That reminds me of one of my great Black lab retrievers who had a very soft mouth. Well until out hunting geese and had a good flight of honkers come in and we were able to drop a few. Well one was a cripple that headed out across the corn field with Toby hot after his trail. Goose got he ear...
Hunting fool , one of the best short hair mI have ever had, great Chucker dog that would hunt towards you. Learned that all by this own. Guinner RIP after 15 years.
Wha my plan was for my honey hole elk hunt ,to hike in 5 miles spike camp. Field dress Elk hands in trees. hike out then get packer in to go for Elk. did that many times when hunting in /Washinton . Never missed for seven years.
With my Ruger #! 25-06 used two powers with out standing results on Mule ,Blacktail deer and Pigs with 120 gr Partitions.
Power 4064 40 gr at 2850 FPS and 49831 48.0 gr 2875FPS
Sub moa out to 250 yards. All one shot kills great results.