My first handgunned big game was a whitetail doe with my 7 1/2 inch SS Ruger SBH. I watched her walk 250 yards toward my stand. As she passed under the tree I was in I braced the gun on the trunk to get a steadier hold. When the gun went off it jumped off the tree and almost out of my hands. I had rested the gun directly on the cylinder gap. The bullet struck in front of her. As she turned and ran I put the sights on the front of her chest and squeezed the trigger. This bullet hit behind the shoulder and she slid to a stop. Lesson learned.