Recovered bullets

nastynate · Tuesday at 6:27 PM

Got any? Any good stories? I’ve had nearly all pass throughs so don’t have many. Pictured are the two I’ve recovered. A 165 grain federal trophy copper 30-06 I dug out of the hillside after a broadside shot on a mule deer and a Barnes 50 cal TMZ I recovered out of a rear ham from a frontal shot on a whitetail. It heart shot that zipped through ribs, missed guts and ended up in the back ham, sliding along just under the hide, as best I could tell.

44hunter45 · Tuesday at 6:50 PM

I have a drawer full around here somewhere. I have had elk stop more bullets under the hide than pass through. Most of my elk have been shot with a .30-06 and lead core bullets. Most were Speer Hot-Cor, a few were premiums. The Hot-Cor performs surprisingly well on elk. My .30-06 loads used to push 2900fps for a 180 grain. I finally realized that if you want a magnum, you should buy a magnum. A couple elk and many deer were killed with a 264 Win Mag and Sierra GK. Those frag and the most you ever find is a jacket if you are lucky.

I ate tag soup this year on elk, I'm really hoping to find out if a 358 Norma Mag passes through a moose or I recover a bullet.

Sask hunter · Tuesday at 9:26 PM

I have lots of 225 Barnes I have pulled out of moose and elk I have shot.i found this bullet in the side of fiancées bears head this spring. And no that wasn’t from her

FairWeather · Tuesday at 9:34 PM

150gr 308 federal powershok from a 100yd broadside blacktail. Smashed through a shoulder and 3 ribs before it lodged between the far shoulder and the hide.

jryoung · Tuesday at 11:00 PM

Barnes LRX (2), Nosler Etip, Fed trophy copper

Wolfshead · 2024-10-30T05:08:41-0600

Nosler Accubond 150 grain from my Remington 700 30-06.
From about 100 yds frontal shot. Found the bullet near the hip just under the back strap.

Dsnow9 · 2024-10-30T07:32:58-0600

Hammer, found just inside the hide touching the hind on a frontal shot. I found a couple petals on my other animals this year but forgot to take pics and lost them in the processing.

Caseknife · 2024-10-30T07:45:15-0600

Dsnow9 said:
Hammer, found just inside the hide touching the hind on a frontal shot. I found a couple petals on my other animals this year but forgot to take pics and lost them in the processing.

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Looks just like the shank from a 137HH that I dug out of my goat in September.

atlas · 2024-10-30T07:47:12-0600

Recovered one on Saturday

. I shoot the cheap stuff. Federal Powershok 150gr 308

Caseknife · 2024-10-30T07:50:02-0600

Barnes 275 XPB recovered from 250# Northern Cali sow out of a 450 Bushmaster.

MThuntr · 2024-10-30T08:02:05-0600

Through the entire length of an antelope (143HH from 280AI)

Broadside moose through both shoulders (143HH from 280AI)

Not mine...I don't remember who sent it but I'm pretty sure it went through an elk. It could have been from someone on this forum

Carl 9.3x62 · 2024-10-30T08:04:50-0600

Wolfshead said:
Nosler Accubond 150 grain from my Remington 700 30-06.
From about 100 yds frontal shot. Found the bullet near the hip just under the back strap.
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What year nickle?

Carl 9.3x62 · 2024-10-30T08:07:39-0600

232 grain Norma Oryx from my 9.3. Recovered in the off shoulder of the bull in my avatar. I

was hoping to recover the 250 grain accubond I shot my moose with but it was a pass through. Most of my shots seem to be pass throughs.

rjthehunter · 2024-10-30T09:02:31-0600

I have a 200gr SST that went through a mule deer a few years ago. Caught in the offside hide. Not sure where it's at at this moment. I'll find it and post it up.

Guy · 2024-10-30T09:06:27-0600

160 grain Sierra SPBT GameKing recovered from a mule deer shot at about 150 yards with my 7mm Rem Mag Ruger Number One rifle. The bullet has been very accurate from that rifle.

buffybr · 2024-10-30T09:28:28-0600

I have a little drawer full of bullets that I've recovered from animals that I've shot. Many of the smaller animals, like deer and antelope, the bullets often pass completely through the animals, and more recently many of my Barnes bullets also completely passed through the larger animals like elk and moose.

I also usually don't spend a lot of time trying to fine the bullets, especially in the gut pile.

Here's some that I have recovered and took pictures of them, usually for contributing to threads like this one.

And years ago, my favorite elk rifle was my .30 Gibbs shooting 180 gr Nosler Partitions. These were found just under the hide of the off side of some of the elk. My theory is that the front half of the Partition bullet comes apart inside the animal, then the large flat surface of the remaining bullet is not sharp enough to punch through the off side hide, and stops there.

FREAK · 2024-10-30T09:34:11-0600

Federal terminal ascent 155 grain 7 rem mag. 350 yards on an elk.

winmag · 2024-10-30T09:54:36-0600

Shoot a bigger gun!

Khunter · 2024-10-30T10:10:40-0600

40 cal bullets pulled from bear shot at 20 feet.
They guys I was hunting with who loaned a pistol when my bow malfunctioned said, keep shooting till we say stop or you are sure it is dead, we got 30k worth of dogs standing around we need to protect. And I did, a lot more than just these.