FG, I respectfully disagree, if the bullet passes through it isnt dumping all the bullets energy into the dirt, alot is put into the deer. I dont agree with the statement you made about the bullet being stuck under the hide on the opposite side being a passthrough, true it passed through the body cavity but did not completely pass through the animal. The idea of a pass through( to me and we all have a different opinion ) is ALL the way through. If the animal is close and you shoot them high it sometimes takes longer for it to start bleeding due to the high entrance, however if there is a lower exit the blood trail will be alot easier to follow. In a perfect world every deer we shoot would just drop dead or take a step and fall dead but thats not the case. Lots of times deer will run, even with a bullet that didnt pass completely through. I like a bullet that will do some damage to the deer and pass through. Just because a bullet goes through a deer dont mean it didnt deliver any energy to the animal. If using the right bullet it will deliver enough energy to damage the internal organs then exit leaving a good blood trail. I shot one with my 30-06 this year that didnt leave and exit hole, the blood was few and far between, luckily he didnt run over 30 yards. The deer and hog I killed with shockwaves left blood trailsa blind mancould have followed and they both died within 30 yards both had pass throughs.

As we all know with a ML, when you shoot most of the time you cant see anything, you cant tell how the animal reacted to the shot like you can with a modern rifle. It really pays to have a bullet exit for a good blood trail and to bleed the animal out quicker. If the bullet stays in the animal you only have one hole instead of 2.Usually depending on range, the entrance will be high resulting in poor to no blood trail. Theses bullets are big enough that if you poke a hole through both sides of the deer and the internal organs (lungs) you have a heavy blood trail and lots of blood. if you do your part most any bullet through the lungs will kill a deer, but wouldnt you rather one that will pass through making your tracking job alot easier? Again FG, no disrepsect You are a man of far more knowledge than I, just my opinion thats all..