I shot a 200 lb mule deer buck with a berger at about 120 yds 4 years ago that was quartering and lost around 10 lbs of of side shoulder. For someone who likes eating the meat just as much as the hunt it was pretty discouraging.
Lately I've been using a 150 partition in my 270. With my new load Ive killed all game in the last 2 years with one shot and oddly enough I use the combo at distances often mentioned by the fellas shooting the higher BC bullets......such as point blank range and so forth.
The whitetail I shot the year before last at 530 yds sure died fast and the elk that I shot this year at 120 yds and hit off side shoulder sure has been good eating. All but about .6 oz of it.
