Thread: Downhill shot

In reference to my earlier post regarding 223 on deer. No photos sorry, don’t bother with them. This morning shot one 8 point stag, typical scrubby Marlborough north-bank animal, at around fifty meters. Shot top of neck/base of skull, dropped like a sack of spuds. About an hour later mate using 308 shot one in neck at about thirty meters. Shot missed bone but took out throat. Took about 30 minutes to find the bugga, made a bit of ground before he decided he was dead. As has been pointed out previously energy isn’t everything, you still got to hit in the right place. Getting back to OP, on longer shots I use StrelokPro. After validation it seems to work near enough for me and it’s easy to use. Am going to try running Ballistic AE alongside to see how they compare, uses JBM calculator so should be good. Tried Hornady app but yea/na, not on phone anymore.