Having dressed out a lot of deer and elk that "mess" always look much worse than it is. The blood on the outside cleaned off and only a little was lost around the bullet hole(s). I've seen the same "mess" many times with non HP'd FPs. I've also seen the same with cast and jacketed bullets having lower impact velocities. You're not going to kill any animal w/o creating some "mess". I don't give a second thought to it as I prefer to kill animals quickly and I'd rather have a bit more hamburger than to lose an animal which I have and don't want to ever again.