It seems as if there a few types of bullets/sabots that don't produce much blood. I have been fortunate that by muzzleloader season in Mn, there has been snow on the ground every year, otherwise I am not sure that I would found my deer b/c I may have chocked a couple up as misses....but upon long searching in the snow, I would finally find some "minor blood". I always watch the reaction of the deer very intently to see if its hit and that has saved me many a deer b/c I have kept searching even with no blood in the snow for a ways...This fall I will trying a few different sabots on deer to see what works best. I could careless if it shoots good on paper....most every one of them I have tried does, it's what the sabot does on game that is what I care about.