re: 45-70 or .35 Whelen?

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When the bullet hit, the deer looked like Mike Tyson punched it, stumbled backyard and fell over. But I was surprised to recover the bullet between the hide and shoulder on the "exit" side. Thought it would have more power.

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It has plenty of power and it expended all that energy into the deer. If a bullet exits an animal, it's still carrying some of it's energy and therefore did not put all of it's "power" into the animal. I guarantee you, that deer thought it had been hit by a train.

The 35 is only better in that it's faster and flatter shooting.