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<blockquote data-quote="matt_3479" data-source="post: 1698458" data-attributes="member: 23070"><p>The worst I had I can't believe it. My area is shotgun muzzle loader and I shoot a 20 gauge savage 220 with Remington accutip slugs. I sat for 3.5 hours and had a buddy sitting in the field. Well my friend got antsy and I told him we could meet in between and take a slow quiet walk down this trail which opens up into this swamp. Well 4 seconds on the trail a beautiful 8 point steps out 75 yards to my left. We pull up (buddies wearing a go pro) and I send one slug just behind his shoulders double lung and top of heart. The buck jumps falls and gets up. The deer took off like it had been startled not injured. Myself and my buddy take a running poke and hit hard quartering mid section exiting front of left shoulder. Deer had dropped again! We reloaded and waited a few minutes before making our walk through the thick swamp.</p><p></p><p>The buck had dropped just feet from a tree line which would of been ugly. As we make it within 10' of the buck a doe jumps from her bed startled the heck out of us, which also jumps the "presumed dead buck" and off he goes through the trees. We back out of there and go back to the truck to watch the footage and see two clean hits. We wait an hour and go back after him.</p><p></p><p>By gps we tracked him 850 yards, through the tree line, over an old stone fence, across the open hay field, through a dividing tree line, across a plowed field, into a bush, and the trail went cold once he hit a super wet, muddy swamp!! We marked on the gps and called a buddy with dogs, and we found him piled up, expired this time another 50-75 yards in the swamp!! After gutting him both shots were good! Nothing out of the ordinary and not my first deer with that particular set up. I've shot 7-8 deer with this exact set up and 4-5 were drt, 2 ran less then 30 yards and piled up, and then this guy just wouldn't quite!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="matt_3479, post: 1698458, member: 23070"] The worst I had I can’t believe it. My area is shotgun muzzle loader and I shoot a 20 gauge savage 220 with Remington accutip slugs. I sat for 3.5 hours and had a buddy sitting in the field. Well my friend got antsy and I told him we could meet in between and take a slow quiet walk down this trail which opens up into this swamp. Well 4 seconds on the trail a beautiful 8 point steps out 75 yards to my left. We pull up (buddies wearing a go pro) and I send one slug just behind his shoulders double lung and top of heart. The buck jumps falls and gets up. The deer took off like it had been startled not injured. Myself and my buddy take a running poke and hit hard quartering mid section exiting front of left shoulder. Deer had dropped again! We reloaded and waited a few minutes before making our walk through the thick swamp. The buck had dropped just feet from a tree line which would of been ugly. As we make it within 10’ of the buck a doe jumps from her bed startled the heck out of us, which also jumps the “presumed dead buck” and off he goes through the trees. We back out of there and go back to the truck to watch the footage and see two clean hits. We wait an hour and go back after him. By gps we tracked him 850 yards, through the tree line, over an old stone fence, across the open hay field, through a dividing tree line, across a plowed field, into a bush, and the trail went cold once he hit a super wet, muddy swamp!! We marked on the gps and called a buddy with dogs, and we found him piled up, expired this time another 50-75 yards in the swamp!! After gutting him both shots were good! Nothing out of the ordinary and not my first deer with that particular set up. I’ve shot 7-8 deer with this exact set up and 4-5 were drt, 2 ran less then 30 yards and piled up, and then this guy just wouldn’t quite! [/QUOTE]
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