My 2nd tag was for a doe. I filled it with one of the last few Speer Deep Curl .44/270 grain bullets I had, with 82.5 grains BH209 and Harvester Crush Rib sabot. Shot was a broadside rear double lung at about 100 yards. As usual, bullet exited, so no recovery to show. Distance to deer recovery was about 80 yards, same as the XTP buck in the pictures.

The double lung deer in our party all seemed to go about 80 yards this year, whether for .30-06, 7mm-08, .308, or muzzleloader. Teen age nieces and nephews have done great with 7mm-08. Maybe they'll get curious about muzzleloader?

I haven't experienced any XTP failures, maybe because of using modest powder loads. I did take one deer at close range with a .44/240 XTP where the velocity would have been about 1700 at impact. Bang-flop was the result. Didn't see any evidence of failure.