RE: Soft Point or Ballistic Tip?
I've used the Ballistic Tip in my 30/06 for deer, antelope and caribou. The accuracy and terminal preformance of this bullet is very good. I wouldn't hesitate to use them again for any game up to caribou.
A ballistic Tip is a good bullet to use if hunt whitetail deer on public game land where there are a lot of hunters. It dumps so much of it's energy into it's target that a deer seldom runs any distance at all. That's a big plus if there are a lot of hunters in the woods.