Goldfish wrote:No lies. They've all dropped on the spot. Now, a 30-06 is no slouch of a round, and definitely has some knock down power, but I don't recall any going thru the deer as we don't use fancy rounds. Just the basic crap that mushrooms. Knocks them down for the count.
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Wait- you're saying your .30-06 doesn't make an exit wound? Are you still high?
Make no mistake, Ive got nothing against whatever caliber somebody wants to shoot. But I've shot a LOT of deer, with a LOT of calibers, and the only, onliest one that reliably drops deer within 20 yards is my .35. Always. Every time. Never ran more than 20 yards. Ever. Neck, lungs, heart, even 1 gut shot. The gut shot was grotesque, even for me, and was the result of of a piss poor shot on my part, at a walking deer at about 140 yards. But she ran 3 leaps and fell, and that was that. Kicked for about a minute, then no more, but I could see about 3 feet of intestines out the other side from my tree stand.
I'm no ballistic expert, so have no idea why, but it seems to be a combination of just the right speed for just the right weight bullet or something. I don't care for the 7mm, because if they DON'T drop (granted, it rarely happens with that round in my experience, but it DOES happen), you have very little blood trail. Never seen an exit wound appreciably bigger than the entrance wound with the 7mm Remington Mag that I've used, on shots from 50 yards to 360 yards.
Shoot what you want. I'll stick to the .35 because it makes far less work for me. Maybe if I ever lose one, I'll change my tune. But not only has it not happened in about 13 years, but it's never come close to happening.
