1) Traditions Deerhunter, 90gr Pyrodex and a 300gr PR Keith Nose bullet. Doe was about 90 yds, facing me to slightly quartering. The way this setup was the deer were coming straight in on me across 1/4 mile of open ground to get to soybeans behind me, broadside shots were not going to happen which is why I opted for a 300gr soft lead HP bullet instead of a Shockwave in an inline. I shot and the doe took off to my left at full speed. And ran, and ran. I was flabbergasted as I had expected that big bullet to flatten like a pancake and drop her. Instead she ran 200 yds then went down in a ditch and could not get back out. I was lucky that it was an unusually snowy November, if there had not been so much snow in the ditch (I almost got stuck in there going in to get her) she would have crossed and kept going. When I gutted her the bullet had destroyed one lung but I had not gotten any of the heart or other lung so apparently it was not enough to put her down. Bi exit hole but little blood even on good snow.

2) 300 bonded SW, 135gr 777 Omega X7 90 yds (I think?). Hit her high as I thought she was further out and held high, under the spine through the very top of the lungs. The bullet had zero expansion, was only in the body for about 6in as it put a neat little hole through the top of both lungs with almost no visible trauma. Definitively did NOT touch the spine. Yet she dropped in her tracks without so much as a flinch like I'd shot her in the head.

3) 200SW, 110gr 777. Doe, 338 yds. I did not expect a pass-thru at under 1000fps but not only did I get one but there was clear evidence of expansion and decent trauma...not like a 100 yd shot but better than I expected. Did not hit bone though. DRT. For the dozens of deer I've taken with this load and the ranges at which many were taken I should have more curious stories on this one but it's just boringly dependable.

4) WARNING: OFF TOPIC. I include this just to highlight the curious and unpredictable nature of animal physiology. We all expect them to react a certain way to a certain hit and that's too simple!! I shot a doe and recovered the arrow, cleaned it and checked the broadhead for sharpness and all seemed OK so I took it back out the next day. Shot at an 8-pt from about 35 yds and watched the arrow do a looping pattern all the way to the deer -- later learned that the broadhead ferrule was slightly bent (hard lesson learned, check them closer!). Impacted VERY low on the belly just in front of the rear leg, only in the deer for maybe 3in or less. Deer dropped his head and turned away, looked punch-drunk. Stood there a good 10min like that. Never presented a good follow-up shot. Finally started walking away slowly, since he was injured I put a Hail Mary from 70 yds at a poor angle and just clipped a leg. Felt terrible, total operator error. Let him go but still-hunted after him the following morning, found him laying behind a tree 150 yds away KO'd but alive and finished the job. No bleeding at all, really nothing but skin hit. All I can figure to this day is I hit a big nerve.

MTA: Also OFF TOPIC, but the reason I don't use Barnes Bullets as well-liked as they are on here is I had a Barnes Expander 12ga slug explode on the exterior of a small doe's shoulder blade leaving nothing but a crater and a long, long chase.