The odd thing about the 243 to me was the number of deer that went down on the spot or within a few feet. Then others that would make it way into the thick with good solid chest hits. I shot a doe dead center through the lungs and she dropped but then she got back up and made it fifty yards! I have rarely ever seen that happen. That was with the 85 grain Partition.
Dead center in the lungs. Not a lot of deer die instantly from just a lung hit.
No reason to as they haven't had time to drown in their own blood and leak out yet.
Yeah some will say thier '06 kills em instantly with a lung only hit but I bet they never took the time to really get in there and see what was really hit. ,
Most folks gut em, and from what I have seen they can make a chore/mess of that then off to the processor not having a clue what really happens at the shot.
As I said before, nothing shoulder fired will drop them dependably with a lung shot. At least not that I have found. I've even seen one take off like a turpentined cat and run a good ways after taking one through the lungs from a .338 Win. Mag..
