I actually did hit a deer in the ear once. There is a thicket of pine trees, and underbrush near the barn lot on our deer farm. Especially during shotgun season, I always check it for a deer hiding from all the orange clad people. I saw a deer before it saw me. As I raised my gun, she looked at me. I pulled the trigger as she raised. I swore I hit her, but she ran off anyway. Mason was a few hundred yards behind me, raised his gun and dropped her on the run, (nice shot!). He razed me about missing when I caught up with him.... then we saw a slug sized in one of her ears. Apparently I hit her, or she had a gauged piercing in one ear!