MallardAddict: Yep, you experienced the EXACT same phenomana that I did. My deer was hit lower in the lungs area and ran about 150 yards after taking a massive hit to the chest with a 150 grain pointed soft-point that (I believe was driven too fast and opened up too quickly) In any event, the bullet DID completely penetrate resulting in a fist sized hole on the other side. He ran over a football field in length before dropping dead.
Than last year I shot a very large doe. I was aiming for just behind the shoulder but instaead she was shot just forward of the shoulder. The deer went straight down. Upon futher review it was obvious. The entrance hole was .264 caliber and the exit hole about the same diameter. Obviously, she had been neck shot.
It concerned me that the 140 grn Nosler partition had not opened up much at all...but there was no question that the deer had died instantly. The response to being shot was that of a wrecking ball.
Go figure, huh?
