Never shot any critters with mine, but I did have an old Krag that tickled me, it shot pretty tight with factory ammo. I went out to the range once with this older fellow I worked with. He used to crow about Rem 700's and 7 mm mags, anyways, I took my Krag and a handful of loose REM-UMC softpoints from a cigarbox full of ammo. My Kag was an 1896 with a 30" barrel and a cutdown stock, it put 3 shots into 3/4", using the issue sights to boot, and I don't even know that the bullet weights were all the same. That put a twist in his underwear, because his Remington wouldn't shoot any better, and it was scoped. But he deserved it, anytime I'd talk about something I liked, he'd say "they're so good they don't make them anymore". He moved to Colorado and I lost touch with him, I hope he's doing well, he was a good guy.
Tim
