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<blockquote data-quote="Flintlocksforme" data-source="post: 5235888" data-attributes="member: 20427"><p>[ATTACH=full]120042[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]120043[/ATTACH]I got burned on a nice buck this fall with the new .40, I totally didn't follow the advice I would have given any one. The plan was wait for a double lung side shot. Fatigue after being in a tree 12 hours, seeing a nice buck walk in that close, who knows? I took a facing quartering shot and dead centered shoulder. Deer dropped. 60 g fff. 395 ball, 30 yards. I took a picture of him lying on ground and called my wife. After about 3-5 minutes he raised up and I reloaded. By then he was scooting around away from me. I shot into his back, he laid head back down. I started gathering stuff to climb down. He scooted more and raised head again. I reloaded and fired into the back. He jumped up on 3 legs and made a few leaps. I felt he only went a short ways and would die. Long story short, very little blood, tracking ends in about 100 yards. Continued search the next morning. Grid search trails for a 400-500 yard area. Nothing, ball must have lodged in rib cage. Burnt on that shot without my .58, May try a double lung sometime with the .40, but I will take squirrels and small game for now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flintlocksforme, post: 5235888, member: 20427"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="81F3E1EB-4960-46F5-9E4A-6560ED403C4E.jpeg"]120042[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="8D9E1667-CC21-416A-846C-D40B70701F89.jpeg"]120043[/ATTACH]I got burned on a nice buck this fall with the new .40, I totally didn’t follow the advice I would have given any one. The plan was wait for a double lung side shot. Fatigue after being in a tree 12 hours, seeing a nice buck walk in that close, who knows? I took a facing quartering shot and dead centered shoulder. Deer dropped. 60 g fff. 395 ball, 30 yards. I took a picture of him lying on ground and called my wife. After about 3-5 minutes he raised up and I reloaded. By then he was scooting around away from me. I shot into his back, he laid head back down. I started gathering stuff to climb down. He scooted more and raised head again. I reloaded and fired into the back. He jumped up on 3 legs and made a few leaps. I felt he only went a short ways and would die. Long story short, very little blood, tracking ends in about 100 yards. Continued search the next morning. Grid search trails for a 400-500 yard area. Nothing, ball must have lodged in rib cage. Burnt on that shot without my .58, May try a double lung sometime with the .40, but I will take squirrels and small game for now. [/QUOTE]
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