In 2014 I misjudged the wind and lost my first big game animal. From the initial heavy, dark blood trail the bullet hit the liver and blood chest high on the brush on both sides of the trail showed the bullet exited. The cow went over a ridge, across a valley and over an even higher ridge before we lost the trail.

Wish I had hit it in the shoulder instead. A little lost meat is nothing compared to losing the entire animal.


Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!

No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.

A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.