Thread: 223 on deer

well I wasnt going to say anything...but why not...the good the bad and the ugly right????
lined up fallow stag in misty conditions last week...all of 75-80 yards,fired and unseen hind spun around all wobbly like....the 50grn sierra had hit her in bum...literally
side on it went through about inch forward and inch up from her anus.....and she went all of ten yards,fortunately towards me on front legs before laying down in tussocks with head up watching me...2nd shot in head finished it off.
now that is by far and away the worst place Ive ever shot a deer...shot plenty UP the bum with bigger rifles in 90s when few deer were seen and I took whatever shot was in offering before deer dissapeared...surprised me to find projectile still in otherside rump meat,perfectly expanded.
Im guessing the pure shock travelled up spine temporarily paralyzing back wheels not to mention the pelvis being broken.....I got very lucky...lesson learnt.
fallow are STILL my nemesis animal