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Old May 24, 2009, 01:21 PM   #13
pilothunter
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The discussion on the "best" bullet for deer (or any type) hunting is, and will continue to be a never ending saga. There are way too many scenarios for anyone to simply make a blanket statement about any one bullet. Such things as range, game size (100 or 300 lb deer), deer's state of awareness, calmness, spooked or alert, tense or relaxed, etc, etc, etc.

These are just some of the endless variations of the target that can and do make a huge difference on bullet performance. A bullet that performs DIT on a relaxed feeding deer may (and likely will) not perform the same on a buck hopped up on testosterone chasing a doe at exactly the same range, with the same point of impact. Trust me, it's true, if you've not performed both of those types of shots on deer already.

Deer are not very difficult to kill, but "deer" encompasses both a 95 pound Texas buck and a 300 pound Maine buck. A significant difference. The same as shooting a 75 pound sow and 400 pound boar; simply night and day.
Just an observation taken from the use of a lot of calibers and a lot of different bullet types.
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