Not to sound trite but every deer is a trophy to me so I wouldn’t load anything different for one deer hunt over another.
That having been said I’ve come to favor Nosler Ballistic Tips for deer because they’re a great combination of expansion and penetration. The shock factor is excellent yet they’re typically equipped with a heavy jacket to bring em through.
One thing I’ll point out with regard to harder bullets was the study done at a southern hunt club where they found that while harder bullets typically created two holes for a blood trail, they also kill a little slower so that blood trail is more necessary.
That having been said, I’ve used Barnes TTSXs, Nosler ETips, and Hornady GMXs and they’re excellent.
Good luck,
Efw
