Whats everyones favorite bullet for deer and up. Im looking for a bullet to shoot out of my 25-06 rem that will hold up at high speeds but still deliver good accuracy. p.s. i HATE when bullets blow up on game - meat loss

Simple, Barnes TSX's. Superb accuracy, superb weight retention and superb penetration. Four elk and three deer in 5 years at ranges from 25' to 325 yards.

I shot a doe last year with my 270 using federal fushion 130 grain and had a good clean kill with little meat loss. It was my first year using the federal's and the only deer that I have taken with them, but the performance was awsome. I think any partition style bullet with do what you are looking for in a bullet. Just stay away from ballistic tips. I shot my buck with my 300 wsm with 150 grain ballistic silver tips at 246 yards. Caught a little shoulder and yikes! The deer went about 40 yards and a blind man could have followed the blood trail, but the front side of that deer was wasted, so I say stick with a partition and you should be good.....My 243 shoots 100gr hornady customs real well and my grandpa killed a doe with it at 200 yds with no meat damage, so maybe try those as well.

Brand really doesn't matter as much as picking a bullet that is designed to do what you want. I've killed deer within 50 yards using a 130gr Hornady SST in my .270 - both boiler room shots - and found chunks of the jacket in all 4 quarters of both deer. Beyond 100-150 yards these bullets would probably do fine, but they aren't designed for close-range shots. I've also killed deer with Sierra Game Kings in my .270 and .30-06 at various ranges from 50-150 yards, and they expanded well and did the job admirably. I've also killed deer with the el-cheapo factory Remington Core-Lok in .270 and .30-06, and those worked just as well as the Sierra GKs.

In short, if you want the bullet to expend all its energy inside the animal (and blow up) go with a ballistic tip. If you want good weight retention, good expansion and pass throughs, go with a jacketed soft point. If you want controlled expansion at any speed go with a solid like Barnes, Speer A-frame or Winchester's failsafe.