with a 243 on a big rutting buck i have noticed there is not a lot of blood and the adreneline makes that deer travel far, with a big buck i would use the 300



BUT, my brother shot a 143 inch buck last year with a .243 and took out the heart and both lungs, there was absolutely not a speck of blood anywhere............i happened to follow a trail and the buck was laying there stone cold dead about 150 yards from the hit