Animal reaction after match bullet?

[hunterjmj]

215 Berger hybrid 300 WM
I started shooting this combo in 2016.
6 cows -All but 1 never went further than 20 yards. 1 was drt (high shoulder) and 1 peeled off from the group and went maybe 50 yards then slid down a snowy slope.
1 bull - Soaked up 3 shots to the lungs. Went 100 yards. First shot was lethal but put 2 more in him. He never hunched or showed signs of being hit on the first 2 shots.
5 muley bucks - 3 went maybe 20 yards and 2 were drt
4 antelope - drt
2 whitetail does - drt
This year I'm running the 223 and 73 gr eldm
1 antelope - Went 20 yards and flipped backwards.

 

[Tmac]

What bullet?

77 TMK from an 223 and 140 Trophy Tip from a 270 Win. I put details in the 223 thread. Very similar results, other than one fragmented and one did not.

 

[BrentH]

Over the past 4 years, 5 deer shot with 143 ELD-X behind the shoulder from 50-430 yards:

Blacktail @ 200 yards - dropped instantly

Mule Deer @ 90 yards - ran, but died within 50 yards

Mule Deer @ 50 yards - ran, but died within 50 yards

Mule Deer @ 200 yards - ran, stopped, got wobbly and tipped over within 50 yards

Whitetail @ 430 yards - ran, but was dead within 50ish yards (maybe a little more)

I have video of the 200 yard mule deer and 430 yard whitetail.

 

[83cj-7]

This morning with 300 WM, 215 Berger, 250 yards. Exit looks high but it was dead center lungs. Even with all that she ran 30 yards with a blood trail 3ft wide.

Last night i shot another doe with the same rifle, at the same distance. Hit high shoulder and she never twitched (no surprise).

 

[yoopshoot]

3 whitetails - 162 eldx

First 360 yard shot. Deer took few steps fell over

Second 150 yards- dropped in tracks

Third 120 yards- dropped in tracks.


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[Felix40]

I don't believe oryx die within yards.

Yes, I vaguely remember a rodeo that would make a guy say that. Haha

 

[Solm]

They always hump up in my experience.

 

[TeaGull]

First elk with 140 ELDM, 2550 fps MV, 200 yard shot.
Double lung. No exit. No blood trail.
Ran 30 yards and died no fuss.

 

[justin davis]

Majority of animals I’ve seen shot with eldms have hunched up or layed down and died. Killed a few with Berger’s and they have run a bit and died or dropped

 

[kodyshriver]

With a 168 bVLD, most have been incapacitated within 50yd. Did shoot one buck that traveled 600yd with a golf-ball sized exit (entrance was one rib forward of exit), leaving a red carpet the whole way. Can’t say the bullet didn’t do its job, unless upset didn’t occur until later than anticipated. Chalked it up to a strong will to live.