Well, I got a second buck with my 140 Nosler BT's and I couldnt be more happy because of 2 reasons. #1 even though he wasnt as big as my Minn deer I got to shoot my 1st and 2ndbuck with a rifle in the same year! (Ive taken about 25 bucks with my bow) #2 This scenario was completely different than the other and helped me find out some things. In my last thread all of the naysayers towards ballistic tips said "on close shots they do not perform as well". Well on this deer he came in at 75 yards and was standing still. I shot him just a hair above the shoulder and took out one lung and the front half of the heart. After the shot he stood up on his hind legs like a Bronco then took 3 drunken staggering steps and collapsed. He didnt go 15 feet. One thing I noticed with this one as well as my first was the blood spray back towards me. There was blood 6' from where he was standing back towards my stand! Man I am HAPPY!!!

Ruger M77 MKII 7mm Rem mag 140 Nosler BT's 65.6 gr RL 22