re: Small caliber deer rifle recommendations?

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For example ( one of the many reasons i personally wont shoot a 243)
I have had 2 different friends shoot and blood 2 different wallhangers within 2 weekends. I was hunting on the same property both times, and i tried to help track them. Very very sparse blood.

Found one of the 2 bucks like 5 or 6 days later in a creek. Behind the shoulder shot. Didnt make sense.

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That depends largely on the round used. If you don't have an exit wound there will be less blood. If you shoot a double capped bullet this shouldn't be a problem even with a .223. On another not when a round is left inside an animal it leaves all of it's energy inside of the animal so it does more damage thn the same sized round that penetrates all the way through. The problem with this is that they are hard to find with no exit wound.