I didn't think to mention it when I was posting, but this was the first deer I have shot with a powerbelt, and to be quite honest the results were not spectacular. I had two 50 grain pyrodex pellets behind it. I did acheive a complete pass through, I didn't have to track the deer since I seen it go down at the edge of the field, but I did backtrack his trail just out of curiousity and there was ZERO blood from the time he was hit until he went down. This would have made for a hard tracking job if it would have been needed. Maybe he ran so fast after he was hit he didn't have enough time to fill up and drop any blood? I don't know the answer but there wasn't any blood.

While inspecting the lungs and entry/exit wounds, it looked like there was zero expansion of the powerbelt, it was straight a straight small hole in and out. I know poking a hole in the right spot is what matters the most, but I really wasn't satisfied. I will probably finish the season here and in ohio with the same load, but I think I'm going to experiment and change it up before next season.

Oh and by the way, last season she skunked me during archery season and whacked two ten points during rifle season, so I'm getting used to it.

edit: also just realized I typed "muzzeloader" in the thread title