Bad shot?

[jeffpenland123]

Need more wallop!

Yeah my 300 win mag or my 300 weatherby magnum drops them in their tracks

 

[jeffpenland123]

core lokt has always worked well for me.

They are great in my 243

 

[Yoder]

Are the 180's PSP or round nose? A PSP 180 might not expand very well if you don't hit bone. That's the only thing I can think of. Have you killed anything with these bullets in the past?

 

[jeffpenland123]

Are the 180's PSP or round nose? A PSP 180 might not expand very well if you don't hit bone. That's the only thing I can think of. Have you killed anything with these bullets in the past?

They are psp. No I personally haven't out of the 30-06 I have out of .243 Winchester. But I know plenty of people that have used the psp out of the 30-06 and killed plenty of deer with them.

 

[mtnbound]

I shot a doe back a few weeks ago with a 30-06 spring field. It's a browning ab3 30-06 with a Leupold 3-9x40 vx freedom. It groups quarter inch with the 180 grain Remington core lokt only bullet the gun groups under 1.5 inches. I'm very confident with the set up. I shot a white tail doe at 126.4 yards to be exact laying on the ground with a bipod she jumped blood gushing out everywhere she ran about 14 yards and stopped like she wasn't even hit. So I shot her again high shoulder she falls down on her front legs and starts pushing with her back legs and get out of there I go down to where I last seen her there is blood for about 30 yards then it stops and everything else stops too. I searched 20 different directions for her searched for 5 hours never found her. Went back the next morning and looked for about 2 hours couldn't find her. My experience with the Remington core lokt had always been great with 270 308 223 243 and a few others what ever the bullet made contact with ran less than 40 yards. Could it be that I missed her with 2 shots with a rifle that 2 days before was shooting perfectly accurate and grouping under half moa. Not saying I I didn't miss but I feel very confident in the shot I took. Has anybody had this happen? Tia

Well, you didn't miss her by your description. Where did your first shot impact? What color was the blood? Only blood? Any hair, intestinal matter? How did she jump?
The only time I have seen animals drop and drive with their hind legs is when their front legs can no longer support their weight. It seems unlikely that the 2nd shot only shocked the CNS, eliciting the same response, and then the animal recovered and walked off, but maybe.