Thread: Shot placement on deer with ballistic tips??

To be honest, as a new hunter, I found Nathan's material quite helpful in selecting a caliber and load for the hunting I do. Unlike many, he seemed to bring a reasonably balanced view on some options that are often chastised on the forum here (with the exception of the 270, I mean who in their right mind would use that ;-). I would say that Nathan is often conservative on effective range/terminal velocity, but that information seems to be fairly consistent across his material. The addition of images of wound channels and entry/exit adds a more real-world angle that helps see what various rounds do in the wild. Perhaps if more of us contributed dat to Nathan on what we used, ranges and the resultant images the data could become more complete. Or we could just throw lots of money at each by trying every combo possible in the universe while proving that we have the resulting tiny manly parts. Of course 270 owners have it much eaiser as they only need to eject the round and throw it at their target. Overall I use Nathan's material, along with other research online, to inform me of possible starting points. Out in the wild I let the pew pew and rifle speak, sometimes it is great, other times not so much.