Hit a doe with a 270g Gold Dot, and she never got her her feet. The load was 105g BH209, Harvester smooth green sabot,Winchester shot gun primer, launched by an Accura fitted with a Leupold 4 power scope. The bullet went through the on side shoulder, busted ribs and ended up in the off side shoulder somewhere. It didn't hit the back bone, but she was unable to stand. I thought she had been hit in the back bone the way she acted, but when gutted i could see she hadn't. The bullet went through the chest so high, it didn't hit much inside the chest cavity. The range was 229 yd according to gps. Didn't have a range finder, so had to guess, and held some high for the shot.



Stumbled on the bunch of deer, and was surprised they didn't see me with so many eyes; guess most were asleep. Crawled closer and closer till i could get some kind of a shot. Discovered a big disadvantage to a muzzle loader in that situation. I couldn't reload laying on the ground, and they all just stood there trying to figure out what the commotion was about. Finally after quite a long while i rose to my knees, and reloaded. This made the bunch nervous, and they hopped off. When they heard the metallic sound of the ram rod on the bullet, this really made them nervous and some began running. If i would have had a breech loader i may have been able to kill more than two, but at the very least two would be dead.