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If referring to my bullet.. she was about 40 yds from me quartering away to the right. I put the bullet behind the left rib cage to enter the chest and exit the right front. She ran roughly 30 yds into heavy brush and expired, no blood, just a tuff of hair. I heard her crash and found her soon after.How quick did it incapacitate the deer, assuming your shot hit vital organs.
It would be interesting to weigh it to see the difference between an unfired round.
That's the main reason I was surprised to find the core lokt. All the previous deer killed had great exit wounds some you could put your fist in. Never know how a bullet will act, just hope for the best!On a deer from an "06" at 40 yards that seems to be a really short bullet path and still retain the bullet. I shot a large deer at 70 yards with a .45 cal presenting almost an identical shot as what you describe and it was a total pass thru with a 180 grain lead bullet. One would think a 30-06 would have far more energy especially with minimal bone contact.
Congrats on the kill though!
Bullets do weird things, especially at short range. You'd think that the higher velocity impact will result in more penetration, but that's not always true. This is a situation where you may actually get counterintuitive results sometimes.On a deer from an "06" at 40 yards that seems to be a really short bullet path and still retain the bullet. I shot a large deer at 70 yards with a .45 cal presenting almost an identical shot as what you describe and it was a total pass thru with a 180 grain lead bullet. One would think a 30-06 would have far more energy especially with minimal bone contact.
Congrats on the kill though!
Bullets do weird things, especially at short range.
How quick did it incapacitate the deer, assuming your shot hit vital organs.
It would be interesting to weigh it to see the difference between an unfired round.
Wow! Sounds like you experienced both extremes on that deer: extremely rapid expansion and minimal penetration on the shoulder shot (where the slug quickly encountered lots of resistance) and minimal expansion, but lots of penetration on the shot that hit behind the shoulder. That second shot probably slipped between the ribs and penciled right through without expanding at all.Years ago when Winchester came out with the Partition Gold sabot slugs I shoulder shot a deer at about 25 yards. The entire outside of the shoulder came off in a huge ball of blood and chunks but the deer kept going and finally dropped with a second shot at about 90 yards. The second shot hit behind the same shoulder and exited the opposite shoulder. Very little damage on the second bullet exit. The first bullet never made it to the shoulder blade and the blade was entire void of any meat in a 10" circle. The bullets were 385 grain .50 caliber in what appeared to be an XTP. I never expected a jacketed bullet to grenade like that one did. I haven't seen such a mess as that since.
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