That wasn't the point, yes, you aim center mass, but the round may have to go through/shatter bones and still be effective. That's a big reason that a .45 just isn't the right tool. I have also seen what a .45 230g will do, and it was amazing how easy it was stopped. Having shot many different calibers and types of rounds at objects, the theme was that the .45 just wasn't a great penetrator. The reason is it's a bit fat slow round. It''s subsonic for sakes in it's regular form. Even +P it's big fat and slow compared to other +P.
This kind of goes back to what the original purpose was, the military used (and still uses) ball ammo and with that in mind, .45 is a larger hole than .354, so more bleeding out, as opposed to even 9mm. That's great, but it doesn't translate to big game, where you need penetration, in excess of what works on humans (which are relatively soft targets).
So back to my original point, taking an insufficient weapon into the wilderness is irresponsible. Just like the guy that unloaded his full AR magazine into a bear a few years back. The bear crawled off, died a few hours later. Hours. After emptying a full magazine into the bear. Why? Those tiny 5.56 rounds fragment and just don't carry enough energy like a bigger .30 caliber round. Same problem as before. Damn shame for an animal to have to bleed out over several hours. Also allows a big chance the animal may still mow you down even though you've shot them several times.
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