re: Another 243 Success Story

The first gun I hunted with was a 20ga single shot crack barrel. After a season with that my dad bought me a Remington youth model .243. I've killed more deer with that gun than anything else. Always shot 100gr BTSP.

From 10-17 I shot everything behind the shoulder. A lot of the deer found had no exit holes, and a minimal entry wound. The final straw was on a Saturday morning hunt I shot a good 8pt (110-115") and found ZERO blood. Everyone told me it was a clean miss, but I kept looking. Found the first blood 100 yards on a tree he brushed up against, shot was behind the shoulder middle of the chest deer ran 250+ yards.

I don't deny that caliber posses the energy needed to kill deer but I don't like that if a deer runs the blood trail isn't always reliable.