Shot one domestic sheep with the 45 ACP, we were bowhunting & the sheep herder had a big Ewe that had part of her insides sticking out her rectum for some reason & ask me to put her down. I had some 230 gr. TC cast ammo on board & it went through that thick wool like newspaper. She was dead in 6-7 seconds. The 45 Auto with correct ammo is very well up to the task at handgun distance. If I were tree stand hunting I'd use Speer Gold Dots or Hornady XTP's & eat backstraps for supper.

Dick