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<blockquote data-quote="slowshot18" data-source="post: 2351414" data-attributes="member: 119000"><p>Every year I watch quite a few whitetail go. Between family and friends trips and some of the guiding I do, I've seen a wide array of bullets used on whitetail. I've also been apart of management hunts on MLD properties where 20+ does have been needed to be taken. Shoulder shots, gut shots, neck shots, heart shots, head shots, long shots, you name it, there a good chance I've seen it. </p><p>One ranch manager used an ar15 chambered in 5.56 shooting fmjs. I didn't think it would work but it did as long as vitals were hit. </p><p>The fmjs would not expand if no bone was hit. But there would always be hair if not blood. The deer would die usually within 30-100 yds. Not ideal, but it wasn't my place to go into ethics. </p><p>Gut shot whitetail with some of the long range hunting bullets will leave hair and bits and pieces of skin. Those run a lot and require a follow up shot. </p><p>I hate to say this but if you hit the deer, there should at least be hair. If the bullet exited and just penciled through, some skin or chunks of tissue would more than likely be present as well. Even a hit in the no man's land, behind the shoulder and high just below the spine would result in either the animal falling temporarily or some form of hair tissue. We all miss eventually!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slowshot18, post: 2351414, member: 119000"] Every year I watch quite a few whitetail go. Between family and friends trips and some of the guiding I do, I’ve seen a wide array of bullets used on whitetail. I’ve also been apart of management hunts on MLD properties where 20+ does have been needed to be taken. Shoulder shots, gut shots, neck shots, heart shots, head shots, long shots, you name it, there a good chance I’ve seen it. One ranch manager used an ar15 chambered in 5.56 shooting fmjs. I didn’t think it would work but it did as long as vitals were hit. The fmjs would not expand if no bone was hit. But there would always be hair if not blood. The deer would die usually within 30-100 yds. Not ideal, but it wasn’t my place to go into ethics. Gut shot whitetail with some of the long range hunting bullets will leave hair and bits and pieces of skin. Those run a lot and require a follow up shot. I hate to say this but if you hit the deer, there should at least be hair. If the bullet exited and just penciled through, some skin or chunks of tissue would more than likely be present as well. Even a hit in the no man’s land, behind the shoulder and high just below the spine would result in either the animal falling temporarily or some form of hair tissue. We all miss eventually! [/QUOTE]
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