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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 2736974" data-attributes="member: 12443">Well in fairness to you, i would agree that not every species of animal reacts the same towards shooting.Antelope for sure wont hang around when a shot goes off.Elk tend to act alot like whitetails, and so do mule deer.Mind you they dont always sniff where the bullet hit, but its not uncommon either for them to do that.So long as they arent hit or even have dirt splashed on them,they are more apt to allow for follow up shots than they are to run off.&nbsp;For sure they hear the shot, but if youve never experienced being downrange when a shot is fired in your direction, you wont understand why that might be.Fact is that what sounds like a small firecracker exploding is what you will hear, followed by a distant boom as the actuall sound reaches you. The firecracker is the sound of the bullet breaking the sound barrier.So it can be confusing, for even a human knowing what it is and where it came from.And since there are no other warning signs by way of sight or smell, they tend to do nothing at all, or at least very little, by way of running off someplace.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 2736974, member: 12443"] Well in fairness to you, i would agree that not every species of animal reacts the same towards shooting. Antelope for sure wont hang around when a shot goes off. Elk tend to act alot like whitetails, and so do mule deer. Mind you they dont always sniff where the bullet hit, but its not uncommon either for them to do that. So long as they arent hit or even have dirt splashed on them, they are more apt to allow for follow up shots than they are to run off. For sure they hear the shot, but if youve never experienced being downrange when a shot is fired in your direction, you wont understand why that might be. Fact is that what sounds like a small firecracker exploding is what you will hear, followed by a distant boom as the actuall sound reaches you. The firecracker is the sound of the bullet breaking the sound barrier. So it can be confusing, for even a human knowing what it is and where it came from. And since there are no other warning signs by way of sight or smell, they tend to do nothing at all, or at least very little, by way of running off someplace. [/QUOTE]

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