Originally Posted by johndeere5036

Wouldn’t ever hunt with either seen to many deer wounded or never found with both calibers. My wife has an 08 and lost two deer this year and wounded one and shot placement was dead on. Her gun the deer piles up most of the time but the times she’s a little off the deer run and there is never any blood or anything. Sometimes you will walk up on the deer 30-40 yards from hit site but they never bleed. I’m done with that gun she will be using something else.


You might catch hell on this one.

Anyhow, I’ve hinted with a 7-08 mainly for the last 15 plus years. Only lost a couple deer and I can assure you it was my fault. I’ve lost one of the biggest bama bucks I’ve seen with a rem 7 mag. Knocked him down then found him 11 hours later. He got up and ran like he was never hit. Laying in his own blood.