I tried the gold dot again this weekend. I had 6 hogs I had to shoot 3-4 time before they went down. All of the exit holes were barely the diameter of the top of my pinky.
The bulmet mushrooms nicely, but does't seem to transfer energy and cause significant damage upon impact. I switched back to the 120 sst mid hunt Friday night and hogs started dropping in 1 shot again.
If you hunt from a blind/stand, plan to shoot 1 hog with perfect shot placement in the head or neck. Then, I think the gold dot works well. If you plan to shoot animals on the move, full of adrenaline, the gold dot sucks.
Try the 110 accubond or even the 110 vmax. I think either perform better on game than the GD