Originally Posted By: jlh321Fist shot was behind shoulder out the opposite shoulder,another one through both lungs,one through the guts,2 through the hind quarters.He traveled about 300 yards.He was on his feet long enough for me to shoot 7 times.
Interesting. Behind the shoulder out the opposite shoulder is often a heart shot, unless at an extreme angle. Plus a broken shoulder and or leg. Many deer will drop on the spot from such a shot. I have to assume you missed the heart, given the distance it traveled. Bullet probably exited the chest or grazed the shoulder blade ahead of the leg. I did this once myself. Seemed like a perfectly good shot at the time, although it was not the shot I wanted to take. However, it was the only shot presented.
Double lunger is an obvious kill, but they will run until out of oxygen.
Gut shots are runners, as can hind quarter shots be, depending on whether you break bones or hit arteries.
Don't take it the wrong way, but it sounds to me like shot placement played a bigger role than bullet performance.
Of the last 30 deer I've shot with centerfire rifles, only one went over 30 yds. That was a double lung shot from a 444 Marlin @ 50 yds. The deer ran 75-80 yds and crashed in a giant briar patch. Nasty stuff. Even more nasty at night. My bud's dad gave me [beeep] the whole time we drug it out. My next 7 deer were shot in the neck because of this. All DRT.
With any decent deer bullet, you could easily get the same results from shots similarly placed as yours. The end result would still be a dead deer. Just not DRT.......