I've never shot a deer with it flounder,but I sure would like to. I carried it for three or four hunts last season but didn't get a shot. We have a long season (mid Nov to end Jan) and I hunt at least two days each week end. But I swap guns around a lot. One morning I'll take the Mustang. That evening I might take the GP flintlock. The next morning maybe theB-78 25-06or the New Englander. So I never know what gun I'll be shooting a deer with. The guys in my club laugh at me a lot.