The year was 1988, using my new M700 Classic 35 Whelen with factory 200 gr PSPCL bullets. I shot a big 11 pt WT deer at about 50 yds at the base of the neck as we walked away in the tag alders.
Upon recovery, I noticed a Poplar tree about 1 1/2" in diameter that I had hit. The buck was about 15 feet past that tree, dead from a shot to the base of the neck.
All I can say is that the Big Guy Upstairs wanted me to have that buck!
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