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<blockquote data-quote="SilvaDoc" data-source="post: 4982114" data-attributes="member: 21409"><p>"Light bullet?" Good question and not an answer I can defend too vigorously. However, I want the bullet to upset relatively quickly. Inside the narrow chest cavity of a deer "lighter bullets" tend to do this more efficiently than heavier bullets. Of course all of this is relative to bullet construction. But, the forensics of a bullet path inside a deer, and exit, needs to be as severe as possible to create the wound needed for a consistent blood trail. Lighter bullets do this better on lighter game.</p><p></p><p>All of this is a little picky. The last deer I shot was with my elk load and it fell down pretty darn dead ... pretty quick. But with a poke-hole wound, in and out, from that heavy bullet, it also did not bleed along the way.</p><p></p><p>Heavy bullets, heavy for caliber, are usually the ticket for heavy game. White tails are light.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SilvaDoc, post: 4982114, member: 21409"] “Light bullet?” Good question and not an answer I can defend too vigorously. However, I want the bullet to upset relatively quickly. Inside the narrow chest cavity of a deer “lighter bullets” tend to do this more efficiently than heavier bullets. Of course all of this is relative to bullet construction. But, the forensics of a bullet path inside a deer, and exit, needs to be as severe as possible to create the wound needed for a consistent blood trail. Lighter bullets do this better on lighter game. All of this is a little picky. The last deer I shot was with my elk load and it fell down pretty darn dead ... pretty quick. But with a poke-hole wound, in and out, from that heavy bullet, it also did not bleed along the way. Heavy bullets, heavy for caliber, are usually the ticket for heavy game. White tails are light. [/QUOTE]
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