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So whats wrong with the .243 on Deer?
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<blockquote data-quote="MLN1963" data-source="post: 844482" data-attributes="member: 68159"><p>My son has shot all his deer with a .243 I bought him. All were with 100 grain Remington corlokts or Federal red box. Broadside or front chest shots and none have taken more than a couple steps with most being bang flop. Exit wounds? Rarely, but the deer have never left the area they were shot. </p><p></p><p>Last year I shot a big buck with my .270 Win at a whopping 20 yards. The deer ran about 70 yards and piled up. Had I not been watching I probably would have lost him. There was no exit wound no blood trail. Upon inspection the bullet blew the heart completely to pieces and the bullet likely exploded due to the close shot and all the energy still in it. </p><p></p><p>What is my point? Even with a perfectly placed shot with a supposedly more worthy deer round my deer went 7 times further than any deer my son has shot with his .243. </p><p>My deer ran away on adrenaline and the oxygen still in his system. He was dead and didn't know it. I don't think all deer lost are because of bad shots or poor caliber choice, some have the will to survive and run off to die elsewhere. We just have to do our best to try find them. Waiting is the best thing we can do but sometimes it is easy to get caught up in it and forget to give them enough time to expire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MLN1963, post: 844482, member: 68159"] My son has shot all his deer with a .243 I bought him. All were with 100 grain Remington corlokts or Federal red box. Broadside or front chest shots and none have taken more than a couple steps with most being bang flop. Exit wounds? Rarely, but the deer have never left the area they were shot. Last year I shot a big buck with my .270 Win at a whopping 20 yards. The deer ran about 70 yards and piled up. Had I not been watching I probably would have lost him. There was no exit wound no blood trail. Upon inspection the bullet blew the heart completely to pieces and the bullet likely exploded due to the close shot and all the energy still in it. What is my point? Even with a perfectly placed shot with a supposedly more worthy deer round my deer went 7 times further than any deer my son has shot with his .243. My deer ran away on adrenaline and the oxygen still in his system. He was dead and didn't know it. I don't think all deer lost are because of bad shots or poor caliber choice, some have the will to survive and run off to die elsewhere. We just have to do our best to try find them. Waiting is the best thing we can do but sometimes it is easy to get caught up in it and forget to give them enough time to expire. [/QUOTE]
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