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Thoughts on SST's(long)
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<blockquote data-quote="rost495" data-source="post: 29777" data-attributes="member: 1768"><p><strong>Re: Thoughts on SST\'s(long)</strong></p><p></p><p>FD</p><p></p><p>I never said your friend was a bad shot. I'm a fair shot and have muffed a few of my own. The head actually provides more bone to initiate expansion than the neck does. There is a lot of area in the neck that will show a hit and even knock a deer down and yet be either non lethal or not lethal till a few days or more have passed. </p><p></p><p>Its just a fact that the bullet must have missed the spinal column and or all of the major blood vessels. Or the tracking job was poor. Sometimes we simply cannot find what we shot. Its a sad fact of the process that we try to avoid as much as we can.</p><p></p><p>I've guided a number of years and on the place we guided we harvested on average about 350 deer. I've seen more neck shot deer simply paralyzed and had to be finished that it sorta makes me sick. From many rounds.</p><p></p><p>I agree with Harv that shooting for the head or neck I'd prefer a more frangible bullet. It helps if you err a bit in placement. But I've done lots of severe damage to the heads with 180X in the 300 wtby. Enough to say either the bullet expands very well or the velocity is enough to basically take the off side of the head away.</p><p></p><p>Respectfully, (typing often leads to mis- informed communciations)</p><p>Jeff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rost495, post: 29777, member: 1768"] [b]Re: Thoughts on SST\'s(long)[/b] FD I never said your friend was a bad shot. I'm a fair shot and have muffed a few of my own. The head actually provides more bone to initiate expansion than the neck does. There is a lot of area in the neck that will show a hit and even knock a deer down and yet be either non lethal or not lethal till a few days or more have passed. Its just a fact that the bullet must have missed the spinal column and or all of the major blood vessels. Or the tracking job was poor. Sometimes we simply cannot find what we shot. Its a sad fact of the process that we try to avoid as much as we can. I've guided a number of years and on the place we guided we harvested on average about 350 deer. I've seen more neck shot deer simply paralyzed and had to be finished that it sorta makes me sick. From many rounds. I agree with Harv that shooting for the head or neck I'd prefer a more frangible bullet. It helps if you err a bit in placement. But I've done lots of severe damage to the heads with 180X in the 300 wtby. Enough to say either the bullet expands very well or the velocity is enough to basically take the off side of the head away. Respectfully, (typing often leads to mis- informed communciations) Jeff [/QUOTE]
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