54 caliber for deer

[charliek]

+1 on everything you've posted, sir!

I'm too crippled to hunt any more, but all these stories make me yearn for my tack driving Santa Fe Hawken with a .535 prb.
Thanks for the memories.

[RBak]

My .54 Lancaster leaves a large hole on the far side of most deer. Use sense and take good shots and the deer will not go far. The folks that say roundballs are no good are trying to sell inlines and/or their expensive projectiles. Yeah, you do need to get closer, but isn't that what hunting is about anyway?

I also feel there is a lot to be said about the lowly .54 Patch'nBall!
I also feel a lot of the complaining is done by those who are promoting the thought that the old-fashioned way of doing things is outdated, and they want to move on to something they have been told is better.

Russ