I found this study over on the www.24hourcampfire.com forums. I don't know if anyone here is familar with it, but there is some interesting information:

South Carolina Game Study

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In the mid-1990s, Charles Ruth of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources conducted a study of whitetail deer killed on a 4500 acre intensively managed hunting area owned by the Cedar Knoll Club on the South Carolina coastal plain. The terrain varied, but included swampland and very thick brush. All deer were killed with centerfire rifles using telescopic sights by hunters sitting in elevated stands. The sample size is such that definite trends are apparent.

A total of 493 deer were killed in 602 shots, for a one-shot success rate of 81.9 %. Of these 305 were antlered, requiring 375 shots (81.3 %) to kill, and 188 were antlerless, requiring 227 shots (82.8 %), indicating that there was no significant difference between the kill rates for these two populations.

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[ 08-16-2003, 00:57: Message edited by: JLHeard ]

They forgot to ask how many deer got away!

One interpretation of the data is that having antlers does not make you bulletproof....