CHIPM.... I SAID I did not like trailing them down. By some posters standard a 100 yard trail job is expected and just a plain JOY of life. It freakes me out to have to trail a deer 100 yards. And to have one run 300 will cause me sleepless nights.
The first deer I ever shot was in 1984 with a 270 and factory SP's from Federal. The little scrub 6pt dropped so quick I thought I'd missed. Fast forward to today and I've yet to have one in all the deer I've shot go more than 50 yards (and that one was my fault on shot placement). All others were dead on the ground within a few feet so I've never understood how some have deer run so far when the bullet is put where it should go. Maybe I've been fortunate. You said you've shot over 200 deer? What state do you live?
