Cayugad, It was a 25 yard shot which is my average distance in these Georgia swamps. The ball struck between the lower part of the neck and the left front shoulder. He dropped in his tracks, kicked a couple of times and that was it. There was not an exit wound so the deer absorbed every bit of energy the little ball had to offer. In the areas I hunt a 60 yard shot is a long shot. I normally hunt with a 58 flintlock but I had built this rifle to shoot our monthly competition shoots. I just hate to have a rifle on my rack that I haven't shot a deer with. I don't load heavy charges because I don't need them. This is deer # 24 with flintlock.