ORIGINAL: charlie brown

One question I would ask would be how long you have been using that ammo?

If you have practiced with the ammo, and know how well it shoots, and where it hits, then I would bet you are hitting where you are aiming. I can only think of two possibilities.

1. The bullet is extremely fragile and fragmenting before it can exit,

2. The .308 doesn't have enough velocity to push the bullet the whole way through the animal.

I have not seen much blood come from and entrance hole, except with extremely fast cartridges, which the .308 is not.

I think the weight of bullet is fine for deer out to those distances.

I would look at getting a better designed bullet.

Try the Hdy Interbond, Federal Nos Accubond, Nosler Partition, Barnes TSX, etc. Get a box of a few and see which oneis more accurate.

You may not get drop in the tracks results, (especially with that cartridge at longer ranges), but you may get complete penetration, and maybe a better blood trail from the exit wound.

Deer can go a surprising distance, and die in the most concealed spaces, so with no blood to lead you there they can be almostimpossible to find.