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Craig Henard

Remington 700 Long range rifle,26 inch barrel
Approximately 200 pound Whitetail Buck
Range approximately 150 yards
Deer was standing basically facing me (at a small angle)
I placed Federal Blue Box 7mm Magnum, 150 grain Bullet 3/4 way up from bottom of chest on the near side shoulder,Purposley place a little forward on shoulder,deer gave small buck and took off.Deer ran 100 yards before dropping.
No sign of blood but prior knowledge of hunting area for 45 years give me an Idea of where he was going and I found him.
After hanging and skinning the BuckI found at least a 3 inch hole in shoulder with lungs destroyed and bullet on offside of deer about mid belly balled up between hide and body.
Bullet had retained core but lost mushroom and was just mashed to approx .375 caliber
Bullet not soft enough even at this close range for good performance ? or Just one of those times when animal didn,t know it was dead !! ???

Thanks
Craig