Here in Central Pa. , there is a mixture of farm land , residential , and 10's of thousands of state woodland open to hunting. It's always best to follow the rule of make sure of where your ball will go , after it leaves the muzzle. Be aware of your environment , always. Here's a freak occourance for you. About 1985 , on a tracking snow day , my hunting buddy and I were doing our customary "Pincer" movement on mtn. land , where the two of us find deer , and slowly keep moving them , while repositioning each other using radios , 'till one of us gets a shot opportunity. About two hrs. into the still hunt , I had five deer moving off a flat into a shallow valley. Just as I could see my friend out at about 150 yds , in the valley ahead of me , the herd I was trailing , entered a rhododendron thicket below me. In front of my partner , 12 snow covered , bedded down deer , stood up to see the commotion of people and deer approaching. He shot the biggest doe , killing her. His .58 cal. 300 gr. round ball passed through the doe , struck the root toe of an old hemlock stump , causing the ricochet to go verticle , and slightly backward . I heard the ball come back down through the tree tops , and it landed w/in 20 yds. of where I stood. I looked for it in the snow , but couldn't find it. That was too wierd to imagine. It was all good. We had a fine m/l meat doe , and a strange experience to tell a story. We then pulled the doe the mile and 3/4 back to the truck , and went to a local tavern to discuss the day , and warm up. Ya just can't make this up..
