[skeeter@ccia.com]

I can't remember what brand ammo I was using at the time federal or remington (now only winchester) but I once hit a buck running 4 out of 5 times in the neck and one in the side and it still managed to elude me enough to cross a road, jump a guide rail and go another 50yds...I never aim at the neck but I guess the words lead them was in my head..at @50yds from me I think the lead was too much at the time but didn't know back then. It was the last buck taken at my old homestead before rt 60 mowed down the house and put in a 4 lane road..it would have been standing in the middle of the road today...The deer is mounted on the wall. Destruction of the skin/ fur..was not even enough to mess up a mount....I call it a 9pt but the buck pool called it an 11. Reasons to get mounted were won pool and was last deer taken before destruction of my hunting grounds..now I say it was bad ammunition and my cousin had the same problem with it..no expansion..only pencil holes were made....but I would think taking that many hits in the neck would stop anything...Now do you use a shotgun where these neck shots are taken? Buckshot? Distance? What about the size of the deer itself..Some of the bigger ones are like bulls. Myself, I wouldn't take that shot unless it was a fine deer and was standing behind trees ready to run and that was the only shot I had without the possibility of a better one. This being the case, I did take one years ago and it dropped in it's tracks. I used winchester ammo on that one. Just my experiences. To each his own.