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And the next Contestant on "Who's Head is Gonna Spin" C'mon Down
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Bischof" data-source="post: 2272115" data-attributes="member: 879"><p>I understand exactly what you are dealing with. My terrain is somewhat different--but the challenge and problem is the same--being able to find and recover your deer. </p><p></p><p>I have a couple of stands in South Arkansas that are pretty close to clear cuts that have grown up into thickets. So while I don't have to deal with blood trails that disappear in knee deep water, I do want the deer to go down before he reaches the old cut over or it is hell getting him out. </p><p></p><p>On one of my stands, that means any deer I shoot has to go down within 15-20 yards or he will stuff himself into the thickest thorniest stuff you never saw. Year before last, I made a less than perfectly placed lung shot on a buck and he ran about 25 yards, but I got lucky he got his antler twisted up in the briars as he was going into the clear cut thicket and he died there before he could free his antlers (Thank you, Jesus!)</p><p></p><p>So yeah, I know I don't need .338, 30-06 or 270 WSM to kill South Arkansas deer. But I use them j because they go down quicker. And although I've killed a slew of deer with 30-06, I have observed they go down a lot quicker when the bullet is impacting at over 3,000 fps as they do with 270 WSM. </p><p></p><p>The temporary wound cavity does a lot of damage to a critter's organs and nerves when it goes in screaming over 3,000 fps. And I'm quite sure for those of you who are sporting the heavier artillery, the faster the bullet is screaming on impact, the faster that critter hits the ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon Bischof, post: 2272115, member: 879"] I understand exactly what you are dealing with. My terrain is somewhat different--but the challenge and problem is the same--being able to find and recover your deer. I have a couple of stands in South Arkansas that are pretty close to clear cuts that have grown up into thickets. So while I don't have to deal with blood trails that disappear in knee deep water, I do want the deer to go down before he reaches the old cut over or it is hell getting him out. On one of my stands, that means any deer I shoot has to go down within 15-20 yards or he will stuff himself into the thickest thorniest stuff you never saw. Year before last, I made a less than perfectly placed lung shot on a buck and he ran about 25 yards, but I got lucky he got his antler twisted up in the briars as he was going into the clear cut thicket and he died there before he could free his antlers (Thank you, Jesus!) So yeah, I know I don't need .338, 30-06 or 270 WSM to kill South Arkansas deer. But I use them j because they go down quicker. And although I've killed a slew of deer with 30-06, I have observed they go down a lot quicker when the bullet is impacting at over 3,000 fps as they do with 270 WSM. The temporary wound cavity does a lot of damage to a critter's organs and nerves when it goes in screaming over 3,000 fps. And I'm quite sure for those of you who are sporting the heavier artillery, the faster the bullet is screaming on impact, the faster that critter hits the ground. [/QUOTE]
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