Yesterday was a good day! It wasn't a trophy buck, but it is meat in the freezer. There is a lot of satisfaction dropping a deer using a Uberti made 73 Winchester in .45 colt to drop a buck in his tracks. Load was 9 gr. of unique behind a 230 gr. cast rnfp poly coated slug. The deer walked out of the brush into the clear around 3:30 yesterday afternoon and stopped to think about which way he wanted to go. I made the decision for him. He sat back on his haunches, fell to one side the kicked a couple of times. Over with in seconds! After I filled out my tag, I went over to check. His nose was submerged in a puddle so no problem checking to see if he was dead. As far as I know, deer don't have gills. It was a forty yards shot in the clear. Yes, I'm a happy camper today. Now for the hard part....Should I get another permit and go for a doe? Only the wife and I so one deer goes a lot way, but I need an excuse to spend more time in the woods.