Shot my first buck with my gramps 300H&H and 180 silvertips, came in a blue and yellow box with the angry grizzly picture on it. They were pretty old even back then, there were only 3 or 4 left in the box. I put them in my pocket and went hunting. Saw a buck maybe 40-50 yards walking broadside, shot it tight behind the shoulder thru the ribs, it went about 50 yds and laid down. Walked up and shot it in the neck, nearly decapitated it. The first shot hit a rib, fragmented and broke/smashed both ribs either side of the one it hit, there was nothing but shrapnel got to the lungs judging by the many little lacerations in an eight or ten inch diameter area behind the ribcage into the lungs.
Last edited by bushrat; 03/27/17.
