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i seen small 6pt and a little 8pt, but the one i wanted is a huge 8pt. i seen him 1st thing in morning and he ran. i/ve also seen about 14 or 15 doe and fawns. 10:30 am i got her using a TC Encore with a 23" MGM barrel in 444 Marlin and 280gr WFN GC over Reloder 7 going 1947fps. i shot her behind the shoulder, thru both lungs and bottom half of the heart, then i broke 2 ribs on the way out. she was 40ish yards away and she ran after the shout about 15 yards and then she died. there was alot of blood coming out of her. altho she ran about 15 yards, it was like a man with two ketchup bottles was going thru the woods and spraying ketchup on the ground and trees and brush.