Round penetration

[Glockem]

What’s your thoughts on rounds penetration. Say within 100 yards. So you prefer two holes or one? Blowing through both sides or energy retained in the body.
Thanks

 

[TradLife406]

Kid shot a couple deer Sunday with a 77 grain TMK from her 22 Creedy. Impact velocity around 2923 fps. Ranges were 50 and about 75 yards. No exit. Massive hydrostatic shock. First doe went about 40-50 yards max. Textbook behind the shoulder hit.
Her buck was a great frontal shot at 50. Instant death.

My bull elk was at 905 yards with the 6 UM. 115 grain DTac. Perfect behind the shoulder impact. Ballet stopped on the offside shoulder. Instant death.

I've also shot deer with a 270 wby and a 140 accubond. The bullets blew through and the deer would run off with pencil holes in their lungs.

Definitely a bigger fan of fragmenting bullets. A bigger wound channel and more shock/tissue damage .

 

[Glockem]

Kid shot a couple deer Sunday with a 77 grain TMK from her 22 Creedy. Impact velocity around 2923 fps. Ranges were 50 and about 75 yards. No exit. Massive hydrostatic shock. First doe went about 40-50 yards max. Textbook behind the shoulder hit.
Her buck was a great frontal shot at 50. Instant death.

My bull elk was at 905 yards with the 6 UM. 115 grain DTac. Perfect behind the shoulder impact. Ballet stopped on the offside shoulder. Instant death.

I've also shot deer with a 270 wby and a 140 accubond. The bullets blew through and the deer would run off with pencil holes in their lungs.

Definitely a bigger fan of fragmenting bullets. A bigger wound channel and more shock/tissue damage .

Concur, just wanted a perspective from others

 

[Jpsmith1]

"Perfect" IMO would be a bullet the penetrates enough just to fall out the other side. I'd like 2 holes for better tracking and better leakage.

As much energy as possible dumping into the target.

 

[goalie]

For me it depends. I like a 5.56/223 with a good bullet for DRT high shoulder shots.

I shoot double lung, no bone behind the shoulder with powder-puff 300g 45/70 hand loads going 1500 fps for meat, and just follow the trail for 30-40 yards.

Both are easy to shoot well. I like blood or DRT at last light if possible though.

 

[Choupique]

For where I deer hunt, good blood trails are of paramount importance. If the deer runs 30 yards with no blood you might need a dog to find it. Ive been party to a lot of tracking jobs that were short but difficult due to lack of exit holes. My preference is for controlled expansion and straight line penetration for hopefully two broken legs and a very liberal and short blood trail if needed.

That said, I'm trying to get a deer with 77 tmk's now. Im hoping itll work well so I can hang up the howtizer for simple deer whacking.

 

[Anschutz]

I've not had to track many deer I've shot with a gun. Most have been DRT or I've watched them fall. If I'm going to lose sight of an animal, I want an exit. It doesn't have to be huge to let enough blood out to track.

 

[J.B.]

I dont get hung up on exit wounds. I also hunt relatively open country for the most part, so trailing is definitely not as critical as it is for some guys. All I want is enough penetration to hit both lungs from any reasonable angle, which is not as much as most guys think. Firmly on the match bullet train. Ive shot berger elite hunters for nearly a decade, with zero complaints, they would exit on about half of the animals taken. Tried 147 eldms this year, exit on 1 of 3 animals taken. All very short recovery distances and down in sight.