Thanks guys, I've gone this long without losing a buck, it was making me sick all day wondering WTH happened with this one.
Ingwe, I slap an elastic buttcuff on all my rifles. Too damned handy not to. I've never understood the bubba stigma attached to them. I've been called worse.
Ok, upon pulling his hide off it appears my second shot entered at his last ribs, and angled forward into his opposing shoulder. No exit, but I'll be darned if I can find the bullet. So for them like me that like to dissect the critter and evaluate bullet performance it's helpful. This same load went in and out lengthwise (not completely straight on, but at a very steep angle) on an antelope at 340 yards a couple weeks ago. On this guy at 125 it still showed some impressive penetration. I've found no reason not to really like it.
