RE: Alabama Whitetail
He's a darn good looking buck,I shot a 6 point once with my Sako270win and hit him in the neck and I found the tip inlodged about 6 inch's from the bullet entry . I seriously think that these creature's bone stucture can definetly take one hell of an impact .
Although 130gr bullet's are perfect for deer ,the silver tip's are soft and when they contact anything in your pocket, or bounce around on the dash of your truck, they will damge the tip,maybe this is partly the reason.The tip isn't true anymore so when they contact bone with the damaged part of the tip and deflect ,losing most of it's energy from the head on contact.
I shoot a Sako 270 win and I shoot 140gr Winchester Fail safe's and this is just my opinion. The damaged tip's seem to lose some of thier steam.
nubo