Timmypage16
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Growing up in a shotgun only state I have never shot a deer with a centerfire rifle. However, now being located in S. Dakota, I finally got the chance. I made a great shot with the .300 win mag. Nicked the back shoulder muscle but no bone going in (which destroyed the meat) and the bullet exited back around the stomach. Hit the heart and both lungs. All this talk about drt, I was excited to see a rifle make a deer drop in its tracks. That of course didn't happen. She ran 40 yard and died. Nothing more spectacular than using a shotgun or ML. Guess all this talk of deer falling I stone dead with rifles all the time made me have inflated my perception of shooting a deer with a rifle.
Just thought I would share how I was a little let down by seeing a deer run away and not just fall over dead. None the less the gun did it's job!
Just thought I would share how I was a little let down by seeing a deer run away and not just fall over dead. None the less the gun did it's job!