Jason Langenhorst’s 20 Gauge Illinois Buck Deer of a Lifetime

By Justin Stakes

Editor’s Note: Finding and taking a big deer is a process of connecting the dots with the knowledge you’ve learned from people who consistently take big bucks. Sure, some of the hunters who bag big deer just got lucky. But others have put together tactics that regularly produce trophy bucks.

By John E. Phillips

USA -(AmmoLand.com)- In less than three heartbeats, Jason Langenhorst of Germantown, Illinois, had the opportunity to take a monster buck. But after the report of his 20 gauge shotgun, he was afraid he’d missed the buck of a lifetime.

After 480 volts of electricity went through Jason Langenhorst’s left arm some years ago, he felt he no longer could shoot a 12 gauge shotgun during shotgun season for deer. So, he purchased a 320 Savage/Stevens bolt-action 20 gauge shotgun.

“At 100 yards, using my Bushnell (http://bushnell.com) 4-12X shotgun scope, I could put three slugs in the same hole on the target,” Langenhorst reports.

Langenhorst hunts with a bow as well as a shotgun. After his accident, he still could hunt with his Bowtech (http://bowtecharchery.com/) bow and on October 30, 2014, harvested …Read the Rest

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