Jaime, my last statement wasn't directed at you at all. It was directed at the other two bone heads.

You and I are splitting hairs though on certain things and I guess some of our answers are based on our own opinions and experience.

I will say it again, a .270 or .30-06 is fine for GA. I suggested a gun with more knockdown power in case he gets hooked and wants to hunt outside of GA. I know I got hooked into hunting and before I knew it, I was adventuring out west and up north to hunt. I love hunting in the snow!

The point I was trying to make though is, good shot placement or not, I've seen some deer and black bear run long distances in GA with a vital shot. Sometimes they run on pure adrenaline.

The first deer I shot in GA was a doe weighing 180 lbs. Why is that so hard to believe? I'll admit that is pretty big for GA and most deer are between 100-140 lbs.

The biggest deer I've ever seen in GA was a 14 point buck in Monticello, GA and it was huge weighing 220 lbs. The biggest deer I've ever seen was in Kentucky weighing 240 lbs and it was a doe. Deer up in Canada can reach 280-300 lbs.

Jaime, I'm not asking if you believe me or not about "half head". I've got plenty of hunting stories I could tell you that you probably wouldn't believe. That pig with half a brain had maggots all over his head while he was walking around for a week before my buddy shot him again. You would never think an animal could live with maggots eating on it, but I seen it with my own eyes.

Also, that doe I shot in the shoulder was quartering towards me and I was in a short 8 ft wooden stand. That was over 20 years ago, lol. I was hunting a small food plot in short pines. One of the other guys in the club built it short because there was no need for a tall stand in short pines. You can't see shit. It was actually a nice stand with fixed rails from what I remember. I hate hunting pines and I will never hunt them again though, that's for sure. I typically hunt wherever the acorns are or food plots along hardwoods.

Anyway, 8ft off the ground from 80 yards quartering towards me. It took 3 grown men to pull this deer back to the food plot and we were whooped! Lol That was a big fuckin deer.

I believe I met you up at Mahdavi before and you might remember me. Sam knows who I am. Ask him who is the crazy fucker with the birthday a few days before his birthday.