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<blockquote data-quote="Salmonhead" data-source="post: 2898720" data-attributes="member: 117979"><p>In my situation, I prefer high velocity cartridges and have not shot critters past 650 yards, so my impact velocities are generally on the high end of what a bullet can handle. I also hunt in Michigan a lot, and in some of the western states on public property. I prefer bonded bullets most of the time. I am more concerned with a bullet holding together at high velocity so it penetrates all the way through vs not opening enough at low velocity because I don't normally shoot far enough for low velocity impacts to be a thing. I also prefer at least one broken shoulder and an exit hole. If an animal is not dropped, and manages to squirm off, I want it incapacitated in the mobility department as well as the organs. It just limits how far they can get before they expire. I don't want to ruin my neighbors hunt while I'm tracking an animal if I can help it. On public land in Colorado, I also don't want an elk to get over the next hill and get finished by someone else. So I attempt to take out the top of the heart/ front of the lungs, aiming for the Aorta and pulmonary arteries, and typically get one or both shoulder sockets in the process. I also want to be able to get to the good stuff from any angle, whether or not there are shoulders in the way. </p><p>Where we hunt in Wyoming for antelope matters not. One tree on 9,000 acres of land. Soft bullets work well there, and if they run off, you can watch them until they drop. </p><p>For guys shooting long range, low impact velocity and velocity retention are a bigger factor and the softer, high BC bullets make the most sense for them. </p><p>Then there is always personal preference. I have had many customers state they will never use XYZ bullet again, and the next customer states the opposite. So like the OP stated, good thing we have choices!</p><p>I enjoy hearing everyone's personal preference and why.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salmonhead, post: 2898720, member: 117979"] In my situation, I prefer high velocity cartridges and have not shot critters past 650 yards, so my impact velocities are generally on the high end of what a bullet can handle. I also hunt in Michigan a lot, and in some of the western states on public property. I prefer bonded bullets most of the time. I am more concerned with a bullet holding together at high velocity so it penetrates all the way through vs not opening enough at low velocity because I don't normally shoot far enough for low velocity impacts to be a thing. I also prefer at least one broken shoulder and an exit hole. If an animal is not dropped, and manages to squirm off, I want it incapacitated in the mobility department as well as the organs. It just limits how far they can get before they expire. I don't want to ruin my neighbors hunt while I'm tracking an animal if I can help it. On public land in Colorado, I also don't want an elk to get over the next hill and get finished by someone else. So I attempt to take out the top of the heart/ front of the lungs, aiming for the Aorta and pulmonary arteries, and typically get one or both shoulder sockets in the process. I also want to be able to get to the good stuff from any angle, whether or not there are shoulders in the way. Where we hunt in Wyoming for antelope matters not. One tree on 9,000 acres of land. Soft bullets work well there, and if they run off, you can watch them until they drop. For guys shooting long range, low impact velocity and velocity retention are a bigger factor and the softer, high BC bullets make the most sense for them. Then there is always personal preference. I have had many customers state they will never use XYZ bullet again, and the next customer states the opposite. So like the OP stated, good thing we have choices! I enjoy hearing everyone's personal preference and why. [/QUOTE]
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