shotgun slugs

[fabsroman]

What a morning.

I wounded a deer at a little over 100 yards using Federal Barnes Expander sabots. Missed a deer 3 times at a little over 50 yards as she stood still and looked at me broadside. Didn't know if I was hitting a bush or something. Then, I managed to miss a deer at something like 30 yards, not just once, but 6 times. After burning up $20 in ammo and getting pissed off, I decided to sight in my gun. I was shooting a foot high and 6" to the right with the Copper Solids. Dialed it in and ended up connecting on the next two shots when we started hunting again. Neither of them were long shots. One was 50 yards on a big doe and the other was about 20 yards on a yearling. Both deer dropped like a sack of potatos. However, when I went back to the big doe, she was still alive. It made me sick to see her there. I had broken her back and she couldn't move her back legs. The gun was back at my truck, but you can bet I got it as quickly as possible and put her out of her misery. Once we were able to look a little closer at her, I was able to determine that the bullet hit her right below the spine and on top of the shoulder. I hadn't hit any vital organs like I thought I did. In fact, the bullet only hit about 2" of meat, if that, and the wound looked almost like a FMJ bullet. On the 20 yard shot, I crushed both lungs and blew out the heart. The Copper Solid bullet performed pretty well on that shot.

I am going again tomorrow morning. Hopefully, things will go a little better.