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[Nuclearcricket]

Great report and it sounds like a fantastic hunt. I will admit that I wouldn't have thought those calibers and bullets would have performed like that. Especially that frontal shot.
I have used a 45-70, loaded with smokeless, on 2 occasions to take PA white tail deer and it has performed very well. I have a 44-77 in the works that I had thought of using on deer at some point. Perhaps I should rethink that and drop down to a 38-55 with BP and lead bullets. If a 45-70 is more than up to the job on a 1000 lb buff, it may be a bit of over kill on a 150 lb deer.
Again, congrats on some great shooting and a fantastic hunt.
Sam