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I remember it well, almost all of the early deer hunting I did was in Shotgun only areas, I had some pretty accurate slug slingers back then and killed a lot of deer with them. Since I moved to my current residence I have switched to Rifles and Muzzleloaders. With a couple of exceptions I believe all the Deer I have killed with Rifles could have been killed with my slug guns. Still I like the precise accuracy edge most of my Rifles give me, I can put one in a Deer's earhole at a pretty fair distance if I have to. Al

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After going through this recent bout of Lyme Disease, until there is snow on the ground I will be saturating my hunting clothes in permethrin and basting myself with Deet to repel those stinking ticks. That along with the stuff I use to clean and protect my firearms also add to the stench so to a Deer I will most likely smell like the inside of a chemical facility. I do not believe there is anything that will help me a whole lot masking all those scents except playing the wind to the best of my ability which is basically the way I have always hunted Deer and varmints anyway. Al

The 22-250 is one of the best long range varmint cartridges of all time, that Savage rifle has the inherent accuracy to bring out it's full potential. With the high end Vortex scope that is one nice rig for Woodchucks and a good price. Al

For this time of year when the temps start staying cold and the snow cover stays I go with the insulated-Gore-Tex LL Bean Maine hunting boot. For the hunting I do they have over the years been the best all around compromise for wet, snow and cold. For extreme cold weather hunting where I would be sitting for longer periods of time (which ain't often these days) I have a pair of Canadian Sorrels with the thick wool felt liners, clod hoppers for sure and not made for walking for long distances as far as I am concerned. Have your cold weather boots sized a little big so you can comfortably wear a pair of thick wool socks. Just slathered the leather on the Bean's with Obenauf's conditioner and set them in front of the kitchen cookstove to let it heat up and soak in. Al

My first real hunting gun purchased for me by my Dad was a Mossberg 16 ga three shot bolt action with an adjustable choke. While on the clunky side for handling and style I shot it well and took a ton of small game with that gun. A 16 ga shotgun found in a style and action you like and learned how to shoot well will be no handicap when it comes to taking game. I have long been considering getting a 16 in a side by side or over and under, just waiting for the right one to come along. Al

After hunting season I start puttering around with my hunting equipment and firearms, Trigger jobs, scope changes, stock bedding and better handloads, seems like I am in the never ending search for perfection. Motorcycles get some attention in the Spring and Summer. That stuff has a few months to go yet, as I look at the hunting seasons small game is still going strong and I like that hunting a whole lot better than Deer hunting. Grouse and Pheasant are open till Feb 29 Cottontail Rabbit and Hare till March 15 Squirrel till Feb 29 Crows till March 31 Coyote till March 29 Coons, Fox and Possums till Feb 15 THE FUN HAS JUST BEGUN!

For optimum protection I have a good set of over the ear muffs that I purchased many years ago for handgun bullseye competition, I would also use the disposable foam plugs in conjunction with the muffs as shooting indoors is very loud and this setup gave the best protection. For outdoor shooting in recent years I have gone to the plugs pictured below, They are out of the way for long guns, the sound protection is very good and the light weight and comfort of that type suits me. Al

I have used the saboted Hornady XTPs in my old TC Black Diamond inline, they are very accurate, expand well and are deadly, I use the same bullets handloaded in my 44 mag with the same results. Al

Yes they have solid arms and soft rubber type material that make a good seal preventing any wind from getting to my eyes. Al

I have a prescription pair of sport wrap around-goggle type I use for riding my E-bike and Motorcycles for the purpose of wind protection, for that they have worked out well. I have never shot with them or hunted with them but I have to think they would work OK. I want to add on mine the frame bows are very wide and they do block some peripheral vision. Al

The boots you have are reputed to be very good for cold temps, for various reasons there are folks that just do not tolerate the cold well. A friend of mine uses these toe warmers for ice fishing in the bitterest of weather and he swears by them, they are small and thin. A whole box of 40 pair go for around $30.

I hav I have not killed a Squirrel with it yet, been laid up with Lyme disease all hunting season and have just started to hit the woods. I hope to give Squirrels a shot with the Crockett before the snows come. Al

I think with a good 22 autoloader one could get some pretty good practice hitting running targets, I have some Airedales Terriers that would think they had died and gone to heaven had they been involved in one of those deals. Al

Likely more Chinese thievery.

Had to have been something to see, my Dad was involved in a big drive in the 40s while in the Navy stationed at a base in Corpus Christi Texas, no guns involved just clubs and a lot of stomping.

Form and Function, I buy my hunting outerwear sized larger than sizes I wear for street clothes so I have plenty of room for layering and free movement to use whatever the weapon of the day is. There are many hunters that worry too much about how they look and purchase their gear as if they were going to be pictured on the cover of Outdoor Life Magazine. Al

There are some things that really can not be improved upon Woolrich, LLBEAN or Filson Wool, layer up properly and you will not be cold. Be it on stand Deer hunting or hunting Hare in single digits from sun up to sun down through out the winter, my old Woolrich PA Tux never let me down when it came to keeping me warm. I have some LLBean stuff that is pretty good too. Al

A bullet will give much better overall performance on Deer than a round ball especially in a smaller caliber like 45. I do not know much about the brand you have mentioned but seeing "long rifle" in it's description I suspect the barrel twist is made to shoot patched round balls of 440 diameter. If the rifle happens to have a medium twist it may shoot a conical bullet well, all you can do is give it a try. If the accuracy of the ball and bullet is equal I would go with the bullet. Al

I am on the same page as you Davey and your video editing friend, I have watched the video multiple times and there is no question in my mind you did not shoot low, as I stated before I can clearly see the bullet's impact and the hair rippling from the shock. The frame below shows the darker colored impact area of the shock wave happening perfectly and why no one else can seem to see it I can not say. So for me with that part of the puzzle out of the way we have to look at what could have happened. Many have stated that the Deer should be laying dead within a few yards if the bullet placement was as stated. As I stated in my first post I had a small Buck run at least 200 yards shot through the heart at virtual point blank range with a 300 grain hollow point fired from a 45-70!, a cartridge that helped decimate the Buffalo and can kill just about anything that walks. One would have thought that deer would have been knocked ass over tea kettle but for some reason that did not happen, one of the enigmas of Deer hunting. Had that Buck not been bleeding badly he would have been extremely difficult to recover. Another thing is while the 300 Blackout is certainly capable of killing a Deer it is no sledgehammer, I suspect most hunters familiar with ballistics would classify it as a bare minimum cartridge for Deer hunting. Being on the low end of the power scale would possible to allow some Deer to make a pretty good sprint before the pile up. There is one more thing I noticed, there are quite a few small branches and twigs in the line of fire. It is very possible the bullet hit one and caused the bullet to tumble just before impact. If that happened there would not be the penetration or bullet performance required. I actually had that happen to me on a Moose hunt, my first shot hit some brush causing the Nosler bullet from a 7 mag to tumble and hit behind the front shoulder sideways going under the hide just a few inches, that Moose would have easily survived that shot. Luckily the next shot was in the base of the neck and he dropped where he stood. Al

All I can say is I am clearly seeing the bullet impact on my computer and it is exactly the spot the OP circled, why the Deer did not drop or could not be recovered is beyond me. Al

You guys need to get better video equipment I can see that bullet hit as plain as day, the OP has a frame showing the bullet impact hole perfectly circled. Al

I ran the video frame by frame on my computer and can clearly see the bullet impact directly behind the front shoulder about 6 or 7 inches up from the brisket, the frame I froze is a bit blurry but that small dark spot behind the front shoulder is the bullet's impact. Al

That shot looked good to me, the spot the bullet hit and impact can be clearly seen and should have been a perfect heart shot, it is almost the exact same shot placement I made on the deer I took this year, heart, lungs, liver had tremendous damage and he only went a few yards before dying. One of two things happened, I once shot a spike horn buck at only 20 yards and hit it in the exact same spot with a 300 gr hp bullet fired out of a 45-70. That little Buck somehow traveled close to 200 yards before piling up, he was easy to track as he was leaking bad. My hunting Buddy was with me when I found him and upon field dressing the Buck's heart showed a hole through it dead center, How in the heck he went so far is beyond me, some say adrenaline can keep them on their feet like that. So maybe that doe somehow went farther than you thought she could and is laying dead. The only other explanation for me would be total bullet failure in some way where it did not expand or penetrate, still probably a killing shot but not severe enough damage to keep the Deer from traveling a big distance. Al