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. 😞

You are probably right. But I bet I have tracked 90-100 deer and have never seen so little evidence of a hit. Ive tracked a bunch of high shoulder 30-06 150 gr corelokt hits and they had way more blood and stumble marks. This deer didnt even look like he was limping and it was steep terrain.

I watched the shot and saw the deer laying there and saw the entry hole it sure didnt look too high. Looked like it was maybe 2 inches higher than perfect placement.