tahoe2
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what caliber & bullet do you use to avoid "meat loss". I butchered my deer yesterday, and lost one complete shoulder (off side), and half from the entry shoulder, shooting a 8mm mauser @ 120 yards with a 180 Nosler Ballistic tip @ 2600fps, the bullet went in through the front leg between the elbow & shoulder, cut the arteries off the heart and punched the lungs, then exited the off shoulder, completely destroying it. The whole shoulder was bloodshot & mutilated. Exit wound was about 4-1/2". please help! change bullet? drop speed? Change caliber? Should I go with my 30-30 or .300 Savage and leave the mauser for Elk?
What to do?
What to do?