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.270 whitetail bullet shopping again, for the last time.
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<blockquote data-quote="orifdoc" data-source="post: 1967320" data-attributes="member: 115070"><p>Anyone who hunts much and hasn't lost a wounded animal is either lying, or well....... actually they're probably lying. Over the last 50 critters that I've killed I've lost one mule deer and one waterbuck. A zebra and a gemsbok required a bit of tracking, but we eventually sorted it out.</p><p></p><p>There is no perfect bullet. I favor Barnes TSX or TTSX, but I use plenty of others too including HVLDs, Accubonds, and A-frames. I used to like partitions but I got tired of loosing half the animal when they hit bone at close ranges (90% of actual hunting situations).</p><p></p><p>My personal belief is that DRT events from double lung/chest shots most often result from spinal cord concussion. There is no other physiologic reason a lung shot should drop them like it sometimes does. Other times they run like crazy for as long as it takes their blood pressure to tank and loose consciousness. Also, I've seen plenty of dead, dead, dead ones get better in a few minutes, stand up, and run away (fortunately not any of my own).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orifdoc, post: 1967320, member: 115070"] Anyone who hunts much and hasn't lost a wounded animal is either lying, or well....... actually they're probably lying. Over the last 50 critters that I've killed I've lost one mule deer and one waterbuck. A zebra and a gemsbok required a bit of tracking, but we eventually sorted it out. There is no perfect bullet. I favor Barnes TSX or TTSX, but I use plenty of others too including HVLDs, Accubonds, and A-frames. I used to like partitions but I got tired of loosing half the animal when they hit bone at close ranges (90% of actual hunting situations). My personal belief is that DRT events from double lung/chest shots most often result from spinal cord concussion. There is no other physiologic reason a lung shot should drop them like it sometimes does. Other times they run like crazy for as long as it takes their blood pressure to tank and loose consciousness. Also, I've seen plenty of dead, dead, dead ones get better in a few minutes, stand up, and run away (fortunately not any of my own). [/QUOTE]
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