Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Classifieds
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Log in
Register
What's New?
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More Options
Advertise with us
Contact Us
Close Menu
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Forums
The Range
Ammo & Reloading
Bullet performance on BIG critters
Search titles only
By:
Reply to Thread
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="wolfkpr" data-source="post: 3960108" data-attributes="member: 38471"><p>All 3 of my elk have been bow, and when i guided the kiddo to his first elk he hit spine and shoulder.. but on deer ive had lots run out of site with slower rounds like muzzleloader. I generally still aim for center lung “ high percentage shot”, and mainly use .308. I rarely get bang- flops, but most are down in sight, with 20-30 yds or less traveled. I believe ( and a buddy who has killed way more deer than me agrees)- that heart shot deer nearly always run farther than double lung hit. My youngest boy started with .223, and we’ve killed 5 or six with the barnes 62gr and fusion- only one that went (70yds) farther than 40yds was a lung/ liver hit at 130yds ish.. i do think the faster rounds ‘06 150gr, .270, 25-06, etc- do increase your odds of putting them down fast. I think if you really hate tracking you should study on the high shoulder shot ( heck we all should for when the property line is RIGHT THERE, and the position is steady enough). I encourage reading ballisticstudies.com - new zealander who who has done a crapload of research/field testing on all the diff hunt calibers, has a whole published “ knowledgebase” on performance of all the common loads..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wolfkpr, post: 3960108, member: 38471"] All 3 of my elk have been bow, and when i guided the kiddo to his first elk he hit spine and shoulder.. but on deer ive had lots run out of site with slower rounds like muzzleloader. I generally still aim for center lung “ high percentage shot”, and mainly use .308. I rarely get bang- flops, but most are down in sight, with 20-30 yds or less traveled. I believe ( and a buddy who has killed way more deer than me agrees)- that heart shot deer nearly always run farther than double lung hit. My youngest boy started with .223, and we’ve killed 5 or six with the barnes 62gr and fusion- only one that went (70yds) farther than 40yds was a lung/ liver hit at 130yds ish.. i do think the faster rounds ‘06 150gr, .270, 25-06, etc- do increase your odds of putting them down fast. I think if you really hate tracking you should study on the high shoulder shot ( heck we all should for when the property line is RIGHT THERE, and the position is steady enough). I encourage reading ballisticstudies.com - new zealander who who has done a crapload of research/field testing on all the diff hunt calibers, has a whole published “ knowledgebase” on performance of all the common loads.. [/QUOTE]
Insert Quotes…
Verification
Post Reply
Forums
The Range
Ammo & Reloading
Bullet performance on BIG critters
Search titles only
By:
Top
Bottom