 -
This guy is an irresponsible hunter. You need to know what is behind your target, in case the bullet passes through. He didn't even know he had hit the other two deer, so he could have just as easily have blown their legs off, as killed them. 0 -
I agree it's sloppy hunting. Also suspect he was using FMJ Mil-Surp ammp to get that much penetration. Illegal just about everywhere, I think. 0 -
If you have a tag for one deer how do you deal with the Game Warden?? [;)][;)][:0][:0] 0 -
I have an 8mm mauser, one my grandpa gave to me...
I didnt think it could do that much though, 3 deer? Wow...
Oh well, ill just shoot into a hill so its gonna stop [;)]0 -
I would believe two is possible to line up and shoot. 3 ? I would have had to been there and seen it. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
This guy is an irresponsible hunter. You need to know what is behind your target, in case the bullet passes through. He didn't even know he had hit the other two deer, so he could have just as easily have blown their legs off, as killed them.
DITT[V]!0 -
several pessemists here huh? 0 -
Lucky there was the third deer to stop the bullet. Otherwise the bullet may have continued on for a long ways and killed somebody. If I am going to shoot, and I think the back stop won't stop the bullet, I will not shoot.
There was a German officer in WWII who, for fun, would line up 10 or so prisoners back-to-back and shoot the first one in the chest. The game was to see how many men he could kill with only one bullet. Highest he ever got was 8 men I believe. This might have been more common than I know about.0 -
quote:Originally posted by select-fire
I would believe two is possible to line up and shoot. 3 ? I would have had to been there and seen it.
How many do you want to line up, 6, 8, 12, 15????
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He was hunting from a stand, so he, more than likely knew the bullet would impact the ground not too far behind the deer. This could have been a completely safe shot and some of you are jumping the gun here...no pun intended. You can easily take a 500 yard shot and still know where your bullet is going to impact...as a matter of fact, the longer the shot, the quicker that bullet is going to hit dirt after encountering it's intended target. All you really need to know is that the area behind the deer, in the bullets path, is clear from humans, livestock, etc. Remember...some of us hunt for meat and would consider ourselves darn lucky in his situation...even though he never intended to have that outcome. 0 -
Initially he did not know that he had hit the second and third deer. He was not trying to hit them. They were standing behind the deer he fired at, and he did not care whether the bullet was going to hit the other two deer. He could have easily made gut shots, or blown the jaw off of the second and third deer, and they would have gone off into the woods and suffered for days before they died. He did not care if this happened, as long as he got his shot at the first deer. 0 -
Sloppy and irresponsible, now if he had done it on purpose then it would just be unethical and irresponsible. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by elkoholic
Sloppy and irresponsible, now if he had done it on purpose then it would just be unethical and irresponsible.
nah it'd be economically sound, one shot three deer let's go home! oh yeah! hey dude got a rope? I gotta bullet!0
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