ORIGINAL: gutshot
I'm really suprised by the number of people that think that this is OK. I don't know where and from whom you learned to hunt but I was taught that a butthole shot was VERY unethical and not a high percentage shot.I would think that with all of the big deer that Jerry Martinhas shot he could've waited for a broadside shot or just let the deer walk away. I've seen alot of hunters let deer walk having this same shot.
First off if he was shooting a high-power that shot is fine as long as the bullet is headed for vitals. Have you forgotten KE and penetration???? I watched my buddy's dad put a 270 bullett right up the ass of a 300 lb. mulie and watched it drop on the spot.....passing all the way through the animal.....