I know you are on an anti-XTP kick now, but the fact is, if you would have made that same shot (high, through the ribs) with the Deep Curl you still wouldn't have had any/much blood.

This is what people have been trying to tell you if you'd open your mind a bit.

The Deep Curl is a good bullet no doubt. But in my experience with the deer I've shot with them, the performace was exactly the same as w/XTPs.