ORIGINAL: nchawkeye
There's really not much said that you quoted that most experienced hunters don't know...The biggest problem I see is everyone wants to buy the latest gadget and think it will help them fill their tag...I have killed 30 or so deer with a .530 ball and 80 grains Goex, they die just as quickly when shot through the lungs as one hit with a .270...
Something else that some deer hunters can't understand...Hit a deer in the lungs with a 7mm Mag bullet that is designed for elk and he will run farther than that same deer hit with a .243 100gr bullet...Simply because most of the energy of the 7mm Mag ends up in the dirt on the other side of the deer,but most of the energy from the .243 is expended in the deer...
I don't think most experienced hunters know these things. I think most experienced MLer many know them but not general hunters. I think most hunters, get a gun an 30-06 or a 270 and they shoot what their friends do or what they learned growing up. They don't question bullets/loads etc.
As for the 7mm Mag example and the.243,why is that? You state it as fact, i think it is better to shoot thru a deer rather than expending all theenergy inside the deer and having little blood trail. I agree both deer willbe dead, but which one has better recovery, I would say that is with a shoot thru.With a hit in the lungs and not going thru you got a 100+ yards of blood trail recovery to figure our with only a blood trail with a 1/4" hole, not good.
Chap Gleason