Once, years ago. A nice deer stepped out at the edge of a field about 250 yards away, looking at my buddy and I waking back towards the truck. The rifle is a Winchester M94 and had OEM sights on it, which I felt were totally inadequate for that shot.
A Williams FP, Skinner post front, some 8 inch paper plates at 200 yards, and a couple hundred practice rounds from various field positions led to the demise of the next one that did that. 236 yards and a dead deer.
I had been hunting a thick patch of woods and was coming out near dusk, caught 5 deer feeding in the field.
I still prefer my .308 for that, though, but letting that first deer walk stung and I felt obligated to address the shortcoming.
Pigs and Bears have fallen to that rifle, too. I've never found it lacking within its effective range for the game I hunt.
