I spent opening weekend of deer season trying to get my main hunting buddy Parker his first deer. He closed the deal on Sunday so today it was just me and the 67 rolling block. I'm just shooting the plinking loads. 12.5 gr Unique and the 450 gr Lee boolit. 40 yds away and quartering to me. The boolit entered high between the neck and shoulder and exited halfway between the last rib and the hind quarter. Entrance hole of 1/2" and exit about 1-1/2". Oddly enough there was no blood trail. He went about 30 yds before crashing. The paunch had blocked the exit hole, there was no blood on the hair or ground or on nose or mouth. Lots of blood inside. You never know what you might see when your hunting.
I was hoping to dig the boolit out of the ground behind him but it had skidded and ricocheted.
Ive often let bucks like this walk but I have to go back to work tomorrow and I was really wanting to blood this gun. I'm sure it not its first but maybe it's first in a long time.
Plus, open sights and I have to shoot left handed this year due to eye problems kinda makes him a trophy.