Tuned in but I have to ask, if blood trails are spotty with those Shockwave bullets why keep shooting them?
I've had some chitty blood trails but not a problem with losing deer. Shot over 5 dozen with this gun and it is very accurate out to 200 yards.
Is it possible the deer was slightly quartering toward you? It sounds like a buck my son in law shot a couple years ago with a .44 Mag rifle. Shot placement was behind the shoulder but he didn't realize is was angled so it only took one lung and liver. We recovered the buck the next morning after a 3/4 mile tracking job.
He seemed to be broadside. I think this was user error and either low or back slightly. If he's dead I should be able to find him in the morning. He's somewhat boxed in by the geography.
