Not at all. The Hunting VLD is very different. It's not bonded, and the very long point allows it to penetrate 2-3" before the bullet expands. Most people assume the VLD is a hollow-point, but the point is actually closed, with some air-space behind the point. They usually poke a hole like knitting needle on entrance, sometimes so small you have to part the hair to find it. Once they get inside the point collapses and they expand violently.
The Core-Lokt Ultra and DeepShok start to expand when they hit hide, just like other soft-point bullets, the reason the area around the entrance usually has the most blood-shot meat damage. The rear of the bullet usually remains intact, though exactly how much depends on what the bullet hits and velocity. But the front end tends to fragment, due to the thin jacket.
With VLD's there's normally minimal meat damage around the entrance hole, if any. Instead the damage takes place inside the chest cavity or on the far side, if the fragments get there. At closer ranges it's pretty rare to find anything bullet fragments inside the animal, but at longer ranges some sort of mushroom can often be found.
