I was going to finish off a mortally wounded bow shot deer one night with a .357 and backed off about 20 foot. I shot it in the head and all I saw was fur flying and the deer bawling and trying to get up. I thought "dang now that is one seriously tough deer". It took me a second to realize that I had slipped a couple rat shot into that pistol earlier in the day to dispatch a moccasin. Shot the snake but never removed the one remaining rat shot shell from the gun once I was done. I quickly remedied the situation and spun the cylinder over to a jacketed hollow point which did a much better and much more humane job. I felt really bad about that for a while.
