Originally posted by Sure Shot Mc Gee
Well enough to where I'm aiming at those white throat patches under the lower jaw or the back of their head and I hit what I aim at.
I'm much the same, prefer to shoot them right behind the jaw just under the ear. Less meat damage and no blood hemmorage migrating under the skin to go rancid, if you like to hang them awhile as I do to ripen them up. After all, when it comes to beef,
aged beef costs more, works with venison too.
I've loaded some many years ago for a 7mm Rem. Mag., light and fast as I believe it was a 130 grain. Harvested one deer during an antlerless only portion of the season here at about 70 yards just under the ear. It dropped instantly as they always do when you pop them there. I was kind of shocked when I got to it though because it had virtually decapitated the deer it was so explosive. Just a bit of skin and fur and ragged meat still holding the head onto the body. No need for that kind of damage, and I've not used them on deer since.
I realize that it was part my fault due to the bullet weight being a bit light for the caliber and the speed that I was pushing it, even still... yikes!
I also believe that the distance played a factor meaning that the BTs don't really come into their own as intended until they get out there a ways.
I will say that around that time I did load some of the 55 grain 6mm BT bullets for my 240 Weatherby that are honestly tipping a tad over 4,000 fps over a chrony. Though I've never done it
yet, I would love to see what that would do with a coyote at a decent distance. Betting it would pick one up and flip it over a couple times before putting it back down.