No, it not necessarily a bad shot. That bullet is so fast that it could have zipped right through the deer and not expanded at all. I've seen it happen with a 7mm-08. If the shots you are taking are often falling under 100yds, then it is pointless to have a .270. You'd be better off with a medium velocity cartridge. There isn't much difference in a 130gr .270 and a 150gr .30-06 so, I don't think that will change anything.
Questioning my 270win for deer
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Back when I shot Archery, you learned where the heart of a whitetailed deer was. It is a lot lower in the body than most folks think.
I've had heart shot deer run 100 yds before, there is no way in heck that deer should have run that far, but it did! There was no heart left, just a blood filled chest with two holes in it, a finger sized going in and a hand sized going out. Well the blood poured out all the way.
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I've had heart shot deer run 100 yds before, there is no way in heck that deer should have run that far, but it did! There was no heart left, just a blood filled chest with two holes in it, a finger sized going in and a hand sized going out. Well the blood poured out all the way.
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