The .375 H&H is too much gun for white tail hunting.

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I sent a 270gr federal thru a doe this evening at 50 paces... The wound channel was beyond impressive if you are hunting bison or velociraptor... However it is possibly a bit much for a white tail deer to have a 2" entry hole and a 4" exit hole (granted you "could" eat rite up to the edge)...

Any advice on something a bit less destructive?
 
Try a 270 grain TSX. Its a little less destructive on the small stuff and still gets impressive penetration on the biggest animals. Bear in mind that "less destructive" is code for "kills slower".
 
Dogleg said:
Try a 270 grain TSX. Its a little less destructive on the small stuff and still gets impressive penetration on the biggest animals. Bear in mind that "less destructive" is code for "kills slower".
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Less destructive is good... I can hardly imagine what would happen if I hit the shoulder on this deer...
 
BeaverMeat said:
Use 200 gr. instead of 270 gr.

Bambi isn't that dangerous.
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Exact opposite of what you want to do, 200gr bullets are .375 Win bullets, and therefore of light construction, and they go a buck chicken out of a .375 H&H- think varmint grenade type wounds.

BeaverMeat said:
LOL!

375 H&H deer?
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It's as good as any cartridge and better than most for the task, have shot literally dozens of head of deer sized game with my .375s. Many here have. I'd pick the 300gr TSX if you want clean tidy wounds, on deer sized game it's barely getting started at its work and doesn't make a mess.
 
I have shot a bunch of whitetail s and a muley with mine using 260 accubonds and one with a 300 gr interbond. Some left a bit of an exit hole, but never any more damage to the meat than little 100 gr interlocks out of my 25/06.

The 375 H&H bullet has always exited the deer .
 
Hotwheels81 said:
Amax Partition or Accubond?

:D
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Ardent said:
Exact opposite of what you want to do, 200gr bullets are .375 Win bullets, and therefore of light construction, and they go a buck chicken out of a .375 H&H- think varmint grenade type wounds.



It's as good as any cartridge and better than most for the task, have shot literally dozens of head of deer sized game with my .375s. Many here have. I'd pick the 300gr TSX if you want clean tidy wounds, on deer sized game it's barely getting started at its work and doesn't make a mess.
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How well you figure the TSX performs out of the .375 on moose bear and elk? We have awll 3 here and this rifle maybe spending a lot of time tucked behind my seat come spring when I'm working alone...
 
Zero shortcomings in my eyes, I've used it on Bear and Moose and both went down. I initially wrote Grizzly incase you caught the edit but it's been a good while and now that I'm on the spot, I can't remember if I used a TSX or a conventional. Problem is that's true of any quality hunting bullet, same results; dead game. Federal Blue Box while I've used it on some big things (Bison, Lion, Bear, Wildebeest, others I'm forgetting for sure), is a pretty bad bullet. That said, it hasn't let me down either, it's just a very soft bullet.
 
Ardent said:
Exact opposite of what you want to do, 200gr bullets are .375 Win bullets, and therefore of light construction, and they go a buck chicken out of a .375 H&H- think varmint grenade type wounds.
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235 grain is the lowest I can find. But a crap B.C. making long shots void.

To the O.P.

I'm just busting your ball. Use what you want.

I would use 30 cal magnums and under for deer long shots. Now if it were an Elk or Moose at 400 yards on the other hand...
 
Ardent said:
Zero shortcomings in my eyes, I've used it on Bear and Moose and both went down. Problem is that's true of any quality hunting bullet, same results. Federal Blue Box while I've used it on some big things (Bison, Lion, Bear, Wildebeest, others I'm forgetting for sure), is a pretty bad bullet. That said, it hasn't let me down either, it's just a very soft bullet.
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Ya I will admit I was shocked to see the damage caused by it while I cleaned out the doe, It was a less than stellar hit but still 100% lethal and she hit the ground like her legs dissapeard from under her... I have seen the exact same shot from a 180gr .308 before and we had a bit of tracking to do... But I did not expect that much expansion from the .375! A bone strike on an elk with that bullet could really put some miles on my hiking boots I fear.
 
BeaverMeat said:
235 grain is the lowest I can find. But a crap B.C. making long shots void.

To the O.P.

I'm just busting your ball. Use what you want.

I would use 30 cal magnums and under for deer long shots. Now if it were an Elk or Moose at 400 yards on the other hand...
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Bullet drop is just simple math... I'm not obsessed with having a massively efficient bullet when I can simply aim higher :)
Most of the game I take I end up putting the cross hairs 2" higher than what i want to hit anyway if you get my drift.
 
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