I've been using the bonded 250gr shock wave for several years with excellent results until this year. I posted back in oct a doe I shot and had some trouble finding her with a well placed shot from the SW. Early this month I shot a 14 inch 8pt at approximately 40 yards. I felt good about the shot and the buck ran off into a strip of woods that separates two small fields jinking his tail. When I see a deer jinking his tail after a shot that has always been a positive sign for me. When I got to where the deer was standing I found no blood or hair, I followed his tracks out of my food plot until the tracks came to where the field was growed up. All the weeds had red stems so I knew it would be impossible to find blood in it, but no big deal I saw exactly where he ran into the strip. I found two drops of blood where he went into the woods. I fully expected him to be lying in that strip, but he wasnt. I didnt find anymore blood other than the two drops. If he followed the strip of woods it would lead in into a super thick cottonwood thicket. I decided to back out and come back the next morning. At 7am I took my lab and me and her searched until 2pm with no sign of the buck. The cottonwood thicket is about 4-5 acres and we searched it from stem to stern. We searched the other field, the woods along the bay, the strip he ran into again, nothing. I realize since I didn't find the buck I cant verify where my shot hit. All I can say is I felt good with the shot and my muzzy is on. Like I stated early I have had excellent results with the SW's and I am not gonna stop using them. Maybe I got a hold of a box that was bonded a bit to much I dont know. I just dont like losing game that I shoot. I made every effort to find that buck but I didnt him. Hopefully he will live, but I dont think so.