Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting anyone here hunt and kill a deer with a 45ACP?

Yes, had a little 5pt buck hung up behind me, grabbed my 1911 45 from a left side crossdraw, leaned around the tree and shot him on the point of his left shoulder at iirc 18 yards, he then trotted past me carrying his left front leg out about 20 yards, stopped and fell over, one of the most nondramatic, or gentlemanly if you will, kills I've ever had, the pistol wasn't loud, he didn't get to exited, it just worked, the 185 gr Barnes TAC-HP left at iirc 1125 fps.

Yes, I killed a small buck with a 1911 and a 230gr Gold Dot at 950. He dropped in his tracks and the wound channel was impressive. Have shot a few hogs with a .45 as well. Like anything placement is key but it will easily do the job with a good shot.

I want to applaud all of you for your attitudes towards deer hunting with a 45 ACP.

I remember threads on here and elsewhere where admitting you'd contemplated hunting deer with a 45 ACP handgun would have been met with general derision and outright hostility. Hunting with a 45 ACP for whitetail was akin to eating your own children or having congress with farm animals.

I think the 10mm, though effective, just gets too much unnecessary hype.

I shot a wounded pronghorn with my .45 and Winchester 230 gr. HPs. I was dead instantly with a 25 yd shot through the ear holes.

I am glad for the information and the conversation, I had long contemplated a G40 and have tried two G20's, but due to my poor shooting and possibly the guns themselves I never felt good enough to try them on a deer. On the other hand my Kimber 1911 commander length gun from a rest will hit a deer at 25 yards without a problem. I know the 10mm has more energy and penetration but do I really need that on a 100 pound WT doe? All antlered deer will be served at 2700fps or faster.

I have used the 45 ACP on deer, but I like the .460 Rowland much better. It just hammers deer.

A 200gr semi-wad cutter cast bullets work very well also. Just as long as you do your job and they are very accurate in most non-polygonal barrels.

So, how did you pen this response?

Now you know the definition of "Ghost Writer"

Several years ago, I killed a large whitetail doe with a S&W 4506 and 200 grain Gold Dot ammo at 25-30 yards. No issues.

When I was young and had good eyes, I killed several Sitka Blacktails with hard cast SWC 200 Gr bullets in a Govt. Model 70 series 45 ACP lived on Kodiak at the time and deer were there in hi numbers.

Big difference shooting snowshoe hares with the RN and SWC also , big Halibut would not swim off with the SWC also where the RN they would. Close range on the deer under 25 yards.