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Set myself up to shoot FTX 44 caliber 265 grain with 100 grains of Blackhorn this season. So far have shot two deer and recovered neither one of them. One deer had two very little drops of blood and no other blood for over 50 yards. Never got on a blood trail. The other deer had decent blood but I tracked for over a hundred yards and I could not recover it.
Am I making bad shots or is this a bullet problem?
I have one inch groups at a hundred yards. I'm a fairly consistent shooter on paper. Both deer were shot right around 110-120 yards. Both deer were shot with gun on a rest out of a blind. It's the same rest set up I used to shoot paper.
I feel confident that the shots were good but the hunting situation always brings lots of variables. Certainly possible I'm making bad shots but I'm wondering if the copper jacketed bullet is passing through without transferring much energy.
Last year I shot a deer with the Barnes TMZ and it took ten steps downhill and piled up.
Am I making bad shots or is this a bullet problem?
I have one inch groups at a hundred yards. I'm a fairly consistent shooter on paper. Both deer were shot right around 110-120 yards. Both deer were shot with gun on a rest out of a blind. It's the same rest set up I used to shoot paper.
I feel confident that the shots were good but the hunting situation always brings lots of variables. Certainly possible I'm making bad shots but I'm wondering if the copper jacketed bullet is passing through without transferring much energy.
Last year I shot a deer with the Barnes TMZ and it took ten steps downhill and piled up.