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Whats best a bullet that passes through or one that reaches the backside of the hide ???
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Not necessarily either.
Any hit that kills within seconds and damages no usable meat, is the best, no matter how far it penetrates, be that a quarter inch or all the way through.
Blood trails are not always necessary, in fresh snow for instance. Or with those so called bang flop shots for another.
So really, the question is unanswerable as it is worded.
Ask me which of the two I prefer, I could give you an answer. But really, saying one shot or another, or one bullet or another, is best simply isn't possible.
There are so many variables. Am I shooting a Squirrel or a charging Grizzly?
Do I intend to eat the target or skin it and sell the hide? Is it open country where I can watch where the animal goes, or is it dense bush where the moment the animal move I'm going to loose sight of it? What calibre rifle am I shooting? What are my personal preferences?
All these and more must be answered before I could even begin to answer such a question.
Even asking which I prefer would require some consideration of other related matters.
I'm not trying to shoot down your question. I'm trying to get new hunters to think about their choices.
It is good to ask when you don't know, so long as you understand that having someone else tell you what works for them is only a starting point.
You will still have to work out the details on your own.
What works for me may not work for you.
When I'm teaching people anything I tell them, learn to do it my way first, but understand that my way is not necessarily the best way or the only way.
It is simply what works for me, and it is a place to start for you.
If all you ever learn is my way, it will get you by, but I hope with all my heart that you take what I teach you and improve on it.
The highest compliment a teacher can get, is to be eclipsed by his or her student.
I will say this about bullet penetration. I bullet that passes clear through, did not do all it could do. The other side of the coin is, a bullet that kills within seconds without expanding or penetrating to the other side, has done all it needs to do.