Standing on the old railroad bed one time...A doe came out about 50 yards away, crossed the tracks and made a half circle around me. At this point she was at about 40 yards. She stopped and I hit her with the 30-30...Aiming behind the shoulder, broadside.
She began to take a step as I fired and I ended up hitting the upper leg, right above the elbow. Smashed the leg, took out the top of the heart and exited behind the other shoulder.
That deer leaped forward and up...way up and came back down in the "Y" of a tree that was right in front of her. She got herself wedged in there for a few seconds but after some judicious kicking with the back legs, she managed to topple out of the tree and landed on the ground. Another kick or two and she was done.
She only went 5 feet forward but for a little bit there, she was about 6 1/2 feet up.
