The deer killingist SOB that I know
for years would never use anything but a 12 guage 3" magnum......that is until he got ahold of a Spanish 10 guage 3 1/2" double barrel to hunt deer with. Damn thing kills on one end and cripples on the other. I just ain't figured out which end is which yet, but it do chunk a bucket full of OO. In 27 years of hunting with him he has lost
ONE count em
ONE deer that he shot and did not have to start gutting right away, and that one survived because someone else got him the next year! Damn OO just feel all over the place when we yanked the hide off! I am not going to mention how many he usually gets a year because they have a 6 per year maximum here, but he feeds his family, his kin, his friends, his enemies, his wife, his girlfriends
, lets just say that no one goes hungry for deer. I can promise you at the ranges that he shoots, a spitzer, a round nose, buckshot, rifle slug, pistol, sling shot, or probably even a spear would all work just fine. I can promise that 90% of all deer taken are taken at less than 100 yards and probably average around 50. I agree that a round nose has a trajectory like a slow pitch softball, but if you stay within its range its a guaranteed meat getter! Would I feel under gunned using one in my 06 or my 7MM Mag or my 25-06 (do they make a RN in that caliber?)? Hell no! As I said before if its not a powerline, or pipeline right of way, or maybe down the bayou bank a ways, 50 yards or so is the max you will see one, hell if you can see one AT 50 yards down here you have good eyes! A round nose bullet is just like any other tool. It has things it excells at and thing it is not soo good at! Use it for what it was designed for and it will never let you down.