Too add further a mate was having a few probs with deer at his property I went up this morning to lend a hand,it just happened that I had my 308NM with me for its first blood.
I was honked in thick cover last night without getting a crack thus todays change of hunt plans.

I saw the hind and a companion in the early morn and let rip a 180gr Norma load,it punched into the point of the left shoulder as she faced my way,continued through the heart and sliced the liver open also,luckily it didnt open the paunch.
Anyway after the shot I walked back and got the mate and he jumped onto his vineyard beast and dragged her back.She`s hanging in my shed now wholus bolus.This hind had a calf also,only as big as a buck ferret though and it was a stag calf too and the antler buds were readily delineated. I didn't bother with any pics.
As can be seen there was a fair frost on the slope and it was crunchy underfoot,this was taken over an hour after the shot by the time I walked back and we got the beast going.