I got a doe today. Shot her at 75 yards with 100g of BH 209 and Barns Tez 250g all copper.

As soon as the smoke cleared I could see she had her head down as she ran. I could see blood coming out her side but she kept going. She went about 60 yards then she flipped end over end.

Then she thrashed for about a minute. After getting down I could see The blood trail from a helicopter. It was 2 feet wide leading up to her.

As soon as I got to her I could see that it was a good shot. There was a small entrance hole and a small exit hole dead in the honey hole. So I figured must be lungs only?

Well after field dressing her I could see her heart was blown in half (like a v sign).

How in the world can a deer still run that far with half a heart and two blown lungs? No human could take that.

It makes me feel uneasy about hunting them. First, they are hard to get close to. Then you have to shoot them almost perfectly. And its tough to be super accurate when your blood is pumping.

I was so glad I moved my stand wayyyy away from a neighbors property. He started blocking me off with shooters so that deer would not make it to our woods. So I went deep in the woods for two reasons.

1) I did not want to be shooting at each other (within 60 yards of fence line) face to face.
2) If I did pop a deer good and it managed to go 60 yards it could cross property lines and become theirs.

The move paned out.

But again, I am still in awe of how tough deer are.

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