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So far my short hunting career has allowed me to bag 9 deer. I know most of yall have killed more in one season but I have enjoyed reading your posts and wanted to comment as well.

I have yet to track a deer. Not one. The longest run one has taken after shot was at the most 10 yards. I find it interesting and sometimes confusing when I read threads about guys tracking them 50,100, even 300 yards plus. I am just not getting the same results but believe me I am not complaining. Maybe its just luck on my part but honestly 8 of the 9 deer have been bang flops. I find them where they stood when I pulled the trigger. I also took a moose in Vermont three years ago with a shotgun slug of all things. He was a bang flop also.

I have practiced alot on bullet placement on usually have hit the same general place on all the deer, high shoulder shot and just behind it. Usually all that is lost is a fist size portion of backstrap and less than half that of shoulder meat. I gladly will give that up as bloodshot in trade for finding the deer and not losing the whole thing. Ballistic tips, Hornady sst's, and core lokts in 308, 7mm-08, and 7mm rem mag are what I have shot them with. I dont think the deer are dying that rapidly from blood loss but instead an interruption to their CNS followed/ coupled with bloodloss while down. For me that has been the most effective bullet placement point if you will and will stick with it until that stops working.....

Thanks

Scott

Oh, and Scott not only put out a public reconciliation, I also got a kind PM from him as well. I was afraid we had another troll on our hand, but it appears not to be the case.