She had a freaking javelina double lunged at 80 yards with a 80 TTSX from her .243 at 3450 MV run 250 yards. That SOB didn't bleed until 10 feet from where I found him with an exit...Luckily I saw the direction he ran or I may not have found him in the cholla forests.
Had a similar experience with that same bullet on a whitetail at 75 yards.
There wan't a blood trail on the WT doe posted earlier. I knew which way she ran and we found her several hours later way in the woods. If she did bleed, we didn't find it; blood drops can be hard to find at night.
Not much fun, flashlights in the dark woods, looking for a deer. DRT is mo better...
OTOH, during primitive weapon season a few years back, I chest shot a doe with my .45-70, 250 gr. TSX at 2,550 FPS over max dose of Vihtavuori n-120. Now that bullet looks like an ashtray, blew a hole thru that deer. There was a fire hose type blood trail for 20 yds. or so, even some lung tissue on the ground.
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