My brother shot this deer 1 month ago with a 6.5 Grendel at 200 yards with a 123sst. He has killed around 75 to date with the Grendel and this is the first one he "lost". The deer was quartered away pretty hard at the shot. The entrance wound is where you see the scab behind the shoulder. The bullet went behind the shoulder blade and travelled forward finally ending up in the same side mushroomed under the hide in the neck. He did not recover the deer then. Blood ran out after 200 yards. He actually killed the deer this morning, over 1 month later, with his 270 win and a 145 eldx with a high shoulder shot. The buck was chasing does and showed no signs of injury.. In my opinion and his as well he hit the deer too far forward and too high. He said he just didn't realize the deer was quartered that much in the dwindling light. I'm not sure if the bullet contacted the ribs and veered to the outside. Perhaps he will answer those questions later. We both agreed the shot should have been lower and farther back. Or that he should have waited for a better angle. I have seen the exact opposite where a quartering to deer was shot in the neck. The bullet went between ribs and shoulder blade and never penetrated the body cavity. This with a 30-06 and 150 corelokts at 50 yards.
In another random incident this week a kid shot an 8pt broadside, 100 yards, right behind the shoulder with a 6.5 Creedmore using 143eldx bullets. This happened this past Saturday. They trailed blood for 150 yards and then lost the trail. That buck was shot and killed by a neighbor this morning. The deer was up browsing and feeding. The hit from Saturday was just above halfway up the body, dead broadside. Evidence from cleaning the deer suggests the bullet penciled through and didn't open. Hopefully some pictures will surface. I will admit that this is not the first time I have heard this about the 143 eldx out of the Creedmore. Folks in my area tend to have much better success on our deer with 125-130 class bullets like the deer season xp 125, 130 eldm, 130 Berger, and 129 interlock soft point just to name a few.
Also, I don't own a Creedmore. I'm not here to argue. I do own a Grendel and a 6.5-06. Both of which I use to good effect on deer and hogs with 123, 140, and 147eldms. I just figured folks might enjoy these stories or at the very least they would provoke some thought. If I get any more info or photos on either I will pass it along.
In another random incident this week a kid shot an 8pt broadside, 100 yards, right behind the shoulder with a 6.5 Creedmore using 143eldx bullets. This happened this past Saturday. They trailed blood for 150 yards and then lost the trail. That buck was shot and killed by a neighbor this morning. The deer was up browsing and feeding. The hit from Saturday was just above halfway up the body, dead broadside. Evidence from cleaning the deer suggests the bullet penciled through and didn't open. Hopefully some pictures will surface. I will admit that this is not the first time I have heard this about the 143 eldx out of the Creedmore. Folks in my area tend to have much better success on our deer with 125-130 class bullets like the deer season xp 125, 130 eldm, 130 Berger, and 129 interlock soft point just to name a few.
Also, I don't own a Creedmore. I'm not here to argue. I do own a Grendel and a 6.5-06. Both of which I use to good effect on deer and hogs with 123, 140, and 147eldms. I just figured folks might enjoy these stories or at the very least they would provoke some thought. If I get any more info or photos on either I will pass it along.
