One of the guys a deer camp hunts with a 25-06 Spent all day one day this season looking for a buck he shot with a 100 gn corelokt. Buck dropped at the shot then got up and ran. No blood trail never found it. He shot a doe with it last year and the bullet came apart and didn't exit. Spotty blood trail deer went 300 yards through thick stuff took half a day to find. Whole front end of the deer was bloodshot and had to be tossed. Might be better with a better bullet but I haven't been impressed with his rifle's results.
It's the bullet, not the cartridge.
Southtexas is absolutely correct. I do hunt with the 120 gr. Core-lokt and have shot them in the 25 since 1980 and have had the vast majority of WT's drop where they were standing when I shot them. But I have never had a deer run more than 50 yds with the bigger CL. I have had people tell me they like the 100 gr. CL for deer though.
