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Originally Posted by REMINGTON JIM
That's a Nice DEAD whitey Buck there taken with the GREAT 6.5 Grendel cartridge !  Who cares what bullet killed it ! 
Cheers Jim |
A long time ago, in a province far away, a deer was killed with a 45 gr. varmint bullet going about 2700 fps. I mean it died, so who cares what it was killed with... Well I can tell you that a bullet that doesn't penetrate isn't ideal, by a long shot. Now I want something that penetrates and exits. I don't consider it "wasted" energy; I consider it insurance.
I don't think it takes some magical high number of foot pounds to kill a deer, but I do think using a bullet that holds together is a good idea. A little too close or hitting some bone, and those animals will run until found by coyotes.