a long time ago on another hunting board, there used to be a British deer professional. He killed as many as 100 deer each year. Many were in relatively small enclosures, but many were on estates. They were mainly fallow and reds. I believe he used a 6.5 Swede, the other a 257 Roberts. He mainly used heart/lung shots. He said that a deer shot with a heart lung shot lived about 8-9 seconds. that was the time it took an oxygen deprived brain to quit functioning. Many fell at the shot, others ran but only for nine seconds or less. My observations seem to bear this out. What' your opinion? capt david
He was contracted to kill 500-600 per year off of several large estates. His main rifles were a pair of Tikka 695's one in .270 and the other in 6.5x55. He had used a .257 Roberts in a Ruger 77 for awhile but considered it junk {the rifle. not the cartridge} and quickly got rid of it.
