Last year I used a 2.75 inch 20 ga. Accutip out of a Savage 220 to take a buck that dressed out at 173 lbs. I shot it at approx. 25 yards in the right side back ribs angling toward the off shoulder. At the shot it humped up and ran off the plot. I gave it about a half hour before walking out to check for sign. I found hair but no blood. My SIL found it about 50 yards into the woods. There was not one drop of blood found. The bullet did not exit and we didn't find it when we field dressed the deer by flashlight While I'm not claiming bullet failure, it obviously worked, I don't trust them after last year. Had that deer gone any distance I might night not have recovered it.
This year I will be using Federal Trophy Copper slugs or Win. Gold Partition 2.75s. They shoot equally well out of my gun and hopefully I will get exits.
