Way to go "Pearl"... You did not let Hoosier Hunter down. You did just what he made you do and for a reward you get his undying admiration and a good cleaning...

Congratulations on that buck HH. I'd of never let one that nice walk by me. You did point out a very good aspect of shooting. All too often people worry about the entrance locationof the bullet and forget the path and exitof the bullet. As you saw, a high lung straight throughhit is lethal, but might not bleed. I always look at a muzzleloader bullet like I do an arrow... where to I want that arrow to penetrate to. So I play a lot of angles in my head when I shoot.

But the main thing is you shot a beautiful buck, and got a lot of great eating not to mention memories. Good write up too. I really enjoyed it.