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<blockquote data-quote="brant89" data-source="post: 2857714" data-attributes="member: 49553"><p>Didn't read all the testimonials here, but I'm moving away from the 200gr ELDX. I've shot two antelope, five whitetail doe, one black bear, and two mule deer bucks with these. Antelope at 200 yards ran a 40 yard circle and stopped facing me, stared at me for a few seconds before tipping over. Antelope at 368 was quartered away extremely hard and was DRT, found the jacket lodged in the spine at the base of the neck. Whitetail doe ranged from 311 to 587 yards, all double lung or shoulder shots except for one neck shot. With the exception of the neck shot, they all ran 80+ yards with minimal blood trail. Black bear was shot at 480 yards, rolled him and he got up, no blood to follow and was never recovered. I will concede that shot placement is probably a factor on this one as it was my first bear and I followed the "middle-of-the-middle" advice and may have only caught the back of the lungs and/or liver. Shot the first mule deer buck at 680, watched the bullet impact high lungs and he hit the ground HARD, saw his head bob a couple times before he put his head down to expire. Once I got to the other side of the valley to get hands on him there was no deer, very little blood, and we never recovered him. Second mule deer was shot quartering extremely hard at about 200 yards, no exit just like the antelope, and the buck ran another 100 yards or so before expiring within sight (didn't look for blood and didn't try to recover the bullet). They are stupid accurate and seem to kill well, but my experience with the 200gr version is that tracking might prove difficult. YMMV</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brant89, post: 2857714, member: 49553"] Didn't read all the testimonials here, but I'm moving away from the 200gr ELDX. I've shot two antelope, five whitetail doe, one black bear, and two mule deer bucks with these. Antelope at 200 yards ran a 40 yard circle and stopped facing me, stared at me for a few seconds before tipping over. Antelope at 368 was quartered away extremely hard and was DRT, found the jacket lodged in the spine at the base of the neck. Whitetail doe ranged from 311 to 587 yards, all double lung or shoulder shots except for one neck shot. With the exception of the neck shot, they all ran 80+ yards with minimal blood trail. Black bear was shot at 480 yards, rolled him and he got up, no blood to follow and was never recovered. I will concede that shot placement is probably a factor on this one as it was my first bear and I followed the "middle-of-the-middle" advice and may have only caught the back of the lungs and/or liver. Shot the first mule deer buck at 680, watched the bullet impact high lungs and he hit the ground HARD, saw his head bob a couple times before he put his head down to expire. Once I got to the other side of the valley to get hands on him there was no deer, very little blood, and we never recovered him. Second mule deer was shot quartering extremely hard at about 200 yards, no exit just like the antelope, and the buck ran another 100 yards or so before expiring within sight (didn't look for blood and didn't try to recover the bullet). They are stupid accurate and seem to kill well, but my experience with the 200gr version is that tracking might prove difficult. YMMV [/QUOTE]
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