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<blockquote data-quote="jj5612" data-source="post: 2363175" data-attributes="member: 119010"><p>I shot a Mule Deer Buck with that same load this year at 400 yards. The Bullet still performed, But with my buck I don't know if I moved or if an issue that I had with my scope affected my point of impact. I hit the buck right in the middle of the body top to bottom, and right about the last rib. The Buck ran down hill about 50 yards and bedded down, Then about 20 minutes later he got spooked by another hunter who was trying to help me find him. At that point he went about 20 yards across the hill and then death ran down hill where he ended up was about 100 yards from where I shot him. All of this in scrub oak and mahogany. There was no blood that I could find at the sight of the shot or along the trail where he went. I found a tiny bit of blood in the bed where he had spooked from, but if it hadn't snowed the night before it would've been really hard to track this deer. </p><p>Once we located the deer The bullet functioned correctly it entered with a caliber sized hole, the rear lung on the shot side was mangled and you could tell that multiple parts of the bullet had gone through there. The liver had two holes through it and another laceration, at least one part of the bullet hit the stomach and the base traveled all the way through leaving a caliber sized hole on the off side of the deer. I believe that if I had been shooting another mono bullet like a barnes or a GMX I might've lost this deer because of the conditions and the unfortunate/ poor shot placement. </p><p>I live in UT and this was my first antlered animal I'm just very glad that I was able to recover this animal and not waste the meat. I was disappointed with my shot placement, as when I shot I saw the deer's reaction in my scope and thought the shot placement was better. But for a non-ideal situation I would say that the bullet performed flawlessly. I think that for the money These are one of the best values for copper bullets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jj5612, post: 2363175, member: 119010"] I shot a Mule Deer Buck with that same load this year at 400 yards. The Bullet still performed, But with my buck I don't know if I moved or if an issue that I had with my scope affected my point of impact. I hit the buck right in the middle of the body top to bottom, and right about the last rib. The Buck ran down hill about 50 yards and bedded down, Then about 20 minutes later he got spooked by another hunter who was trying to help me find him. At that point he went about 20 yards across the hill and then death ran down hill where he ended up was about 100 yards from where I shot him. All of this in scrub oak and mahogany. There was no blood that I could find at the sight of the shot or along the trail where he went. I found a tiny bit of blood in the bed where he had spooked from, but if it hadn't snowed the night before it would've been really hard to track this deer. Once we located the deer The bullet functioned correctly it entered with a caliber sized hole, the rear lung on the shot side was mangled and you could tell that multiple parts of the bullet had gone through there. The liver had two holes through it and another laceration, at least one part of the bullet hit the stomach and the base traveled all the way through leaving a caliber sized hole on the off side of the deer. I believe that if I had been shooting another mono bullet like a barnes or a GMX I might've lost this deer because of the conditions and the unfortunate/ poor shot placement. I live in UT and this was my first antlered animal I'm just very glad that I was able to recover this animal and not waste the meat. I was disappointed with my shot placement, as when I shot I saw the deer's reaction in my scope and thought the shot placement was better. But for a non-ideal situation I would say that the bullet performed flawlessly. I think that for the money These are one of the best values for copper bullets. [/QUOTE]
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