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[Hears Twice]

Is 50 Caliber round ball effective enough to put a deer down or initiate a tracking venture. I would put my shot in the Brachial Plexus to put it down. Some I shot in the past merely caught the round ball in the hide in tact, not flattened at all.

 

[Eutycus]

Howdy and Welcome from Texas!

 

[64Springer]

Howdy and Welcome.

Double Lung.

And if you're a biologist, SCOTUS could use one.

 

[Thingamajiggy]

Hello and welcome. A 50 is plenty big enough to take deer and double lung may not drop at hit but won't go far. Not sure of a brachial plexus shot since it itself would not be fatal.

 

[Black_Feather]

Welcome

 

[kelljp]

Welcome from East TN

 

[oldwood]

Shot a buck breakig the left front shoulder , the .490 round ball continued diagonally through the deer , and stalled under the hide of the right rear ham. The insides of the deer looked like every organ had a hole , or a crease through it. That was impressive. Have killed 25+ deer w/ .50 cal. , 80 gr. FFFG , . .50 , and .62 in long rifles , are my two long time favorites.

 

[VA Hawken]

Welcome from Winchester, VA!

 

[UndeadPoet]

Sure should be, although deer are crazy creatures that can run 200 yards without a working heart…

Welcome!

 

[2 shots]

welcome

 

[Jasonb1911]

Welcome from North Carolina

 

[ronaldrothb49]

If you can get the shot go for a high shoulder. The last 4 deer I have gotten were all high shoulder shots. The deer all dropped where they stood.

 

[nit wit]

Welcome from Maine. Ask that question elsewhere in the forum for better results.
Nit Wit

 

[toot]

Welcome.

 

[Colonial Boy]

Welcome from New England.

 

[Daveboone]

A fifty is fine...but round balls dont tend to leave entrance holes like a center fire might. My last two shot at about 35 yards were double lunged, ran about forty yards before dropping. Surprisingly small amount of blood outside the cavity....light snow on the ground, so it would have been easy to see. The hight shoulder shot would likelyhave knocked them over, but i hate to lose the meat.

 

[LSLibelo]

Welcome from California.

 

[lgrimes]

My brother-in-law killed a buck with a shot to the shoulder with a .45 cal. with a target load. The ball went through the deer and stop in the skin on the other side. It expended very well. Like the old saying goes, You can eat the meat right up to the bullet hole. Welcome from North central Missouri.

 

[dracer]

welcome to the forum

 

[tenngun]

Welcome here, hope to see a bunch from you
Yes a .50 is plenty, and lots of boys on this forum have done in deer with .50, .45 and .40.
Just be mindful of your range.
Round ball need to stay in range for good clean kills.
In general try to stay a hundred yards or less, fifty or twenty five is even better.
A .50 in a hundred yards is a killer on par with a 30-30
Think archery on steroids