It doesn't really haunt me but back in the mid-80s I was using my .45 flintlock for all my hunting...It was rifle season and I slipped back into the swamp behind one of our farms and sat down on an island that is loaded with oaks where deer bed down during the day...

About 8:00 here comes the biggest buck I have ever seen while hunting...One of those with a 20+ wide rack as white as ivory...He came right to the island and stopped not 30 yards in front of me...I tucked that front sight right behind his left shoulder and touched her off...He turned and ran into the swamp, I could hear him splashing in the water...

I never found that deer, it's tough tracking through water that's 8-12 inches deep...It's also one of the reasons I moved up to a .54...I'll probably never kill a buck that large but I did learn a good lesson...With round balls, bigger is better...I also take high shoulder shots when I need to drop a deer right now...