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Whitetail POI...... What’s your intended Target?
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<blockquote data-quote="Equalizer" data-source="post: 2453501" data-attributes="member: 111343"><p>I used to go for the heart/lungs when I was using carbines chambered for pistol cartridges (Marlin 1894 FG 41 Mag 210 Gr XTP) with great success. Some light tracking with no deer traveling more than 30 or 40 yards after the shot with a couple bang flops. </p><p></p><p>A couple years later, Indiana opened up the regulations to include bottle neck cartridges if they met certain criteria (35 cal bullet, 1.8" max case length) so I rebarreled a Ruger M77 mk ii 308 I had to a wildcat that met the specifics, the 358 Hoosier. It's a 358 Winchester but trimmed to 1.8" case length. At this time I also switched to Barnes TTSX projectiles. </p><p></p><p>I was still hunting/stalking to my stand in the afternoon really going slow. Take three steps, relax for a minute etc. well a buck and doe come up out of a ravine on my right. I threw down on Bucky. Well, after 3 180 Gr TTSX perforated this guy he was still trying to get his legs under him & it nagged at me for months…. Why? </p><p></p><p>A few years later my eldest son dropped a good buck, and even though it was a fatal wound, when it got back up I put a 180 Gr TTSX through the shoulder. The deer literally flipped over. Like, <strong>emphatically</strong> dude!!!</p><p></p><p>Mystery solved! The heavier construction of the Barnes needed enough resistance to open the projectile and initiate energy transfer. Yes I lost a little meat. Exactly how much meat is on an average front quarter I don't know. I'll tell you having butchered my own and friends a few times there isn't much meat to be had there anyway. </p><p></p><p>So in summation, it depends on what gun/bullet combination I'm using. I'm pretty sure I'm going for the shoulder every time from now on……</p><p></p><p><u>If you could have seen that deer flip!!!!!! </u> <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😳" title="Flushed face :flushed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f633.png" data-shortname=":flushed:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😳" title="Flushed face :flushed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f633.png" data-shortname=":flushed:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😳" title="Flushed face :flushed:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f633.png" data-shortname=":flushed:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Equalizer, post: 2453501, member: 111343"] I used to go for the heart/lungs when I was using carbines chambered for pistol cartridges (Marlin 1894 FG 41 Mag 210 Gr XTP) with great success. Some light tracking with no deer traveling more than 30 or 40 yards after the shot with a couple bang flops. A couple years later, Indiana opened up the regulations to include bottle neck cartridges if they met certain criteria (35 cal bullet, 1.8” max case length) so I rebarreled a Ruger M77 mk ii 308 I had to a wildcat that met the specifics, the 358 Hoosier. It’s a 358 Winchester but trimmed to 1.8” case length. At this time I also switched to Barnes TTSX projectiles. I was still hunting/stalking to my stand in the afternoon really going slow. Take three steps, relax for a minute etc. well a buck and doe come up out of a ravine on my right. I threw down on Bucky. Well, after 3 180 Gr TTSX perforated this guy he was still trying to get his legs under him & it nagged at me for months…. Why? A few years later my eldest son dropped a good buck, and even though it was a fatal wound, when it got back up I put a 180 Gr TTSX through the shoulder. The deer literally flipped over. Like, [B]emphatically[/B] dude!!! Mystery solved! The heavier construction of the Barnes needed enough resistance to open the projectile and initiate energy transfer. Yes I lost a little meat. Exactly how much meat is on an average front quarter I don’t know. I’ll tell you having butchered my own and friends a few times there isn’t much meat to be had there anyway. So in summation, it depends on what gun/bullet combination I’m using. I’m pretty sure I’m going for the shoulder every time from now on…… [U]If you could have seen that deer flip!!!!!! [/U] 😳😳😳 [/QUOTE]
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