45-110 and a tough old whitetail

[rdnck]

Gunner opened the Oklahoma general gun season today by rattling up a bruiser of an old whitetail on the ridge behind his house. The big old eight point came to the rattling horns looking for a fight, and had one of his main beams broken as well as some other points. Gunner dumped him from the ground at 30 yards with his bull barrel 45-110 and a 535 grain paper patched bullet. Gunner sent me the cell phone pictures, and I forwarded them on to Stephen for posting.

Gunner has one more tag left in Arkansas and is there on a hunt with his family. He is having a heck of a year, and is loving every minute of it. It couldn't happen to a better guy. He hunts hard and hunts tough places other people don't go in to, and earns every bit of his success. Shoot straight, rdnck.