I have had some close ones but the closest was when I was a stander on a drive. I was standing on the bank of a small run when some pushed deer came running right at me, it was when we had a doe season. I watched a doe coming right at me and she ran right to the opposite bank and stopped, about 6 feet away. I had the cross hairs on her from about 50 yards, when she stopped at the stream bank I was dead center on the brisket, when I saw her tensing up to jump I fired. She jumped the run and fell next to me and sprayed blood all over my pants dead as a door nail.

Shot a decent buck at 30 yards here in Vermont. The deer dropped at the shot then ran straight at me. By the time I jacked another bullet the deer was 6 feet in front of me and I shot him from the hip in the mid section as he ran 2 feet past me. Nice 8 point.

Lot of years ago when we still lived in Pa, the old man and his buddy Leanord put on a mini drive for me. We were doing a deer reduction on a 220 acre farm they were managing. I was posted at the top of a small rise and this fat doe came hauling rear. Dang thing had the after burners kicked in and I had the old Mossburg 12 gauge slug barreled with a 2-7 SG scope. Couldn't get a clean shot all the way up the hill. I stepped back half a step or so and went to my knee behind a big Oak. She ran right past me nearly brushing the muzzle. Pulled the trigger and got flat out covered in blood spray. My muzzle was literally inches, 6 at the most, away from right behind her shoulder. She endoed, rolled, then slid 10 or so feet. Side was a total mess, whole back side of the shoulder blown off, about a 8 inch burn and man you should have seen what close contact gas cutting does to a deer. He chest cavity was wreckage.

As for guns when you die. Sell them. Maybe get lucky and have friends or friends kids, ect to give them too. I wouldn't do it when my kid was a teen. But when he is older, maybe you mentor young kids.

I wouldn't worry about this for 20-40 years. Just live your life and see how it goes.

You know you are in the wrong thread.

yeah, that becomes rather obvious as you gain enough experience, but at the same time theres a very noticeable trend , you'll eventually be forced to see, that,
theres a gradual, but noticeable improvement in how effective a rifle is at dropping game as the bullet mass and impact energy levels are increased.
the issue is simply that most guys have only shot a few large game animals, most guys are not as good of shots as they imagine themselves to be,
and if your experience and conclusions are based on a rather limited sample base, its easy to come to erroneous conclusions, based on that limited info.
many guys don,t grasp the difference between lethality, and a rifles ability to instantly or at least very rapidly destroy an animals ability to stay on its feet, with a well placed shot
I doubt theres anything walking in north America.a 30/06 with the proper ammo and shot placement,
that can,t be killed with one shot,but, at times having 15 seconds, or even,minutes between a bullet impact and the complete shut down of an animals ability ,
to express its disapproval of your presents on your body, matters, but Id have a lot more confidence
facing a charging Kodiak bear with a 378 wby and 300 grain soft point bullets

Maybe 50 or 60 feet. The buck just looked at me without bolting or anything. That was some good venison.