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<blockquote data-quote="MagnumManiac" data-source="post: 2314929" data-attributes="member: 10755"><p>I shot a large bodied Sambar stag, he would have been 30" tall by 29" wide at a very uphill angle. All I could see was his head, neck and very top of his shoulder, maybe 8" of it tops. He was covered by brush, so I aimed high at the top of his shoulder…silly me, I knew to hold low but in the excitement I forgot. At the shot he jumped a good 3 feet and I could see fur floating in the air, so I knew I had connected. After that all I saw was his butt heading uphill, which is very rare in my experience, they always head downhill when fatally hit.</p><p>I tracked him quite easily but there was little blood and after the third gully system I had crossed I knew he wasn't hit hard.</p><p>Two weeks later he was seen on one of my game cams alive and well with barely a mark on him.</p><p>15 months later I shot him, the last shot had hit him above the shoulder, missed the spine and put a 33 cal hole in and a 33 cal hole out and had only passed through about 3.5"-4" of deer missing everything. It had a callous on the wound and was completely healed.</p><p>I am still amazed.</p><p></p><p>Cheers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagnumManiac, post: 2314929, member: 10755"] I shot a large bodied Sambar stag, he would have been 30” tall by 29” wide at a very uphill angle. All I could see was his head, neck and very top of his shoulder, maybe 8” of it tops. He was covered by brush, so I aimed high at the top of his shoulder…silly me, I knew to hold low but in the excitement I forgot. At the shot he jumped a good 3 feet and I could see fur floating in the air, so I knew I had connected. After that all I saw was his butt heading uphill, which is very rare in my experience, they always head downhill when fatally hit. I tracked him quite easily but there was little blood and after the third gully system I had crossed I knew he wasn’t hit hard. Two weeks later he was seen on one of my game cams alive and well with barely a mark on him. 15 months later I shot him, the last shot had hit him above the shoulder, missed the spine and put a 33 cal hole in and a 33 cal hole out and had only passed through about 3.5”-4” of deer missing everything. It had a callous on the wound and was completely healed. I am still amazed. Cheers. [/QUOTE]
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