Over the years, I've confessed similar sorts of incidents, and gotten some really scathing responses. The bottom line was that I couldn't shoot straight. I'm glad you asked this question among those of us on the 'Fire who know better.

The truth about this is that strange stuff happens.

Probably my strangest ones are documented here:

Hubert D. Buck Meets Mister Whelen

and here

Ode to a 30-30 PT III



In the former case, a 3-legged buck took several rounds of 35 Whelen to the chest and stared at me defiantly. In the latter, a sub-70lb doe took several rounds of 30-30 and kept sauntering on before keeling over.

Genesis 9:2-4 Ministries Lighthearted Confessions of a Cervid Serial Killer