Big bore big game thread

[glennjones]

Why let the small cal guys have all the fun. Let's see some 450 bushmaster, 45-70, 458 socom success on big game or varmints if that's your thing.

Whitetail bucks 180lbs on the hoof. 75ish yard shot. 450 bushmaster 250 maker rex 1900 impact velocity. Bullet entered right at the point of the front shoulder created a massive entrance hole in the ribs came to rest under the skin in front of the hindquarter. Deer ran 20yds no blood trail at all. Expanded diameter of the bullet was .88.

 

[Anschutz]

This was about 10 years ago. Doe whitetail, Marlin Guide Gun 45-70, 405gr mold cast at 436 with a mild load of 4227, DRT. This is the entry side. I lost the picture of the exit but basically flip it with less bloodshot and further forward. This was after laying on the entry side for about 2 hours while I looked for her friend that I believe tried to cross a creek in the swamps and got swept away. I never found that one unfortunately and later found that the front sight had shifted. It wears Skinner's now.

 

[robtattoo]

Best I can do in this thread, I'm afraid!

Piggy with a .79 (ok, 12ga) slug


My first ever buck, taken with a .54 roundball


And 3 does in under a minute, 100ish yards each & 3 DRT with my 9.3x62

 

[glennjones]

Best I can do in this thread, I'm afraid!

Piggy with a .79 (ok, 12ga) slug
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My first ever buck, taken with a .54 roundball
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And 3 does in under a minute, 100ish yards each & 3 DRT with my 9.3x62
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12 ga slug definitely counts as big bore I'll see if I can dig up a picture of an 8 point I shot in the face with a slug.

 

[Anschutz]

H&R Ultra Slug 20ga
Remington Accutip 2-¾
Range: ~75 yards
Ran ~30 yards
Entrance

Exit

Lungs

Same Gun/Ammo
Range: ~45yards
Quartering to, entered neck and exited just in front of offside shoulder (which was back). She was DRT.
Only picture was of the smashed ribs as seen here:

I was on a time crunch so didn't get any pictures of the doe that came in after I got this one field dressed and was about to drag her out. She was a rare perfectly broadside deer at about 20 yards. I hit her with a Hornady slug through both shoulders and she ran about 25 yards before tipping over.

Last year, same patch of woods. Doubled up (accidentally) with my Muzzleloader. I was really confused because I only saw one deer at 15 yards. Aimed just off the center of her chest and shot, saw her run right to left, waiting for her to fall when she started blowing and came back to the same spot as I finished reloading. Second shot I saw the kick and she plowed for about 10 yards. The first was laying in her tracks. Pics are from the first doe.
CVA MR-X .50
70gr Pyrodex RS
300gr .451 Hornady XTP
Entrance

Terminus in hindquarter

Recovered bullet

 

[waspocrew]

Yearling elk with the Marlin 45-70 a few years back. Fun hunt for sure.