First deer I ever got was shot with my old 7x57 with a 154 gr. Hornady RN and I center punched his chest just above the brisket at all of 10 yards. There was an immediate gusher of blood fanning out over serveral feet...the deer ran down hill for 40 yards, stumbled and nosed into the ground. We later found the bullet imbedded in a steak from the rear quarter. A frontal shot is deadly but there is not be much room for error...a little to the left or the right and you can have a real problem on your hands.
