[M.T. Pockets]

My partner shoots them in his .300 Win. Mag. I've been with him when he's killed 3 elk and a caribou. Kills them dead all right. He shoots the Federal Premium 180 grainers.

I'm a bullet nut and can't help but dig through the carcass to see what kind of damage was done and try to revover the bullet. From my limited experience, we usually found the bullet in a nice mushroom on the far hide.

Dead is dead, and they didn't separate inside the animal.
I prefer a blood trail but when it kills an animal in it's tracks I guess you don't really need one do you?

I was at a large sportsman's show this winter and talked quite a while with a heckuva nice PH from South Africa. It seems hunters in Africa argue abuot bullets about as much as we do. For plains game he said show up with your .270 or .308 with standard bullets, or Nosler Partitions, nothing heavier needed. He had a Barnes display at his booth and said he didn't like them for plains game, "not enough shock".

I'm more of a magnum & heavy bullet guy, but I'd gladly hunt elk with a .280 & Bear Claws. I'd be even more happy to hunt plains game.