Killed this spike buck Monday evening.

Distance: 35-40 yards
Attitude: Broadside
Gun: .50 TC New Englander rifle
Bullet: .490 round ball
Patch: Drill Cloth
Powder: 90 grains of Black MZ
Cap: Winchester #11

Decided on a high shoulder shot. Heard the ball hit, the buck went down, kicked for about 15 seconds and expired.

Well done Falcon. Nice buck. Don't you just love a TWACK/DROP?

Nice shooting! Always good to not have to track them

-Jake

congrat's & nice buck

Way to go. That's going to be a good eating deer. Don't you just love when a plan comes together?

The older I get, the more I see the reason the old man started going for high shoulder. Bad knees + bad back does not equal fun tracking. I have shot a couple of deer that were nice enough to run towards the truck but that sure isn't the norm. Looks like a good eating fella you got there Falcon. Nice shooting. By drill cloth do you mean that stuff that is a bit similar to denim? Never crossed my mind to try it in any of my smokers. Looks to be a bit to heavy for any of my front loaders except maybe one of the Lyms which is a bit on the large side of the .50 scale.

Way to go.Did you recover your ball?

What a nice Oklahoma buck!

i looked in the pile but found nothing. Ball may have come apart when bone was hit. There was an 1 1/2 inch hole inside the rib cage.