Handgun Hunting Discussion

The weather was absolutely crazy during the 2025 firearms season in my state of Kentucky.  During the 16 day season, the weather ranged from 20° with 30 MPH winds and snow, to sunny and 75° less than 36 hours later.  We had a considerable amount of rain during the second week with most days being overcast.  Despite the large variance in the weather, the deer were moving and I only failed to see deer one day.

I try to harvest as many does as I can as the county I hunt has an unlimited amount that can be taken each year.  We are only allowed one buck, but as many does as we buy tags for.

The first shot opportunity was late Tuesday evening of the first week.  This mature doe came out to feed in the field and offered a broadside shot at 157 yards.  T/C Contender chambered in…

It was quite an opening day for me. Four bucks sighted by 7am. It's certainly not a monster but I can't tell you the satisfaction it brought me. 50 yard shot off a not so stable rifle shooting rail. 44 mag BFR. Hit slightly high above shoulder. Clipped the spine. Deer dropped at the shot. Then I had to watch the other smaller buck following it take out his frustrations on this buck. Pawing the ground and trying the fight the deer I had just shot. Was truly something to witness.

Hello All. A few weeks late but I figured I'd share. My 10yo son and I had a very successful opening day of the MN firearm season. After finding success with a 14" contender 223 last fall, he upgraded to my trusty 14" 30-30 pushing 120gn TAC-TX bullets around 2400fps for a little better terminal ballistics. Decked out with a Banish 30 suppressor, he is well within minute of deer at 200y. After a couple deer that he wasn't able to get lined up on in time he connected through the heart of a small doe with a nice 120y shot late in the day. A short 20 yard circle in the field and she was down. My son was was proud of making a good shot on his deer and wasn't concerned that it was a smaller doe. We talked about the importance of both marksmanship a…

I went Saturday with the temps in the 70s. I finally decided I was only going to shoot a big mature buck. I watched squirrels and birds and a little buck I named Smedley. It was great being out there. I carried the .400 Cor-Bon and the .450 Encore. Saturday evening I took the 10mm with the Matchdot II on it. Temps are going to get down into the 20s and 30s over the next few days so much better hunting conditions.