I double lunged the second largest doe I have ever laid eyes on. DNR said she was 5.5 yrs. old.

444 Marlin via 270 gr. Speer GD. She ran probably 70 yds. through the cedar swamp. A very thick and nasty cedar swamp. It seemed like 170 yds. However, you did not have to be Geronimo to track her. The blood trail was probably a full 10 ft. wide spraying out both sides of her. Still haven't seen anything quite like it. The entrance hole was golf ball sized. The exit hole baseball sized. It was a mofo dragging her out of the thicket. The whole time my bud's old man was screaming at me for not anchoring the deer where I had shot it. Good times.........grin

I shot 7 straight deer in the neck after that grin Bang flopped a nice black bear with same exact handloads earlier that season.

It was experiences like those in my younger days that taught me how to bang flop deer.....