As a fan of the shoulder shot to avoid trailing deer thru wet bogs and regrowth that you can' t see the ground in(the deer always are near this cover up here and always run straight into it),if I don' t break one and preferably both shoulders with my shot I' m having a bad day.There is no shot outside of head and neck that will drop them dead in their tracks any faster than a solid shoulder shot.I' d rather give up a little shoulder hamburger and have him on the ground in front of me than making circles in the thick stuff and sloughs hoping to trip over my deer somewheres.Since going to the shoulder shot I' ve only had one deer make it out of sight(out of 12 deer) and that was barely,at least six of them were over 200-250# northern deer.It works for me,quit with the thru the slats H&L shots that give a high percentage of death runs.


When penetrating a paritions nose doesn' t just " fall off" ......after mushrooming it fragments like a grenade.The reason the paritions only retain about 60% of weight.After expansion and a deadly wound channel, the rear portion or heel punches on thru for an exit wound and better blood trail in most cases.They are " designed" to do this.......the above description of how they perform is by JOHN NOSLER in the Nosler Reloading Guide.If they don' t encounter any bone they usually mushroom and with heavier contact there will be very little to no nose still intact.Best of both worlds......quick expansion from the nose and drive thru from the base. No bullet failure.........they were MADE and DESIGNED to work that way......I think John would pretty much know what he created them to do.You are 100% correct Mykey.

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