Shot plenty of deer over the years, using bows, shotguns with slugs, caplocks with maxi-balls and maxi-hunters,and some of the unmentionable guns as well and now I have taken a doe with my cabela's blue ridge in .45. That makes it my first flint and my first .45 round ball deer.
If I hadn't been here reading and lurking for so long, I might not have bothered. I want to thank all of the membership and particularly Claude for providing such a usefull site as it has added quite a demension to my hunting I have not had in years.
She weighed in at the meat cutter as 105# dressed, and I had 60grains of 3f behind a .440 ball. She and three others came in at just about sundown and did not offer a side shot until she was at about 10 yards from the tree stand. I did not hit her where I was aiming, but she went straight down with a ball in her neck. I need much more practice as I was trying to hit her behind the shoulder. I got lucky and so did she,she did not run off just hurt.
Anyway, I am happy and will just have to shoot more before I hunt with the rifle again. Thanks all again.
If I hadn't been here reading and lurking for so long, I might not have bothered. I want to thank all of the membership and particularly Claude for providing such a usefull site as it has added quite a demension to my hunting I have not had in years.
She weighed in at the meat cutter as 105# dressed, and I had 60grains of 3f behind a .440 ball. She and three others came in at just about sundown and did not offer a side shot until she was at about 10 yards from the tree stand. I did not hit her where I was aiming, but she went straight down with a ball in her neck. I need much more practice as I was trying to hit her behind the shoulder. I got lucky and so did she,she did not run off just hurt.
Anyway, I am happy and will just have to shoot more before I hunt with the rifle again. Thanks all again.