My experience of killing animals is two bears and 12 deer.
I killed both bears with a 30-06. One with a 150 TTSX and one with a 168 TSX. Both shots were within 75 yards. One broadside and one head on on all fours. The broadside was a total passthrough. The head on shot stopped the bullet after penetrating nearly 5 1/2 feet of bear. I found the bullet right next to the anus as i was gutting him. 100% weight retention. No meat loss with either animal.
The deer have been a mixed bag of bullets from the 150 Nosler Accubond and Ballistic Tip, Hornady SPI in 150 grain, one with a 180 Hornady SPI, and one with 158 Hornady XTPs out of my .357.
The meat loss with all the above bullets save the XTP was substantial considering the 100 pound deer we have around here. I switched to the Barnes TSX and TTSX in 168 grain and found the accuracy to be the same and the teminal performance to be better and more importantly, the meat loss is a LOT less. Small ring of bad meat on entry and exit, and thats it. Internals totally demolished, but i dont eat the guts.
FWIW.
And lots of broken bones!
