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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 2445835" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>I'm not going to say that didn't happen, but what I will say is that somehow, someway you missed the hole.</p><p></p><p>Many moons ago I had a similar instance shooting a doe that was facing me with her head down at just over 40yds. She was in a wheatfield that had been grazed off pretty smooth so I crawled to the edge of it and set up on the bipod to get good and steady. I was shooting a 52 or 55gr Speer or Hornady Soft point in a .220 swift.</p><p></p><p>I waited forever for her to lift her head so I could get a shot at the base of her throat but she just kept grazing and it was starting to get dark.</p><p></p><p>Finally she kind of raised her head a bit like she was choked or burping and I snapped a quick shot.</p><p></p><p>She flipped over backwards like she'd been hit by lightening.</p><p></p><p>I could not find a sign one of that bullet dressing her and so I did a little more investigating.</p><p></p><p>The bullet sailed a bit high I guess went into her mouth and exploded in the back of her throat severing her spinal cord.</p><p></p><p>I couldn't make that shot again in a thousand years of trying but if I'd not gone the extra yard there I would have sworn it just scared her to death with a near miss.</p><p></p><p>A couple of years later I had a repeat, but the bullet entered her neck then ran up her trachea to explode in her spine at the base of the neck.</p><p></p><p>Again a shot I could not repeat in a thousand years.</p><p></p><p>Crazy stuff happens if you shoot enough animals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 2445835, member: 30902"] I'm not going to say that didn't happen, but what I will say is that somehow, someway you missed the hole. Many moons ago I had a similar instance shooting a doe that was facing me with her head down at just over 40yds. She was in a wheatfield that had been grazed off pretty smooth so I crawled to the edge of it and set up on the bipod to get good and steady. I was shooting a 52 or 55gr Speer or Hornady Soft point in a .220 swift. I waited forever for her to lift her head so I could get a shot at the base of her throat but she just kept grazing and it was starting to get dark. Finally she kind of raised her head a bit like she was choked or burping and I snapped a quick shot. She flipped over backwards like she'd been hit by lightening. I could not find a sign one of that bullet dressing her and so I did a little more investigating. The bullet sailed a bit high I guess went into her mouth and exploded in the back of her throat severing her spinal cord. I couldn't make that shot again in a thousand years of trying but if I'd not gone the extra yard there I would have sworn it just scared her to death with a near miss. A couple of years later I had a repeat, but the bullet entered her neck then ran up her trachea to explode in her spine at the base of the neck. Again a shot I could not repeat in a thousand years. Crazy stuff happens if you shoot enough animals. [/QUOTE]
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