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<blockquote data-quote="sbruni" data-source="post: 2016099" data-attributes="member: 27945"><p>Am interested to hear from those with lots of experience with these bullets... first time I hunted with Berger's was probably a dozen years ago on a hog hunt... 80 yard head on quartering shot took out internals, opened up the belly and took out one ham... no need to field dress because the organs were vaporized... hog still ran 30-40 yards and no blood... granted I didn't check the trees. I was impressed enough to take it on a whitetail hunt a few weeks later. A nice heavy eight stepped out at about 100 yards and gave me an easy broadside in a somewhat narrow lane between standing corn and thick CRP... no blood and after about 90 minutes of searching I figure I screwed up the shot somehow. The bullet was so devistating on the big hog I couldn't imagine no blood on a whitetail. Confirmed scope was on with the next doe that stepped out and I was on... in the ear so no test of terminal performance... next day I had a buck step out at 20 yards... he stumbled a bit at the the first and 2nd shot and fell over... I was amazed to find no exit holes... but discovered that's characteristic of these bullets. A buddy found the first buck a week later in the CRP about 20 yards away from where I was looking... I was sure he continued into the corn where he was headed so didn't look quit as hard in the CRP... love them but haven't hunted with Berger's since... most of my hunting has been in the east where you might get some 300-500 yards but the deer are typically 10-20 steps from thicker territory... so I'm thinking exit/ blood trail is important in the East... but also appreciate that in open country that might not be the case.</p><p></p><p>so my questions are</p><p>1) do you vary shot placement close vs long shots</p><p>2) how else should one change decisions, behavior, expectations, etc. using Berger's vs more conventional hunting bullets</p><p></p><p>thanks...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sbruni, post: 2016099, member: 27945"] Am interested to hear from those with lots of experience with these bullets... first time I hunted with Berger’s was probably a dozen years ago on a hog hunt... 80 yard head on quartering shot took out internals, opened up the belly and took out one ham... no need to field dress because the organs were vaporized... hog still ran 30-40 yards and no blood... granted I didn’t check the trees. I was impressed enough to take it on a whitetail hunt a few weeks later. A nice heavy eight stepped out at about 100 yards and gave me an easy broadside in a somewhat narrow lane between standing corn and thick CRP... no blood and after about 90 minutes of searching I figure I screwed up the shot somehow. The bullet was so devistating on the big hog I couldn’t imagine no blood on a whitetail. Confirmed scope was on with the next doe that stepped out and I was on... in the ear so no test of terminal performance... next day I had a buck step out at 20 yards... he stumbled a bit at the the first and 2nd shot and fell over... I was amazed to find no exit holes... but discovered that’s characteristic of these bullets. A buddy found the first buck a week later in the CRP about 20 yards away from where I was looking... I was sure he continued into the corn where he was headed so didn’t look quit as hard in the CRP... love them but haven’t hunted with Berger’s since... most of my hunting has been in the east where you might get some 300-500 yards but the deer are typically 10-20 steps from thicker territory... so I’m thinking exit/ blood trail is important in the East... but also appreciate that in open country that might not be the case. so my questions are 1) do you vary shot placement close vs long shots 2) how else should one change decisions, behavior, expectations, etc. using Berger’s vs more conventional hunting bullets thanks... [/QUOTE]
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