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<blockquote data-quote="moondawg" data-source="post: 828907" data-attributes="member: 1412"><p>Interesting thing about the Powerbelt/Barnes deal.</p><p></p><p>My first 3 deer I killed were with .45 caliber 275 grain powerbelt aerotip. I watched two bucks run off and die. The other one was a doe that ran behind me, so I didn't see that one. No blood trail needed, but I lucked out in finding the doe, since she didn't run off very far. Neither of them ran very far. I thought I had found THE combo for me. I was impressed and happy.</p><p></p><p>The next year I shot a doe using the same setup. I don't know whether it was too far of a shot, a bad shot, or what...but the first shot wasn't a kill shot. I thought I had lost it, and began looking at the blood trail, which was very faint. After a while--with help from a dog--I finally found it. I had to shoot it 3 more times for it to die. I was horrified/disappointed by the bad performance. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> I didn't know if this was an isolated incident, an error on my part, or what... but I decided to try something different.</p><p></p><p>Enter the .50 and the Barnes bullets...Knight Ultimate Slam 245 grain spitfires. I shot a buck and it left a good blood trail. I must've left my stand early and probably jumped him, because I found a good sized blood pool where he had laid inside a brushy fenceline. However he had run acroos a big field, leaving a faint blood trail...I actually had to have help with this one. I finally found him a few hours later after searching every bit of the thicket he had run into. I guess he had lost so much blood that he didn't have much of a trail to leave.</p><p></p><p>I haven't tried the .50 cal powerbelts. I guess they will be next.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moondawg, post: 828907, member: 1412"] Interesting thing about the Powerbelt/Barnes deal. My first 3 deer I killed were with .45 caliber 275 grain powerbelt aerotip. I watched two bucks run off and die. The other one was a doe that ran behind me, so I didn't see that one. No blood trail needed, but I lucked out in finding the doe, since she didn't run off very far. Neither of them ran very far. I thought I had found THE combo for me. I was impressed and happy. The next year I shot a doe using the same setup. I don't know whether it was too far of a shot, a bad shot, or what...but the first shot wasn't a kill shot. I thought I had lost it, and began looking at the blood trail, which was very faint. After a while--with help from a dog--I finally found it. I had to shoot it 3 more times for it to die. I was horrified/disappointed by the bad performance. :eek: I didn't know if this was an isolated incident, an error on my part, or what... but I decided to try something different. Enter the .50 and the Barnes bullets...Knight Ultimate Slam 245 grain spitfires. I shot a buck and it left a good blood trail. I must've left my stand early and probably jumped him, because I found a good sized blood pool where he had laid inside a brushy fenceline. However he had run acroos a big field, leaving a faint blood trail...I actually had to have help with this one. I finally found him a few hours later after searching every bit of the thicket he had run into. I guess he had lost so much blood that he didn't have much of a trail to leave. I haven't tried the .50 cal powerbelts. I guess they will be next. [/QUOTE]
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