Mxracer532
New member
I have done alot of reading on here on many many peoples preference on bullets for yotes. Well after the past 4 dogs I have shot with 2 different types of bullets that LOTS recomend, I would like to hear some opinions of opinions on why you get the occasional (splash).
As for my last few dogs I shot 1 with a 50gn Nosler BT at 180 yards had a baseball sized hole for entrance. (dropped in his tracks) 2nd dog I shot at a ranged 408 with a 52gn Serria matchking and dropped in its tracks with no splash. 3rd shot at 35 yards dead in the point of the shoulder with another 52gn matchking no splash and no exit just a tiny entrance that was actually hard to find, never twitched. 4th dog I shot yesterday again with the 52gn Matchking at 230 yards right in the heart didnt catch the front shoulder at all and dog had a baseball sized hole on the entrance (I actually found part of the jacket of the bullet on the hide next to the hole) Dog ran about 40 yards and was done.
Could it be that speed is a factor? Bullets traveling soooo fast that they fragment way way way to fast? All these are shot with handloads from my 22-250.
As for my last few dogs I shot 1 with a 50gn Nosler BT at 180 yards had a baseball sized hole for entrance. (dropped in his tracks) 2nd dog I shot at a ranged 408 with a 52gn Serria matchking and dropped in its tracks with no splash. 3rd shot at 35 yards dead in the point of the shoulder with another 52gn matchking no splash and no exit just a tiny entrance that was actually hard to find, never twitched. 4th dog I shot yesterday again with the 52gn Matchking at 230 yards right in the heart didnt catch the front shoulder at all and dog had a baseball sized hole on the entrance (I actually found part of the jacket of the bullet on the hide next to the hole) Dog ran about 40 yards and was done.
Could it be that speed is a factor? Bullets traveling soooo fast that they fragment way way way to fast? All these are shot with handloads from my 22-250.