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<blockquote data-quote="FrogFire7" data-source="post: 2659444" data-attributes="member: 101482"><p>I should elaborate on the copper bullet explanation. As mentioned, a broadside shot through the lungs is very unlikely to ruin much meat, with any bullet. However, if you get into a quarter it will likely cause a lot of bloodshot "jelly" with almost any caliber with conventional cup and core bullets. My niece had to throw away the front half of a white tail buck that she shot with a 243 a couple years ago. Just all bloodshot and nasty. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand, a good cooper bullet will, in my experience, never cause that kind of trauma. A few years ago I made a bad shot on a doe running across a field, took her right on the front and top of the hips. This would normally ruin a majority of the rear quarters plus tenderloins. While there were none fragments to clean, the old addage if being able to "eat right up to the bullet hole" held true. Very, very little wasted meat. It made me a firm believer!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrogFire7, post: 2659444, member: 101482"] I should elaborate on the copper bullet explanation. As mentioned, a broadside shot through the lungs is very unlikely to ruin much meat, with any bullet. However, if you get into a quarter it will likely cause a lot of bloodshot "jelly" with almost any caliber with conventional cup and core bullets. My niece had to throw away the front half of a white tail buck that she shot with a 243 a couple years ago. Just all bloodshot and nasty. On the other hand, a good cooper bullet will, in my experience, never cause that kind of trauma. A few years ago I made a bad shot on a doe running across a field, took her right on the front and top of the hips. This would normally ruin a majority of the rear quarters plus tenderloins. While there were none fragments to clean, the old addage if being able to "eat right up to the bullet hole" held true. Very, very little wasted meat. It made me a firm believer! [/QUOTE]
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