After thinking about this for a while, I realized that if I hit a branch before hitting the deer, it was way closer to me than the deer.
That would mean the bullet tumbled for a while through the air before hitting the deer. Not impossible, but pretty unlikely.
I am pretty sure that JB is right...the bullet hit the deer while stabilized, and started to expand as it should. Then, due to bone, maybe hitting the base due to angle, it tumbled inside the animal, ceasing expansion but causing the bullet to bend.
Am I totally off base here? I fully intend to give them another go...
