Originally Posted by Mbrock
Originally Posted by Semo
All I know is when my son shot that 250# buck in the shoulder with 243 corelokts it fell over and acted dead for 10 minutes. Then it got up and ran off with little to no blood trail. I have lost all confidence in that caliber/ammo combo.

Sure I screwed up and now he is ruining meat with that 350 legend with 180 gr bullets, but at least we wont get deer playing possum on us again after a pretty good shot.

That was likely shot placement🤷🏼‍♂️

That happens with every caliber. I’ve seen deer do the same thing with larger magnum calibers when hit in the high shoulder. Unfortunately they’re rarely recovered. 😞

I've seen more deer lost by high shoulder shooters than any other group.

It's a small target that if executed properly is quickly lethal. But it's no bigger than a softball and just being a couple inches off will result in a lost deer.

Good bullets in the crease behind the shoulder are dead and the target is basketball sized with room for error. .


Last edited by AU338MAG; 12/17/23 11:28 AM.
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