Originally Posted by eyeball
Dayom. I drill whitetail bucks and does behind the shoulder with a 30-30 or 270 wby mag and they run off. If I hit them in the shoulder they often go down right there.
I've had more drop instantly from .22 cal. "varmint" bullets through the lungs {.222, .223 and .22-250} than with .30 cal. bullets through the lungs {.30-30, .308 and .30-06} and I've shot more deer with the .30's.