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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 928958" data-attributes="member: 5412">Good information. thanks to all that responded.Since the original post, I've taken two more does with the same round that failed to give a pass thru, and had a complete pass thru on both. As far as the deer, none got over 40 yds before expiring. This is my first year to hunt deer with a .223, with all previous deer taken with the 06, 270 or .243WSSM.I've heard lots of reports of deer that didn't go down, and they blamed the cartridge/caliber. I'm thinking the shooter was the problem with a poorly placed bullet. Doing the field dressing that tells the real story, I found more than enough damage to make the deer die, but did notice that with the .223 it passed thru the organs, and the deer died, but with the 06, it turns them into jelly. Still the same result...backstraps in the skillet<img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" data-shortname=":D" />I've never been a fan of head shots having found two does in the field with their lower jaws shot off, and they died of starvation. I don't bad mouth anybody that wants to take that shot...its just not for me.</blockquote>