2008. Last drive out of the field on the last hunt of the last weekend of the season. Just before we left the field I saw and got a shot off on a 1.5 year old mule deer buck at 60 yards with a Smith & Wesson Classic 629 with a 5" barrel. Used Federal lead free ammunition. Maybe about 220 grains. Hit the deer mid-body. This was my first time shooting at big game with a pistol and I wasn't really certain how this would play out, so I held for mid-body, but in the lungs. The hammer fell and the deer dropped like it had been struck by lightening and never got up. It's body slid down the hill toward me until it was stopped by a tree. Bullet did not exit the off-side. It was a very young, small buck.