Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting DRT is over rated

I have killed lots of deer over the years, the first one was in 1954. I was eleven years old. I shot it with a 30.30 Winchester 94. It was not DRT. but close because I broke its back with the first shot. Since then I've learned some things about killing deer(remember we are not talking about pachyderms here) if putting deer down quickly is the goal( it should be) then put a fast expanding, high-velocity bullet through the chest/heart lungs/shoulder area you'll have little tracking to do. My definition of high-velocity is anything over about 2800-2900 fps at the muzzle. The headstamp makes very little difference.