I got a nice 100lb mature doe Thursday afternoon at about 25 yards with a TC .50 Cal FL. SabotLoader recommended to use the Speer Gold Dot 300g, which I did, after shooting them the Sunday before I left--I planned on using Hornady XTP Mag300g. This is the recovered bullet, there appears to be about a 40g or 50g weight loss, but is mushroomed perfectly and performed well into bone.

Chap,

Congratulations, but where's the pic of the deer?You are supposed to tell us the story,how she bounced in, offering a front quarter . . . Tell us about where the bullet entered, itstrip through the vitals, and where the bullet lodged. All that gooooood stuff!

How the bullet performed is interesting, but your hunt interests me as well.

I didn't have my phone with the camera with me, Cingular didn't have reception up there, so left the phone at my brother's house to recharge that day.

The story was, my brother and I were watchers on a drive with two guys coming thru some very thick hemlocks. They drivers put out two groups of deer, both to my brother. He fired at one of the deer in the first groupbut had a hang fire. Didn't hit anything. The 2nd group came thru about 5 minutes later, two of them and they were running like crazy right at him. He shot and missed them. They ran down past me, I was about 120 yards away from him--we were in a line. The first doe thru-- I was cocking my FL, and pulling the set trigger, so never en attempted a shot at her. But he 2nd one was following the first on the same path/trail and when she hit the an opening, I was ready with my gunshoulderedand fired. The deer was actually running away from me, and I hit it in the anus, penetrating the bone that holds the pelvis together. This paralized her andwe then shot the deer in the head to finish her off. The deer were running like the wind, 20 foot bounds, fully extended legs, the only reason I got her wasshe was running away during the shot, I could have never "wing shot" her with the FL ML--too close and not enough swing time. I must confess more luck than management. But that is the norm in deer drives in FL season in Penna. I was setting on a stool with a the gun across my lap, so that was a huge factor also in my success, a stable shooting platform. I am not that good at "off hand shooting", with the FL ML. The set trigger really helps on the delay, since the front trigger is a hair trigger. I did miss a couple of other doe at various yardages, howI have no idea, but that is real life hunting on deer drives. It was a lot of fun---small woods patches, 2 watchers and 2 drivers. That is the story.

Chap Gleason Va

congratulations on the doe. Also that is impressive, the expansion that bullet made.. I have been shooting them and fine them real accurate as well. Again, nice shooting.

Chap,

I knew this guy in Oklahoma who swore by the "anus shot", only he had a different name for it. He claimed nothing would take a deer down any faster. He shot a 300 Win Mag. One day he was showing off a nice buck in the bed of his pickup. He shot it through the right femur, right below the hip. The bullet when clean through the deer going through the heart, left lung, exiting him full lengththrough the brisket. He said it went right down and its tounge was hanging out when he got to it.

I had never really thought ofthe Gold Dot as an anus projectile, but I have to admit, it really did the job. Where did you recover the Gold Dot?

The Gold Dot was lodged between the two pelvis bones, right under the spine. I don't have a grain scale that goes to 300g, but my wife has a food scale. A new Gold Dot is exactly 20grams, and the recoved GD was just under the 20 line, so I figure some where between 20 and 50g of weight loss, but I am impressed with the mushroom and the way the petals expanded, hitting bone and stuff. Honestly it looks like one of those Barnes all copper jobs that are over $1.00 each. I agree with Saborloader (Mike) they are a good Nosler replacement at 1/4 the cost. Chap