Trophyhunter- a friend of mine just shot a buck this weekend. Hit him in the high lungs to start with. The buck stoped and he shot him in the neck. Down he went. Then when the hunter was getting out of the stand the buck got up and ran away only to drop on the neighbors land! They taged him and drug him away. He was using berneke slugs too.

That brings me to my point. In the past I hunted 350 private acres. All of our hunting party honored the " killing shot" gets the buck. So I use to shoot a 243win. Never lost a deer that I hit with it, but they would usually run 40 - 100 yards. Not a problem when you' re on private land with your hunting buds or family.

Now I hunt about 80 yards from the border of two properties. I' m not pressing the line but a deer could, if hit in the lungs, run 100 yards and then expire on the neighbors land. I' m not willing to take the chance any more so I moved up to my 50cal TC Encore muzzleloder. This year some dink sat on the property line only 100 yards from me. So I knew that I couldn' t let a buck go 10 feet much less 100 yards. When the buck (see the picture) came in I knew that I had to anchor him right there. He gave me a quartering tward me shot and I aimed for the inside of his shoulder. He folded on the spot, didn' t even twich. I think I will continue to hunt with my Encore and put the cross hairs on the shoulder.