RE: most shots taken to kill a deer?
It was the 2005 season and I had a doe at about 40 yards and it took 3 shots. I was using an old weaver with the post and crosshair with the post extending above the horzontal line. In my excitement I aimed with the top of the crosshair instead of the top of the post, so I put two shots over her back. After the second shot, I was thinking something isn't right, so used the top of the post, and BOOM, down she went.