Myself, i have been wondering something similar. It greatly puzzles me why folk choose to use bullets that are called good by some, and bad by others, when there are bullet available, that have never had a bad word written about them. One would think, that every body in the world, would use bullet that only have good things written about them.

Now, some bad written about bullet have to be ignored, because of the source. Some good written about bullet should be ignored, because of the source.

Having killed my share of elk, and more than my share of deer, i believe deer aren't really so very hard to kill. There are so so many bullet choices that will work nicely at putting them down humanely.

Another thing i have puzzled over, is why do so many pay premium prices for bullet, when there are superior bullet available at near target shooting bullet prices.

It is my opinion that XTP bullet are fine for deer, however, i am positive there are better bullet available for near the same cost.