Ammo opinion

Mine had an exit wound as well but no blood escaped the entrance or the exit wound while animal was running off. While dragging animal and once hung up for field dressing the blood poured out of both holes but nothing could be seen while tracking. I chalk it up to just a freak occurrence since this is the only time an animal I've shot did not produce a blood trail.
 
There was an exit wound on both animals. What cartridge would you recommend.
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The problem that one often encounters is that when you shoot a deer through the lungs the blood will mostly pour into the internal lung cavity until it fills it to the point of reaching the lowest hole and/or the animal starts blowing it out his nose. This doesn't take too long but a deer can cover a good bit of ground in just a few seconds. And some deer actually hit the ground and die before the blood starts to pour out very good. My advice for better blood trails would be to hit them a little lower instead of changing bullets.

That said however I always make a note to keep my eye on the deer and mentally mark the last spot I see it as it runs off. Then I start tracking from that point. This usually allows you to skip the first 30 or 40 yards of his path where the blood maybe sparce to nonexistent anyway.

Blood trails are a weird quirky thing and I don't think that any bullet can insure you a good one every time.

Example: I shot a doe once at 18 yards with a 4 blade Muzzy broadhead. I was 25 feet up a tree and hit her tight behind the shoulder. The arrow exited low on the off side just behind that shoulder and right at her heart. Four razor sharp blades right through the heart and perfect placement for a horrific blood trail right? She ran 70 yards and I never found one drop of blood between where my arrow was buried in the ground and the spot where she fell. Perhaps a piece of fat or something clogged the exit hole. Who knows? Sometimes there is just no rhyme or reason for such things.
 
There are many good calibers for deer. I do believe highly in bullet placement or leave them walk. Almost every year we will let a few bucks walk because of placement. Myself and the people I hunt with it drops right on the spot 99.9% of the time. The other .1% does not go very far, but it can and does happen. The biggest mistake I see hunters make, and even the ones that been doing it for years, is find a little blood and start pushing the deer, till the blood stops. We always of course take a look if you do not see it go down, and look around a bit then thats it. Time wise it depends what time of day it is. Two hours is a good time two wait seems like forever, but most the time within that 100 yard area you will find that deer dead. If you dont after looking real good, and I do mean looking hard, your probably not going to fine it.
 
I use a Model 70 in .270 for pigs. I use CoreLokt 130gr ammo. It usually goes right through. I hit one sow at 225 yards. It ran about 200 yards. I went after it, when I found it, it turned and faced me down. I was getting ready to shoot again when it collapsed. When I got up to it, all that was left inside the body cavity was the heart and part of a lung. Tough pig, but she tasted great...
 
Too many factors to say that the ammo is the cause. I know I've shot deer with my .308 at 50 yards with Core Lokt and they've left a good blood trail.

On the reverse side of the debate, my buddy uses Winchester Ballastic Tips and he shot a buck this year at 20 yards and the deer left no blood trail at all. Thankfully he saw where the deer dropped otherwise we'd still be tracking him. Damn thing left one drop of blood for 50 yards until he collasped and died.
 
try www.stevepages.com

then "my pages (upper left of box)

then Reloading in bottom right of little blue writing

Scroll down to table 3, all kinds of stuff about reloading and firearms

Scoll down to yellow box, bullet information, and terminal ballistics.

Then click on "best bullet"

I think the pages are protected from copying or something IDK, I have the link favorited.
 
You're too close for a .270 to allow proper expansion of the Core-Lokt. Instead of expanding, it is fragmenting.
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Exactly the case with a 130gr.

If your inside 100 go to 150gr SP projectiles. You will notice a difference.
 
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