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<blockquote data-quote="Clucknmoan" data-source="post: 1340007" data-attributes="member: 80034"><p>I have shot 5 bulls in the last 5 years with my 6.5 284 running 140 Bergers Huntin VLD's at about 2970. We are lucky enough to live where most people go to play, so I have ample chances and can be picky about what I shoot and where I shoot it. For myself it's about food, I head shoot the first fat bull I can get I the pickup whole. After that the pressure is off and the wife and kids can try to kill something bigger if they want.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, all 5 of these bulls were shot right where the head and neck meet. All of them went down like a sack of crap. 3 of them had their head up when I got to them and needed a second, another of them got back on his feet and I put another in his head. So out of the 5, only 1 was stone dead and busted his neck clean. </p><p></p><p>We have shot about 3 times that many deer with it in the last 5 years and it is absolutely hell on them. Shoot a deer in the head or neck and their ears are the first thing that hits the ground. Absolutely flattens them. Kids have shot quite a few behind the shoulder and it does very well there too.</p><p></p><p>I personally think (for what I do) the 140's are slightly too small to be confident they will perform on a bull when they hit large bone. </p><p></p><p>I actually had a 7/300 built to shoot 180 VLD's for my new headshooting rig because of this. I also switched to the 147 ELD M's in my 6.5 284 go this winter to see how they do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clucknmoan, post: 1340007, member: 80034"] I have shot 5 bulls in the last 5 years with my 6.5 284 running 140 Bergers Huntin VLD's at about 2970. We are lucky enough to live where most people go to play, so I have ample chances and can be picky about what I shoot and where I shoot it. For myself it's about food, I head shoot the first fat bull I can get I the pickup whole. After that the pressure is off and the wife and kids can try to kill something bigger if they want. Anyway, all 5 of these bulls were shot right where the head and neck meet. All of them went down like a sack of crap. 3 of them had their head up when I got to them and needed a second, another of them got back on his feet and I put another in his head. So out of the 5, only 1 was stone dead and busted his neck clean. We have shot about 3 times that many deer with it in the last 5 years and it is absolutely hell on them. Shoot a deer in the head or neck and their ears are the first thing that hits the ground. Absolutely flattens them. Kids have shot quite a few behind the shoulder and it does very well there too. I personally think (for what I do) the 140's are slightly too small to be confident they will perform on a bull when they hit large bone. I actually had a 7/300 built to shoot 180 VLD's for my new headshooting rig because of this. I also switched to the 147 ELD M's in my 6.5 284 go this winter to see how they do. [/QUOTE]
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