re: IST 1/6/24

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No 150 grain Remington Core Lokt.

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In what I assume was a 30-06 or 308 that bullet should have given you an exit wound and blood trail unless it was a long shot. Deer are curious creatures and don't always respond to being shot the way you expect them to.

Edit: deer are not that hard to kill and a "standard" cup and core bullet is all you need 99% of the time. Core Lok, Hornady Interlock, Speer HotCor or Sierra Game King all work, choose the one your rifle likes.

I caught downvotes for my comment about Ballstic Tip/SST bullets. I used them in the past and they are the only bullet that gave me DRT (dead right there) results. But they are fairly fragile be design and typically don't leave a leaky exit would. The result is if they're not DRT there isn't going to be a blood trail to follow.

Bonded bullets such as Nosler AccuBond or Hornady InterBond are great... but not needed 98% of the time. Same with Nosler Partitions (although that's what I load in my 270 Win.)