Can't get mo dead than dead. I've had deer go further when hit the same with a 300 Savage and 35 Whelen than I have with a 223. Don't make the others bad or wrong, but there are LOTS of equals when it comes to killing deer, sans extremes.
What do you attribute that observed difference to? Is it superior 'performance' of the .223 bullet in the internal damage it inflicts? Superior shot location using the .223? A combination of the two? Or is it just one of those 'random' deals, where otherwise 'identical' deer are hit in effectively the same location with the same bullet and one DRT's while the other runs 100 yards before 'realizing' it's already dead?
