yesterday i was out and about noon time my buddy was doing a 1 man drive for me and long behold 5 doe's come through about 35 yards from me. i take a second just making sure none have antlers and then pick out the biggest one and BANG. she tucked her tail between her legs, put her head down and off to the races she went. i have shot deer with the bow and none have run like this. i was like, did i miss???? i listened for the crash but she just kept running. i radioed my buddy and over he came. i went over to the place where i shot and i found hair and blood, so i was happy i didn't miss. we start tracking this deer and i swear a blind person could follow this blood trail. it almost looked fake, all the blood on the ground. it was like someone had gallons of red paint going through the woods and just dumping it out every step and also taking a brush and going up and down sides of trees with it. blood was everywhere. but we kept tracking, 50 yards, 100 yards, 150 yards she kept going. right before we hit the pines, i was like... lets stop and wait....we might be pushing her and then jimmy said there she is. we walked over to her and looked at my shot placement and it was perfect. i guess she just had the will power to run and run and run. the doe was good sized, about 100lbs dressed. that was my first deer with my encore 209x50. for those of you who are wondering i used 2 50g pyrodex pellets and t/c xtp 240 sabots. before we went out hunting that day, jimmy commented that since i got the encore a couple years ago, we haven't had and luck in the woods during muzzleloader season. now i'm happy i don't have to get rid of my gun because we thought it was bad luck!!!

kevin