Bill,

I can only dream of using the .500 for what it was intended. But I can damn sure hunt with it, and did so quite a bit last fall. I'll surely hunt with it this year too!

Glad to make your day. Maybe you can mosey down to western Va. and join the hunt one day.

Best,
Curl

P.S. My shot was a good honest 70 yards out of a tree stand in the woods. Right at first light - just light enough to shoot. Cold as hell, about 12 degrees F. One shot to the heart, lights out.

P.P.S. My hunting buddy, on whose land we were hunting had this to say, "Curl I can say one thing for damn sure. There were probably a lot of deer killed in Bath County this morning, but I'll bet the farm that was the only one to die in front of a .500 Nitro Express." The rest of the group were willing to make the same wager as to the whole state of Virginia.