Guys,

Thanks a lot for the posts.

Had another interesting hunt with the 300 WM. I had a large doe come in on me Saturday night about 50 yards away quartering. I shot her right in the heart. This time instead of the bullet devastating the off side shoulder like I thought it would it went down a little different. The bullet went right in between the rib meat made a u-turn and went straight through the guts. Most of the vitals were completely untouched. Didn't even hit the liver. There was also no exit hole and deer hardly bled at all. There was a small amount of blood at the impact site but nothing beyond. I found her about 50 yards away.

It was very crappy gutting job.

I'm still pretty surprised by the performance of the 300 WM. I wonder how much of this is a result of the bullet I'm using.

In case anyone wants to comment I'm using a Speer Spitzer BT 180gr.

Tom