Just got home from 6 days of hunting and while we didnt fill all of our tags, we got 2 doe's. I popped one in the early morning of the second day and she turned out to be a pretty good sized doe. I shot her with my Deer Creek Northwest Rifle in .45 with 80 grains triple 7 and a 225 grain aerotip powerbelt @ 80 yards.

Shot was perfect and i put it through BOTH shoulders, breaking one shoulder bone, taking out 1 1/2 ribs on the entrance shot and then the exit shot broke 2 ribs and stopped just right behind the hide. I recovered the bullet and was happy to see a perfect mushroom. Both shoulders had very little useable meat and were used for hamburger.

From the pics, you can see the blood trail i was able to follow. She slowly walked 5 yards behind a tree and then rolled a few more feet before coming to a stop. I was amazed with the massive blood trail it left and the performance of that 225 grain powerbelt.

Deer #2 my dad shot with the same rifle and load. He got it at 50 yards in Thick forest covered with brush, high grass and some kind of jungle looking type leafed folage. The deer ran/rolled 20 yards between two logs and under some thick growth. I spotted a huge splatter of blood against an aspen that measured about 4" wide and blood was thick and just running down the tree. Looking in the thicker growth on the forest floor my brother and i scanned out the area and followed a good blood trail and walked right to the deer. It was an easy tracking job even in the thick forest.

His shot went right through the lung and exited the shoulder of the oppisite side. That shoulder was useless and was cut off in the field and thrown to what ever comes along. The exit hole was the size of a silver dollar.
Here are pics of my deer i took earlier that day. We shot ours 3 hours apart. Please note that the pics are graphic so, those who have weak stomachs, Man up and deal with it

Here is my pic, the first shot of the deer is the entrance hole. She bled out fast and there was a heavy blood trail to follow, as you can tell from the pics.

Also some assortment of pics. The mountain in the back ground is Castle Peak where we were hoping to get an elk. 80 Degree weather messed up hunting season badly and only 2 elk were taken during muzzleloading season. My bro also grossed us all out when he gutted my deer and sliced off a chunk of liver and ate it raw. I about puked lol. He said it was actually better raw than cooked and surprised him. I'll leave that to him and choose not to eat the liver raw

Here is the shot i took and this is the end result.



My finger points to where the powerbelt rests behind the hide.






And below is the rifle that took her,


225 grain powerbelt.


Entrance shot,


Exit shot!


Me doing what i do best when hunting is slow.


Above pic is the Green River skinning knife i bought at the Santa Fe trails rendezvous this summer. Worked amazing! And yeah, thats my bro chewing on raw liver [:'(]

My brother and I walking through a thick aspen grove near Castle Peak,



And here is castle peak,