Whitetail VS 375 Ruger (WARNING GRAPHIC)

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So heres the story I'd usually use something a little smaller for deer but since I was out actually moose hunting I was carrying my 375 Ruger loaded with 250gr TTSX and 77gr of IMR 4007SSC hoping to see the elusive 2 point moose when I stumbled apon a nice little whitetail that seemed nice and fat and perfect for the sausage maker :). I remember alot of people saying on here that you could eat right to the hole so I said what the heck I'll take him and took the shot. Well he fell right where he stood as the bullet hit a little higher then I wanted but still a clean kill so I took him home to skin him and this is what I found!(Not to sure I wanna eat up to the hole on this one but all being said not to much meat loss the bullet severed the spine and I don't think i'll get to much back sprap out of the poor fella :( )

Notice the tip of the bullet sitting there: Entry


Exit cavity:


inside the chest:
 
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Awesome. Iv seen more damage done with smaller bullets. Its cool to see what a 375 Ruger does to a deer. Most people think there will be nothing left of a deer when shot with a round like that.
 
I watched my wife kill a white tail Buck at maybe 10m withmy 375 hh loaded to the Max with 270gr tsx. He just fell over dead and there was much less damage than that. Most ttsx lrx I've tested blow petals which could be the case here but I didn't see impact speed or distance in your post.

Enjoy the sausage. Went looking for a sausage deer on sat but only saw squirrels.
 
Thanks for the pics. One other thing to note on meat loss is velocity. Slower bullets don't impart as much hydrostatic shock which is what buggers the meat around the hole.
 
Muzzle loader 1450fps impact speed.


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Freyr_255 said:
Thanks for the pics. One other thing to note on meat loss is velocity. Slower bullets don't impart as much hydrostatic shock which is what buggers the meat around the hole.
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I would have to say there is some truth to this after last year's deer with the 257 Weatherby. Big ####ing hole for a 100 grain bullet.
Of course any time you hit a sizeable piece of bone on entry there's going to be some damage too.
 
kennymo said:
I would have to say there is some truth to this after last year's deer with the 257 Weatherby. Big ####ing hole for a 100 grain bullet.
Of course any time you hit a sizeable piece of bone on entry there's going to be some damage too.
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Boss at work shot a blackie with his 300RUM (nothing even close to book loadings) at about 30-50m with a 168gr accubond and the thing was apparently black and blue end to end when he skinned it. Bear was dead before it hit the ground. No exit wound. Kind of impressive to see and almost makes me want to get one although I'd probably never put the time and money into getting it loaded that hot.
 
My 338-06 with 225 grain Hornady's at 100 yards went through a rib on each side losing a total of about 8 inches of rib meat.

It's where you hit it that matters... the cartridge, the bullet are secondary.
 
Never considered the backstrap shot before but it looks deadly ;) Guessing a 243 wouldn't have looked any prettier.
 
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