.35 Remington Lever action.
Three or four years ago, in Alabama, I was sitting at the base of a tree. "Still" hunting I guess you could say. Early in the season and wanting a nice fat doe for the freezer.
Off to my right 5 does popped out. Could not risk moving to my right and getting into a good shooting position so I did an offhand shot. Had to put the shot between two Sweet Gum trees to take the deer I wanted.
The shot didn't go as planned. Instead it went straight through the tree on the left, about a 3" thick Sweet Gum.....then literally knocked the doe off her feet for a clean quick kill. Not the exact shot I was looking for but I will take it. Apparently the bullet mushroomed out quite a bit going through the tree and by the time it hit it's mark it packed quite a punch! That was from one of my Marlin .35 Remingtons.

