shortest shot on a deer

[Lone Star]

I hunted Kodiak for most of the 27 falls I lived in Alaska, usually with a handgun. On a trip ten years ago I was sitting under a large spruce tree with my hunting partner eating lunch when he asked if I thought I could call in a deer. I gave a few blasts on the varmint call and went back to eating my sandwich. Five minutes later a buck walked around the tree and stared at us from about ten feet away. He couldn't decide what we were, and I pulled out the .300 Savage Contender and drew down on him. About this time he figured things weren't right and started to walk off quickly. I found the front of his neck in the 4x scope and dropped him at under 20 feet with a broken neck. Finished my lunch then got busy with the knife....