No pics yet? Maybe he lost it??

that made laugh

OP, hope you recovered him and just forgot to update

BOOM????

Think he walked up on buck and bigfoot was eating on it! Bigfoot is know eating on them! LOL

Sorry for the delay couldnt figure out how to get pic from my phone onto the post.
I knocked him down but couldnt see him because it was so thick and hoped he was there. Well when I got to where I shot him no blood NOTHING. I get that sinking feeling b/c it was too thick to see where he went. No blood to follow and no direction to start. So I picked a direction and started walking trying to find a blood trail and I stumbled on him about 30 yds away. No exit wound, could feel the bullet in the hide. Perfect lung shot, broke his shoulder but no exit and no blood. Luckily he didnt go far and i guessed the right direction. This happened to me last yr too maybe I should rethink where to place the shot or change cartridge/caliber. Used to blow through the hill country deer I used to hunt, but not getting through these bigger deer. Shooting .270 130 grain. What do you guys think? Can I just use larger grain to get that exit and blood trail?

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.270 W/ 130 Grain bullet is more than enough. You might change the bullet brand (i.e. Hornaday ballistic tip ) to get a "pass thru shot" = better blood trail.

Deer down at 30yrds - sounds like it did a good job. Nice deer!
What AMMO you using ? switch to one w/a BONDED bullet at least, or partition (or tsx copper) if you want to sepnd the $.
270 and 130gr is plenty good combo - tougher bullet will do better job punching thru, if you insist on that.

here's your pic:

Your simple 130 grain cheap, cup and core bullets (like a Rem Core Lok) mushroom very quickly and have some fragmentation. Depending on what you hit, they may or may not exit. My buddy shot a 5 1/2 year old 8 point that was a very large buck with a 130 Rem Core Lok, and the bullet did not exit. But the deer was DRT on the spot. So, in your case and my buddies case, I'd say the bullet worked quite well for a basic bullet.

If you want an exit, you can go up in bullet weight (which also slows down the impact speeds), or go to a tougher bullet, like a bonded bullet (I'm not a fan of the solid copper bullets, but they will exit). A 140 grain Accubond or 150 grain Hornady SST in a 270 should get you the exit wounds you want.



BTW- Hornady doesn't make a Ballistic Tip, but Nosler does.

A ballistic tip is just a basic cup and core bullet with a plastic tip anyway

Congrats on a great looking buck. Put the shot where it needs to be like you did and you will get your buck everytime. Might have to follow tracks at first but they will lead you to the blood and the buck. I shoot 130 grain Remington Corelokts out of my .270 and they have never failed me yet.

Yeah its the Remington Core lokt. They havent failed me in terms of being very lethal, but last two bucks I had zero blood and last yr deer went 100 yds into thick brush and was lucky to find him walking a grid pattern. Both cases the bullet was in the hide and perfectly mushroomed just zero blood to follow.
So is the consensus a bonded bullet to get the pass through. I dont know a lot about bullets so any help is much appreciated. I need to do some research.

Yeah its the Remington Core lokt. They havent failed me in terms of being very lethal, but last two bucks I had zero blood and last yr deer went 100 yds into thick brush and was lucky to find him walking a grid pattern. Both cases the bullet was in the hide and perfectly mushroomed just zero blood to follow.
So is the consensus a bonded bullet to get the pass through. I dont know a lot about bullets so any help is much appreciated. I need to do some research.

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Here's another view of him. Any guesses on score I'm a first time scorer so not sure if I did It right.

yeah but you've only killed a couple hundred so that's not really an accurate measurement

I shoot 150grn nosler partition thru my 270, you can also get a 130grn nosler partition, this bullet will pass thru every time. even if you shoot square thru the shoulder blades, this bullet will pass thru both shoulders.

the other reason I like it, is because it sounds like you tend to aim for the shoulder as I do, a bonded bullet will provide a consistent pass-thru and it will not devastate as much meat as a soft point or ballistic tip will. for comparison sake...I used to shoot a 130grn plymer tip thru my 270, I have also shot the 130grn core lockt...these bullets always shot well I never had an issue with killing deer. most of my bullets passed thru but I was also shooing lighter bodied hill country deer. deer that typically did not weight 100lbs and at relatively short distances. a shoulder wound would enter like a golf ball and come out like a softball. many times both shoulders and a lot of rib meat pretty well destroyed.

with the 150grn noslers and now I'm shooting south tx deer, larger bodied deer weighing 100-175lbs. that bullet always exits, I get an entry wound that you could roughly stick your pointer finger or thumb into and an exit about the size of a 50cent piece. deer seldom run more than 20yds and will leave a blood trail that is easily followed. not a horror film blood trail, but its followed easily in the daylight and not too much trouble at night with a flashlight. my deer seldom run far enough that they make it out of sight of the stand. and I hunt pretty thick brush, not open country.

TxTrophy, shouldn't point out STX's weaknesses

BTW, when I hnted with a .270, 130 gr silvertips, worked wonderful on WT and MD. Seems like 130 gr is a good weight for a 270.

Is it always true that more pass through = better blood trail?