Quilly

what is a i deal grain size and premium bullet for use under 100yds for whitetail deer?
85gr. 95gr. 100gr.?

frizzellr

I like 100 grain Sierra Game Kings.

popeye

frizzellr is right on the money. I would never use anything less than a 100gr bullet to hunt deer. Many of the lighter weight bullets are designed for varmints.

neweboarhunter

100 grain, premium controlled exspansion bullet.[:-]

Vapodog

100 grain Hornady interlock

LARRY338

95 grain nosler partition or 90 gr barnes x will perforate a deer too. Nobody wants to use them, but Ive seen some deer shot with 105 gr Speer roundnose too that worked good for a 6mm. You just need to put the shot in a soft spot and dont count on a whole lot of penetration from these little bullets. I know a guy who shot deer for several years with 70 gr sierra bthp' s, but thats not the best bullet to use. He never lost a deer though, so its all in where you hit em.

JagMagMan

Heres another vote for the 100 grain bullets!

Nomercy

100gr controlled expansion, you don' t want it to pop on impact, but you need it to expand enough to do enough damage to do it right too.

sam 444

Hornady 100 gr interlock round nose.

halcon

I have been using the 85 gr Barnes XBT for both deer and antelope and I have taken quite a few animals with them at over 200 yards and only had one bullet that didn' t pass completely through . So I guess you could say I don' t agree with the idea that the 100 gr bullet is the bottom line . I have tried quite a few different bullets and combinations over time and the Barnes bullets are by far the better one in my opinion.