Agreed!! And just another reason I made the switch to BH209...... No waiting for smoke to clear to see how the deer reacts to the shot and exactly what direction it goes.

I, for one, absolutely feel the specific bullet makes a huge difference in blood trails. It's more than just shot placement. I love the way TC Shockwaves group in my ML's and I've killed many deer with them. But have found their blood trails to be consistently poor. With Barnes MZ, or TEZ, or Hornady XTP, or many others that I haven't used.....it makes for much easier followups.