I’ve used that bullet on quite a few deer but I have more experience with it out of a 350 Rem Mag than my 35 Whelen. That’s a load that chronographs at 2600 fps. One of the first I shot with that load was at about 50 yards as it trotted by and the bullet broke both shoulder bones and found it under the skin of the off side. That was after the bullet center punched 1 1/4” grape vine I didn’t see that was about 5 yards short of the deer. That’s the only one I’ve caught in a deer.
I tend to go to 225 gr bullets in my Whelens, the discontinued 225 Ballistic Tip, the 225 Partition, 225 Accubond and 225 Sierra. I have yet to shoot a deer with the 200 gr Accubond but it, along the 225 gr bullets, is a tack driver.
