Best ammo for deer hunting?

I actually have that same problem with my .270 and the remmington core lock. The last two deer i shot with it were good shots but left little to no blood. Luckily i was still able to find each deer

I think there are many factors to consider. I shot a doe with .270 Win 130gr Core lokt last yr and she started bleeding immediately and left a huge blood trail while running 50 yards.

I shot another doe this yr with same load and this doe didnt start bleeding for 30 yards and still wasnt much blood trail during the 100 yd recovery until the last 15-20 yards. She was double lunged too.

I dunno but it kills them dead. I havent lost a deer with Core lokts yet so at $18/box I will keep buying them.

Pretty much anything outside of 100 yards will bleed like crazy when shot by my .300wsm with Barnes TTSX. Within 100 yards, it doesn't really expand when shot behind the shoulder. However, if shot right on the shoulder, they drop or run less than 15 yards. That ammo is fricken deadly but it is very expensive.

if you want your deer laying where you shoot them.. shoot ballistic tips. You may sacrafice a shoulder but who cares. The deer is dead, and there isnt much meat in a front shoulder anyway

Berger VLD is also made to have delayed expansion. HSM does factory loads with the VLD.

130 grain .270 Winchester Power Points are the only bullets proven to make a deer bleed 100% of the time. I keep my clip full of them.

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I prefer to shoot for dead center of the shoulder.

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Is that where you are actually hitting them? They usually drop when the shoulder blade is hit.

Hitting a little lower leaves a better/earlier blood trail than hitting a little high; something to do with gravity and science.

Duh. 3" #2. 1 3/8oz.

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i've very open to suggestions for my 7mm rem mag. i shot core lokts this year, had problem w/ no exit on a few, don't necessarily want ballistics but i want a better fricking bullet.