RE: Well he was an eight point at one time.(Why didn't he bleed)
After reading your story I will tell you a story of what happened to me earlier in November of this year.Shooting a 50 caliber muzzleloader this year I double lunged a big buck using 240 grain Hornady XTP bullets and the deer also ran for over 100 yards doubling back and crossing a river onto posted land where no one is allowed to go and this deer had about a 19 inch spread 8 pointer.This deer bleed good about every 5 feet but was still able to run that far bleeding that much.So from here on out I will never double lunga deer shooting a rifle or slug gun but will always take out the shoulder from here on out and shoot a bullet that will penetrate the vitals once I take out the shoulder.In my 45/70 I shoot 300 grain super x hollowpoints which will break the shoulder and take out the vitals so that never happens again as I already shot a 140 pound dressed doe that went no more than 10 feet shooting my 45/70 in thick cover is where I hunt 95% of the time with shots 45 yards or less so that is why I shoot a Marlin guide gun for fast follow up shots if needed.I shot a 270 for over 15 years and have killed probably 50 deer with one and they are deadly but some of the big old mountain deer I took the lungs out still ran to far for me and I was shooting 150 grain Sierra boattails that literally blew up for instant kills but some of them that did not always happen.If I were you I would consider Nosler Partitions and go for the shoulder shots instead of lung shots.We get brainwashed to much by watching bowshooters double lung them but they have no choice with a bow but we do with a gun.I am not worried about wasting any meat with a shoulder shot as not that much meat is there but I wish to this day I would have taken a shoulder shot on my big buck that went onto posted property and died but that is hunting.I still miss my 270 but I would never give up my 45/70 for the fast follow up shots it gives if needed but with a 300 grain hollow point it is seldom needed.Congratulations on your deer and the reason I responded to your post is that you could have lost that deer it sounds like and I didnt want what happened to me to happen to you.I used to always take out the shoulder first as the legs go out with them but for some reason got away from it.You are shooting a good caliber but I would shoot a better constructed bullet as I know firsthand what those flatshooting 270 can do!Take Care!Mike