This isn't meant for anyone in particular, but if you are shooting a scoped rifle at a deer at under 75 yards you should be able to shoot a dang FMJ and kill it quickly. Too many guys love to shoot those high shoulder shots every time and drop them in their tracks, but if it's a close shot shoot them lower in the heart and I guarantee you no deer is running more than 50 yards with a rifle shot blowing the heart up.

As said, bullets are made for different things. You can't have the perfect bullet for every scenario, just pick how to use it the best.

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Posted by rattlebucket

SELA

Member since Feb 2009

11548 posts

Posted on 11/10/16 at 11:08 pm to baldona

Just giving 4 examples of deer shot in boiler room and they all kilt them dead with core lokts. The last pic was a neck shot, which I dont recommend, but it was a small doe that I wanted to take and only gave me a neck shot so I took it. Hit a deer in heart or lungs and they are dead.

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Posted by TigerOnThe Hill

Springhill, LA

Member since Sep 2008

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Posted on 11/11/16 at 11:13 pm to baldona

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shot shoot them lower in the heart and I guarantee you no deer is running more than 50 yards with a rifle shot blowing the heart up.

Actually it's not uncommon for a heart shot deer to up 100 yards.

And for the benefit of any impressionable hunters here, for a number of reasons, don't use FMJ bullets on big game. For one thing, many states outlaw using FMJ bullets on big game. They don't typically expand and simply punch a clean hole (same size as the bullet diameter) through the animal, imparting less "shock" to the animal than an expanding hunting bullet.

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