good deer bullet?

[DEERDOWN]

anyone shoot the rimrock deer grenade bullets

 

[shopson]

No but if you make a good shot and it drops or leaves a great blood trail it is a good bullet. If you think you made a good shot and there is not much blood and you even lose the deer then it is a bad bullet.

 

[timberjack86]

No but if you make a good shot and it drops or leaves a great blood trail it is a good bullet. If you think you made a good shot and there is not much blood and you even lose the deer then it is a bad bullet.

good advice there!

 

[dh1984]

Where did you find them at and How much are they?

 

[DEERDOWN]

the reason i,m trying another bullet put a xtp perfect deer went three hundred yds blood stopped no recovery. so looking around found these on rimrock.com they sound good

 

[Jcalder]

I've used xtps for the last 7 seasons. Never lost a deer with them. Rarely have a deer run. Not gonna say its the best. But it works great for me.

 

[WestTn Huntin man]

Some hunters like a bonded bullet that usally results in a pass thru. Others like a non bonded that tends to break up inside the deer with no passthru.I have used TC shockwaves both bonded and non bonded with good results.Seems to me with a passthru they often are able to run if you don't shatter a shoulder.I prefer a non bonded seems like I have more deer drop and the few that are able to run leave more blood.I hate to ruin a good shoulder .I prefer behind the shoulder and let the bullet do internal damage.
I would not consider changing bullets because you had ONE run and didn't find him.
No 2 shots are exactly the same. Way too many variables to change because of one deer.

 

[DEERDOWN]

this has happened a few times in the last 8 seasons so was gonna try all lead bullet see if i can get a bang flop effect

 

[tasaman]

How fast are you shooting? All lead is great up to a certain point and then you get the grenade effect.

For bang flops look to Barnes copper bullets. Shoot for the High shoulder shot. They won't take a step. A cheaper alternative is the Shockwave/SST's. Not as tough as Barnes but will do the job better than the XTP.

 

[348Winchester]

Any deer I've ever shot in the high shoulder has dropped like a stone regardless of the type of bullet.

 

[stik]

the reason i,m trying another bullet put a xtp perfect deer went three hundred yds blood stopped no recovery. so looking around found these on rimrock.com they sound good

if you put an XTP perfect, the deer would be in the back of the truck. been shooting them for 15+ years.

 

[DEERDOWN]

well fellas shot three does this morning recovered all within sixty yds of the shot might have to stay with xtp