I use round nose a lot for elk. Mostly 220 gr./06 Normally shots are close. Less than 50 yards and I found over the years, the 220 gr traveling at about 2450 give me better penetration, stay together doing it and with less meat loss vs the 165's or even 180 Spire points at 2700-2900 fps. Especially the BT's. I don't use them as brush busters , never thought they were.
In more open country I use 180 gr Nosler partitions, but on a occasion because that is what I had in the gun, I have dropped a few elk in the 300yard range or so.
