It's not a miss when the buck does a 360 ass-over-tea kettle flip after getting hammered in the neck. It just wasn't a kill shot.

Best guess is that since he was head on to me, I must have hit it to one side of the neck. Enough to flip it over, but not enough to instantly kill it. That was with a .300 Win Mag at 200 yards.

As Art said to Doc once after I released a hatchery king, much to Doc's dismay: "Don't worry Doc, it's dead."

I blame that POS Browing A-Bort and booolit.

In either case, should have another opportunity this fall. Can't wait! Hopefully I'll have something to post about. Going to give your little .270 a chance.

While I have a little bit of a clue when it comes to fishing, not so much when it comes to hunting. I do want to learn more, though....and am always trying to learn as I go.