Dec. 27, 1976
South Calhoun Co. AL near Hillabee Creek on college buddy's family property adjacent to the Talladega National Forrest.
Party of three of us had hunted all morning and had met up on a ridge overlooking large field facing south towards the creek bottom along the forrest boundry, about 11am. Something spooked the deer out of the woods and it ran north west across field and circled towards and across in front of us. I was first to get rifle up and fired as it was going left to right. Deer stumbled and continued running, circling towards us and in front of us until another of our party fired. I saw his shot go behind the running deer and above it as it passed us running from right to left. However at the shot, the deer dropped !
I didn't challenge his belief he had killed the deer until we got it to his house and hung it to skin it, even though there was a blood trail back to where I had shot it. It then became obvious that my shot had entered the deer causing a large exit wound on the opposite side, same side of the deer, same side he had shot at.
He said; "you know what, I think YOU shot that deer. Exit wound is on wrong side of the deer!" I chuckled and said, "I wasn't going to argue the issue; because YOU GOT TO FIELD DRESS AND SKIN IT".
At my older brothers funeral in June '12, His older brother and I had a good laugh about it, again !!!
BTW; I shot it with an Interarms MkX .30/06 w/2x-7x Leupold scope in Leupold rings with Norma factory 150gr Semi-Pt BT Spt. I still have the rifle and the remainder of the box of ammo !!! It was/is profoundly accurate. I shot several, not just one 3-shot 1 hole groups with that box and theres 7rds left in the box...
I think I'm what you call a "hoarder"...!