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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1353951" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Good point, I've not only seen it, I've done it.</p><p></p><p>To shorten a long story this weekend I head shot a big hog on the run who literally cartwheeled and hit the ground appearing to be stone dead.</p><p></p><p>I watched him for thirty seconds or so not seeing a breath or single kick so I went to retrieve him leaving the gun in the truck.</p><p></p><p>Sure as hell he springs back to life when I'm about thirty yards away.</p><p></p><p>All I had was a pocket knife and a pair of running shoes and what followed was an ugly wild pig rodeo that lasted a good 20 minutes.</p><p></p><p>We were both so sore and tired by the end I herded him close enough to the truck to grab a pistol and put one straight into the brain.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately my lead was just a bit too far forward and a shade high.</p><p></p><p>Turns out the first bullet failed to penetrate but broke up and sheared off of his skull.</p><p></p><p>Third time in a year the SGK's have done something similar so I won't be shooting anymore of them except at predators and when I'm out I won't be buying anymore.</p><p></p><p>To ensure immediate death with a spine/brain shot you have to interrupt the signal before the nerves which innervate the heart and lungs get very far away.</p><p></p><p>Contrary to what one would think the key nerves controlling the heart/lungs do not run through the spinal cord, the come out of the brain through the skull and run parallel to the spine for only a short distance before diverging.</p><p></p><p>Here's a picture of a pig's nervous system, it's very similar in all quadrupedal mammals and not too dissimilar from ours.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]82820[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1353951, member: 30902"] Good point, I've not only seen it, I've done it. To shorten a long story this weekend I head shot a big hog on the run who literally cartwheeled and hit the ground appearing to be stone dead. I watched him for thirty seconds or so not seeing a breath or single kick so I went to retrieve him leaving the gun in the truck. Sure as hell he springs back to life when I'm about thirty yards away. All I had was a pocket knife and a pair of running shoes and what followed was an ugly wild pig rodeo that lasted a good 20 minutes. We were both so sore and tired by the end I herded him close enough to the truck to grab a pistol and put one straight into the brain. Unfortunately my lead was just a bit too far forward and a shade high. Turns out the first bullet failed to penetrate but broke up and sheared off of his skull. Third time in a year the SGK's have done something similar so I won't be shooting anymore of them except at predators and when I'm out I won't be buying anymore. To ensure immediate death with a spine/brain shot you have to interrupt the signal before the nerves which innervate the heart and lungs get very far away. Contrary to what one would think the key nerves controlling the heart/lungs do not run through the spinal cord, the come out of the brain through the skull and run parallel to the spine for only a short distance before diverging. Here's a picture of a pig's nervous system, it's very similar in all quadrupedal mammals and not too dissimilar from ours. [ATTACH]82820[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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