We still shoot deer by depredation permits, and my grandson still sport hunts, but I quit sport hunting deer many years ago. It just got too easy. But, the last buck I shot while sport hunting was with a .54 cal. patched roundball, 237 grs. The buck was looking towards me but slightly quartering. I put the ball in his white throat patch. When we skinned him I was looking for an exit wound but couldn't see one. Finally did. It was under the right hind leg. That round ball had entered the neck area and exited under the right leg on a 200+ lb. deer. I was seriously impressed with the penetration.
