I will make a long story short by saying I shot a seven pointer a week ago, and thought I somehow missed this deer. I did drop my .270 during a tumble off a step that let loose going into my stand. I thought the scope might have been knocked whacky. Anyway, I went to the what I thought was the point of impact, and found nothing. No hair, no blood, nothing! I used a slanted branch as a guide to what I thought was the point of impact. Well, I was ready to chalk it up to experience, when that voice in my head said don’t stop. I walked backwards to my stand from that spot, and low and behold, I saw another slanted branch. Walking up to it, I saw the tell tale sign of a bullet going through brush. I did not see this branch when I touched the round off. What evidently happened is the deer was standing directly behind the branch, and when the bullet passed through the alder, it tumbled a hair off course. It impacted the deer just behind the diaphram, and took out the liver, and some gut. Most of the bleeding was internal. There was a large amount of hair, and enough blood to assure me I got a good hit. We tracked this deer for about 100 yards 1 drop at a time, and recovered him.
November 15, 2005 at 12:05 am
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Five shots this year. Had two buck walk up to him! He got flustered, and we accused him of “Flock shooting!” 
He got the one he shot though… 
buck, and it knocked it’s horns off wrestling we assume. He was bummed! First buck, and nothing to show for it! Well, he has this picture. 
This weekend I go after the big boys in WI. We have had 2 Boonies in two years in our group. Hopefully this is my year!