Last deer of the season last year- small6 pt, about 140 lbs.
I was shooting my Optima (26" barrel) with the 250g shockwaves and 90g T-7 (2f). I watched him for a good while and when he presented me with a good standing-stillshot (perfect conditions) I took it -- at 192 yds. (ranged him with the rangefinder). He dropped in his tracks - never took another step. The bullet blew through the very top of his shoulder blade, crushed the bottom halfof his vertebrae, and lodged in the opposite shoulder, just under the skin. I held a bit too high thinking that the bullet would drop more than it did (I had been practicing at 150 yds with great accuracy). The bullet retained it's mass and expanded extremelywell. I guess what I'm trying to say is that one doesn't need to subject himself tothe massrecoil of a 150g load in order to successfully make a 200yd harvest. Had the bullet hit the boiler room, I feel confident that it would have blown through both sides with little effort.