Success In The Field

I always get confused, is doe singular or plural or both? I guess it doesn't really matter in order for me to relay my final exploits of the deer season, it's just that my wife is a teacher and she likes to correct me, so for all you English majors out there I apologize.

The season was drawing to a close and I had taken a cull buck a few weeks ago and desperately needed some additional meat for jerky, sausage, and jerky. Yes, jerky is listed twice, it's a staple in our household. The buck was taken at one of the properties we hunt and I wanted to take some doe(s) off of the other property we hunt. My son and I had hunted several times but couldn't seem to be at the right place at the right time. I hadn't gotten around to setting up feeders on the property so we were trying to ambush them along their travel routes. After several hunts I determined that the deer would come out of the wooded creek to the south and follow a tree line that separates two fields. I set up a "turkey blind" in front of a hackberry tree that was located in the tree line about 100 yards from the southern edge of the field. I could lean back against the tree and rest my Contender on my Bog Pod. Sitting on the ground for over an hour while waiting for the deer is not as pleasant as I had hoped, but about half an hour to sunset I picked up movement in the creek. It took them about 15 minutes to graze their way to the field fence and they either jumped or went under it, and that was my que to get the gun ready. With the forend on the Bog Pod and my forearms resting on my drawn up legs I sat there waiting for a perfect broadside shot. There were six of them and they kept getting closer to me but never turning broadside. Finally the second to last doe turned just enough for me to settle the crosshair tight behind her shoulder and I tripped the trigger. At the shot they all took off and I quickly reloaded then grabbed my binoculars to watch them as they cleared the fence they had crossed earlier. As I focused on the fence I caught a glimpse of something white in the brown grass and realized it was the doe's belly facing me. She was down for the count after about a 30 yard run. The shot turned out to be about 60 yards with a clean thru and thru behind the shoulders.

Entrance.

Exit. Very good blood trail although I didn't need it. The second doe I took off the property three days later, no pics, was ranged at 162 yards with a fairly steep angle towards me. The bullet caught her on the right shoulder blade pretty much shattering it then passing thru the lungs and exiting the left side at the junction of the diaphragm and rib cage. She managed about 60 yards before collapsing, with less of a blood trail than the previous doe. I'm surprised and impressed by this little bullet both with it's accuracy and effect on deer.

This was from load work up at 100 yards using 85 gr Nosler BT, 36.5 gr Varget, and a Fed 210 primer.

250 Savage loaded, Nosler 85 grain BT unfired, bullet after expansion test. I'm really starting to like this little bullet.