Here is my one and only trad kill, I should of had an elk two weeks ago, but I failed to line up the shot, either that or I pulled it. I used a 125gr 4blade buzzcut.
I had great impact splatter, but had a very sparse bloodtrail, but as it was in the snow, it was really easy to follow, the doe made it a couple of hundred yards, but I think that had a lot to do with the terrain and the lack of a hiding spot to layup in. I truly believe that the sparse blood trail had to do with the thick layer of fat she was sporting all around her trunk. I hit her high in the crease on the right and exited aft on the bottom off side due to her turning and ducking into the shot. Really couldn't of asked for better shot placement.
Just for reference, the shaft is a full length 32" and it penetrated way into frozen ground.