Yes I have. I've shot 5 axis bucks from 100 yards out to 350 and they have all dropped where they stood with a shoulder shot. Shot 5 or 6 whitetail and all but one doe dropped; she made it about 40 yards. Probably killed 20 or so hogs and never had to track a single one. All with 120 A-max.

But the A-max isn't a good choice in the Creedmoor.

I prefer to bust through shoulders. I don't like watching them run off, even if they run off and die. I like watching them drop where they stand.

A 6.8 spc isn't a very hot round I wouldn't be taking shoulder shots with that round

Break that shoulder.
There is only about 3 lbs of deboned meat on the front shoulder. Not worth having to go find one because he could still bolt. I have seen a lot of whitetail deer that were heart or lung punched go several hundred yards and ball up in the thickest stuff they can find.
They can't go very far if both front shoulders are broken.

To each his own.

it will punch through pigs and IMO if it kills pigs through the shoulder it will kill deer easily.

With that said I prefer my 270 when hunting deer but have killed a deer with my 6.8 shooting 120 SSTs

Doe, spike, or AR buck gets it in the head. Mature buck behind the shoulder. In the shoulder messes up too much meat and run the risk of the bullet not exiting and thus no blood trail.

Whitetail get it right behind the shoulder into the pump station..

In over 20 deer shot in lungs/heart, I have never had any go over 40 yard but I am shooting 165 grain 30.06 Sierra GameKing.

Question to original poster is, is he confident in a 250 yard shot. My 30.06 will drop over 200 yards so I would need to aim high at 250. He could have hit low and broke a leg and it fell. I shot one at 220 high shoulder shot and shot low apparantly and it ran 100 yards like nothing happened but luckily in an open field. I tracked it to where it entered brush and luckily found blood and then blood every few feet. It took 100 yards until his legs broke. 10 minutes later I had a buck pushing itself with no front legs to stand on. He went over 300 yards, 200 yards with no front feet. I got lucky but if I shot him near a brush line I would have never found him.

I tried it for first time and last time with 6.8. On doe who ran off. 120sst round.

The place i hunt is very very thick. Couldnt find it.

I might try it again with 270 or higher round.

I am relatively new to hunting, been hunting about 4 years. Reading online, everyone has a different opinion on where the place a shot on deer.

This season my brother shot a great 8 point at 250 yard with the 140 gr AMAX bullet in 6.5 Creedmoor. He said he was aiming high shoulder. We approached the deer and it got up and ran off, thus we lost the buck. There wasn't a single drop of blood. The buck wasn't running well, his front left leg was unusable but still he took off.

Obviously we weren't happy. Then yesterday I had a 110 yard shot on a spike. The spike was facing me. I aimed lower chest, hit him in the heart. He ran maybe 20 yards and went down for good. There was blood everywhere. I shot him with a 95 gr Berger in .243.

My question is, where do y'all aim? How in the heck did we lose that 8 point? I've talked to several people and most of them say aim high should or for neck shots.

as easy as that combination kills pigs it will kill deer even easier. My thoughts are you slightly missed your mark. Either way it always sucks to lose a deer