My Encore has a 2.5 X 7 T/C Scope and Pachmayr grips, I shoot 150 gr.
30-06 Remington Core-Lokts. Those Pachmayr grips really make the gun comfortable
to hang on to! After stopping at the dump I headed off to my stand, it was going
to be a short hunt, and I was just hoping I might get a crack at another doe,
since I had bowhunted this farm for 4 years and never seen a good buck. I
climbed into my ladder stand and hung my mono-pod from a branch, I ALWAYS use a
rest when shooting my Encore. With about 5 minutes of shooting time left a buck
stepped out of the woods about 50 yards in front of me, I knew he was big and I
got a little shook up when I had trouble getting my mono-pod unhooked from the
limb and set up, but, a doe had come out in the field and had the bucks full
attention, I took a deep breath and squeezed the trigger. The buck was broadside
and I hit him perfectly through both lungs! He went down after running about 40
yards. I got down and walked over to him, I didn't realize just how big he
really was until I was standing next to him, he has 13 points and has a gross
score of 171 3/8! - Jim Woods |

Jim Woods with his 13 pt Whitetail Buck...
and TC Encore 30-06 Handgun! |