There is no doubt that the Barnes is a good bullet, I am in doubt that it is the best. The nosler 300gr partition and the 300gr Lehigh would be on my list for trial and then there is the 300gr Gold Dot and the 300gr Bonded shock Wave. I believe that I would do some testing on the load that I could get them to shoot with and just how much penetration I could get as well as accuracy with a heavy load. My personal belief is that the bigger the animal the bigger the load should be and when you get to the size of an elk and bigger that penetration is very important some people even us hard cast bullets. Lee