well I never had a problem with a roundball yet dispatching a deer when I put it in the right spot. The furthest I have ever shot a deer was about 80 yards, perhaps a little further. My friends have shot and dropped deer out past 100 yards with roundball. Roundball are deadly.

Every deer I shot with a roundball dropped where they stood or very close to it. I think the furtherst one ran, with a good hit, was 50 yards. Now there was one that ran a lot further then that but it was because of shot placement. It had nothing to do with a roundball VS a conical. In fact the deer was gut shot with a roundball. Friends and I tracked him over a mile, through deep snow,to where he bedded down in a thicket. He was far from dead but the damage that roundball did, the deer would not have made it through the night.

For a long time I was shooting conical after my roundball adventures. I have now started moving back to roundball, although some of the more modern projectiles are exciting as well....