Originally Posted by
JSH
I am with others, hydraulics and bone shards. I won't knock the bullet placement as I do not know what your shot opportunity was.
I like heavy bullets in the 35's though I am not a fan of HP's for eating type critters. I have a fair idea of what kind of terrain you have, some places 25 yards may as well be 25 miles. I have some tough stuff close to home but nothing like I have seen in the south. I still try to punch a hole behind the front shoulder myself.
The heavy bullets, 170 and over in the 35's are pretty much a freight train. I have tried and tried to recover a bullet from my 357 lever gun, run 180's in it. I have never took a shot In the chest facing me, I know it will go into the guts. Even at 1000 fps, the momentum will carry it a long way. I have shot deer with GP100's, 4" and 6" out to 100ish yards give or take, never recovered a bullet from them either.
Jeff