Its all about Placement, and I , Legally here in Alaska, have used FMJ's with ABSOLUTELY no problem for almost 20 years of hunting for a living.
A .30 cal hole through a deers Heart or brain kills them as dead as a soft point. "Drilling tiny holes" is Bunk. Most all calibers 'tumble" after impact anyways. I found Czeck silvertip LPS did that VERY well, causeing wounds that kill VERY quickly.
countless Caribou, Brown Bears, Whales, Muskox, all die when shot proper.
The only thing that would stop me from useing FMJ's would be the law.
I have decades of Hunting with such, and in Alaska we call FMJ's "Alaskan Solids" , and their performance is not a problem, and haveing a steel cored bullet completly penatrate and exit a Brown Bear is plenty good in my Book. Works in Africa too, from what I hear, but Im only talking personal experiance.
Check your laws!! Good luck Hunting.