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Awesome thread! Hopefully I’ll have something to add this coming season.

I've only killed 4 critters with cast bullets, 2 black bears, a buffalo, and my best mule deer buck. I only took pictures of 2 of them...

My first black bear with my 1911 .45 acp


My buffalo with my .54 Hawken that I made from a Green River kit


The bullets that I used on 2 of my black bears


The mule deer buck that I shot with a patched round ball from the .45 caliber Kentucky rifle that I built from a CVA kit

no hiding behind limbs....

From a few years back - probably the most memorable hunt I can remember. Blew off work one day and took the Ballard for a walk (45-70/Swiss 1-1/2) on land my family homesteaded many rears ago. Spent the afternoon trying to get from 1/2 mile to 150 yards, all in the open with no cover. Shot was across a small finger drainage from a sitting position with the front sight on his back. He went less than 100 yds...

Walking up - blood puddle and legs in the air:



Shot placement:



Heading home:



Steve Brooks Custom 'Original Postell'



Copper penny front sight:



One year later: