Evening of Sept. 11th just before dark, I filled my buck tag with my fitty cal Thompson Center Hawkens. Buck was a 4x4 that was 18" tall and 21" wide. Guessing that since he was bigger than me by quite a bit he weighed in the 250 lb range. Bullet was a home cast 250 grain Lee R.E.A.L. conical. Hit him kind of high but he dropped on the spot. Bullet broke one rib, spine was bone frags, and broke a rib on the other side. Hide finally stopped the bullet on the off side. Recovered bullet weighs 176 grains. Not bad for a pure lead bullet that smashed a lot of bone in the process.

Finally got the entire deer in the freezer last night. Processing it myself this year. Ton of work and I HATE silver skin. Going to make jerky and lots of sausage. Pretty surprised how tender this deers meat is. Had to be careful removing the back straps because they just wanted tear apart if handled ruff. MMM....can't wait that's going to be some damn good steaks. Also my hunting partner killed a doe and she didn't have an ounce of fat on her body. My buck had a layer of fat over 1" thick in some places. Both deer were about to pop they were so full of grass and aspen.
Try and post pics tonight.