Have only killed 3 deer with the 45-70. First was a medium buck running thru a bottom after being flushed by my B-I-L. I led it like a bird and touched off the 300 gr Horn HP when everything lined up. The buck crumpled on the shot and slide a few feet on his chin. I stayed put til Randy got there and had him stand where the buck was when the trigger broke. I then walked straight to him and found two small saplings that had holes in them. The Hornady still hit right where I aimed....through the shoulders.
Next was a trotting doe that was hit in the spine. She got up on her front legs and I put another through her neck. That was with a Remington 405 gr FP. The last was a doe feeding through the woods. Hit her through the chest with a 405 gr hard cast boolit. She made the old 50 yd death dash leaving a red paving stripe trail.
In retrospect, I can say that these three results were not very different than many similar hits with most standard cartridges and jacketed soft point bullets.
Last edited by Hook; 06/25/15.
