30-06 ballistic tips suck

[Bluechip]

Originally Posted by duckman444

sunday i shot a 6 point at 40 yards with my browning bar2 safari with a 50mm nikon monarch 2 scope at 4o yards dropped in its tracks. deer got up and now cannot find it. so today i shot a 150lb spike at 100 yards dropped it and she got up and leaked no blood and had to get a dog to track her for 70 yards from where i shot her. found 4 drops of blood. had to search for thr entrance wound and the bullet did not even go all the way through the deer, i am shooting 150 grain ballistic tips. finally found the entrace wound and it was a perfect clean shot right behind the shoulder. so yeah i am going to a 165 or 180 grain bowtie bullet cause something has got to give. anysuggestions out there

Remington core lokt....If they do run off, I guarantee you it will leave a blood trail with a core lokt through it....