My brother in laws dad was in a coma for weeks after being trampled by a muley he thought he could cut its throat. This to me is where my side arm comes in handy. I watched my dad try to shoot a spine shot spike at close range with a 300 WM. He had to shoot tree times before getting him behind the ear. I dropped a southern white tail with one shot. When I walked up he was still looking at me. I fired at his head and missed. Took two shots at close range to kill him. You won't see me wrestle any elk or deer. I'll just take old 10mm off my hip and get it over with.
