What would you hunters out there use for whitetails? A Nosler Partition tip or Ballistic tip in 25/06?

Both are fine, but neither is necessary.

I'd use a partition if those were my only choices.
I'd use a Hornady SP, if I had that as a choice. Little more expansion with good penetration. Great wound channel at the 25-06 speed.

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frasier the deer in your part of the state can't be any bigger than the deer in the central part of the state, so if you want no tore up meat shoot the with the soft point, if you want an instaneous kill stick em behind the shoulder with a ballistic tip those does down there weigh no more than 90lbs and maybe a huge buck goes 150-175, whichever bullet you use make sure you have a good scope on your rifle when your reaching out across those bean and peanut fields, about dusk you will need it, deer around these parts aint tanks

Either will work fine, and either will be better than most other choices. The Ballistic Tip will be more economical, and has a chance at being more accurate as well as having a bit higher ballistic coefficient. Since the Bal Tip is essentially "made" for whitetails, it would be my first choice. Half a pound of blood shot rib meat is a fair trade for a quick kill.

I use the Hornady 120 HP in my 25-06 on deer and antelope here in Colorado and they work great. Penetration is much better than one would think. Accuracy is superior to anything else in my Ruger #1.
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The ballistic tips are the most accurate thing I've found in my 25-06. That being said I didn't much care for thier performance on game. I went back to the 100 grain corelokt. As for the partition, they are my favorite elk bullet in my 30-06 and should be equally as goo in the .25 caliber. But as stated earlier this bullet is overkill on little deer.

I have only shot one deer with a BT was using a 100gr in 25/06 and worked like a dream, deer was around 200lbs. Waited for a broad side shot.

BT's are very accurate bullets. However, on close up shots they tend to come apart early. I use Hornady SP or Partitions they won't let you down.

I favor the 1/4 bore on whitetail deer, it is simply a great little cartridge that works. I have often see better results than using the bigger caliber 06.

I have shot the Nosler partitions on dear, and they exit on broadside shots I have taken. I favor the Remington Core - Lokts, I don't believe there is a better bullet for whitetail deer.

Ballistic tips turn deer inside out and I love them. And they are more accurate than partitions.

Last year I used Bts in my 257 AI for deer and antelope and never will again. The damage was horrendous I lost about 10 pounds of meat on the deer that was bloodshot and damaged from the bullet. For deer sized game I would go with the Hornady Interlock or Nosler Partition.

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It�s sure nice to see some Hornady fans! Most articles I read and people I talk to seem to think Hornady bullets went out with the 8 track. After countless one-shot kills I can say, Hornady bullets have never let me down.

I would recommend the Ballistic Tips. Great bullets. Very accurate, very good performance on deer. The Partitions are in my opinion, too hard for whitetails, since yours are max at 150-175lbs, which is even larger than here in AZ. I just don't think whitetail bones are that tough that the BT's can't get through the shoulder. Maybe in places where the whitetails are large?? I use the Partitions for mule deer and the BT's for whitetail in a 257 Roberts-soon-to-be-Ackley. I will never fire another P. O. S. Remington Corelokt bullet at game for as long as I live. Maybe at paper, not at game. In any case, if I was worried about BT's being too fragile, I sure as hell wouldn't consider the Corelokts! Talk about fragile! I don't care if others like them. I can afford a quality bullet now, so I don't have to shoot garbage. Had bad experience, and I DO claim to learn from my mistakes (well, sometimes-LOL). Compared to the rest of the hunt, bullets (even custom bullets) are DIRT CHEAP!

Wow, this seems very two dimensional to me. What about terrain considerations, ie; range. dont ballistic tips/hollow points lose their conformity after long distances? why wouldnt a spbt do for whitetails at any range?

I shoot a 257AI and use the 115gr NBT. I love these bullets for deer. With a rib/lung hit the deer drop right now and the meat damage is minimal.