I would not expect a 120 gr Ballistic tip to exit after a double shoulder shot

I use a 5.6 Swede with 130 gr AB's on pronghorn and the blood trail is usually less than ten feet from where the goat was hit as it is lying there.

30 cal.a lot of elk again,no long blood trail.

Three longest tracking jobs was an elk I hit with a 7mag 160 gr Sierra MK , and a buck deer with same. Trails were 1mile+ . Bad shooting on my part.The other was a cow elk that someone had hit with a .270. mile plus.It turned out to be gut shot.

A lot depends on the location of the hit low body cavity more blood comes out faster than high hit which takes longer for the body cavity to fill up before it starts leaking out.

6.5or 30 cal, same velocity, same construction, same weight,same hit location, will most likely yield the same blood trail


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