ORIGINAL: Ridge Runner
if ya don't wanna track, ie DRT, shoot a fast small caliber rifle with a high expansion light for caliber bullet ( 243's and 25's seem to be best on our size deer)and hit them at the point of most resistance the scalpula(shoulder blade) this way they absorb the massive shock wave the bullet is capable of delivering. this sends the shockwave up the central nervouse system to the brainstem, and pushes the blood backwards through the major blood vessels causing instant death. Controlled expansion bullets are not very good on light thin skinned game above 22 cal. they leave an exit wound which some folks prefer but if the bullet is put into the lungs an exit is a moot point, the deer blow pleny of blood for tracking from the nose/mouth as they're lungs start to fill up with blood, about 50 yds from POI. These are just my observations from about 30 years of deer hunting with lots of different rifles
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If you take & make good shots....I'd go with that!
Ford/chevy...coke/pepsi... mine is better than yours. Like it's been said, most of the stuff is just maketing nonsense. There is no magic, most guns pretty much do the same thing.
Some people just get so caught up in the name & what it is suposed to do. Just a few years ago nearly everyone thought the .44 rem mag was the most powerfull thing on earth, however, If I wanted to kill a deer I'd just as soon have a 30/30 (the puniest thing on earth, right). I've shotmany deer with a variety of guns. One kills 'em just as dead as the other, in capable hands.