thepatriot said:
Riggs said:
I now use one bulllet in both 30:06 and 300 Win Mag...the 180 grain tsx. For me it's because I can take the shot from any angle, and know that I'm going to get complete penetration. No more waiting for it to turn broadside, or watch the deer walk directly away from me and be afraid to shoot.
Sounds to me like your not afraid to take high percentage wounding shots
Not exactly. Seven African Safaris, over 30 big game hunts all over North America, and many deer and bear hunts in my home state have taught me that if one knows the anatomy of their quarry, uses a caliber that's more than adequate, teams it up with a well constructed hunting bullet, and spends hours on the range each week shooting from field positions, then that qualifies them to take shots that most hunters wouldn't, and shouldn't take. Since I started using the Barnes Bullets, I've only ever recovered 2 bullets: one from a Cape Buffalo, and the other from a bull Eland that weighed over 1500 pounds. On the Eland, my shot entered the right hip, travelled all the way through the animal, and came to a stop under the skin in the brisket. That was over 6' of penetration with the 300 grain Barnes. I've yet to wound, and loose any animal I've shot using a Barnes Bullet. Conversely, I once lost a beautiful Whitetail Buck in Wyoming using a .270 with the early Hornady Soft Point 150 grain Interlock bullet. It was a 60 yard broadside shot at the edge of an alfalfa field. I hit the deer right on the point of the shoulder. The deer went down, but got right up and ran off with a broken shoulder...the leg swinging with each leap. We watched the deer run for over 2000 yards, never breaking stride, until it got into a thick river bottom. There was no blood trail at all, and the deer was lost, and counted as filling my tag.