In your opinion which is better. A fast moving light bullet or a slower moving heavy bullet. I am thinking for white tail deer.
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In your opinion which is better. A fast moving light bullet or a slower moving heavy bullet. I am thinking for white tail deer.
I'd go with a fast moving heavy bullet.:rolleyes:
Actually, fast/small heavy/slow is relative to caliber. If you use a 338 Win Magnum, I'd go light. If you use a 22-250, I'd go heavy.
I was thinking .44 mag
For whitetails, either will do in a suitable caliber. In much larger animals, successful loads tend toward the heavy-slow category for penetration with the really successful ones generally being heavy-fast-and-painful.
On whitetail deer, I've found that the 210-240 grain JHPs rarely expand, and usually exit the other side of the animal. Anything heavier will also exit, as will all hard-cast lead slugs. I prefer the 180 grain JHPs, as they will usually expand and seem to put the animal down quicker, making for less chasing/tracking. They also shoot flatter for long-range shots, if you have the skill to take advantage of this attribute.
I understand that most folks prefer two holes to bleed-out the animal quicker (entry and exit), but even the 180s will exit on a side shot if they don't hit a big bone, unless the deer is huge.
In most any case, if you use a full-power .44 magnum load, and hit the deer solidly in the vitals within 50-75 yards, he's gonna end up in the freezer; it's really just a question of how far he might run before he realizes he's dead and starts cooperating. :)
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Originally Posted by DJ Niner
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