2 does shot with 175 gr PR bullet
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Thread Starter
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From: Union City, Michigan
Shot 2 does Sat –one in Morn and one in eve.
175 gr PR bullet , 100 gr T7, 2100 FPS, Omega
Both double lung, no bullet recovery, bullet barely made exit hole- decent blood trail, but both deer ran about 150yrds, shots 50 and 110 yards. no meat damage here is the meat back from the processor.
Doe #1 -120 lb field dressed got 40lbs meat
Doe #2-139 lb field dressed got 55lbs meat
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Fork Horn
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I was nervous going from a 300 grain xtp to a 220 grain dead center but the dead centers work great for me. The longest a deer has run has been around 30 yards. Keep up the good work. Greg
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Boone & Crockett
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From: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Nice going bowbender. Over 100 yards of tracking can be tough in thick brush or other difficult terrain, and a piece of cake in open woods. Did you have any problems locating them?
I'm always amazed at the toughness of these animals and how far adeer with a shredded heart and lungscan run.
I'm always amazed at the toughness of these animals and how far adeer with a shredded heart and lungscan run.
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From: Union City, Michigan
Most of our hunting for does is in CRP fields with food plots on the edge. Ave size is 220 yards square. I can usually see them run for the first 100 yards that is why I chose the light flat shooting bullets. If I hunt the brush I might to a different bullet/powder combo. I am sighted in for 150 yards and this is 3” high @ 80 yards. I tried the Barnes all copper but the were 4” higher and left of my PR bullet. So far I have recovered all the deer shot with PR bullets, but they have ran a lot. The first doe had part of its heart shot, both lungs and either the bullet or a piece of rib blew a hole in the liver. She ran 130 yards into a drainage ditch but couldn’t make it out the other side of the ditch. I watched her all the way so recovery was no problem.
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ORIGINAL: frontier gander
use a heavier bullet and dont worry about FPS.
use a heavier bullet and dont worry about FPS.





