No, I wouldn't ever shoot that bullet through the lungs. I was trying to break the shoulder blade, shoulder ball, etc. Most likely did. Didn't work too good. I am quite sure the bullet passd all the way trough both deer in the above account. From now on, I will use Lyman devastators, or some othe hollow point cast, or maybe(ugh) jacketed, and I will always shoot for heart/ lungs. the area I generally hunt is so thick, it was cut over fifteen years ago, that you can literally get lost in there after dark. If One gets away again, it will die pretty quick anyway.
I really hate to waste hunting time, natural resourses, or most of all, cause an animal to suffer. I just won't shoot to break bones again. Except the neck bones, and then only with a rifle. I am a pretty good pistol shot, but Handguns are just not for precision work like that, especially on something that feels pain. I was certain from what I had heard and read that a big flat nosed bullet would smash bones and anchor deer. Not so, unless i had two flukes in two minutes. Every deer I ever shot with a light (180 or 200 grain)jhp died. I am confident that Cast hollow points will only work better. But from now on. only heart / lung shots.
