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Berger Bullet Failure at Short Range
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<blockquote data-quote="cfvickers" data-source="post: 600229" data-attributes="member: 25488"><p>Blood from the nose and mouth. I just cannot get past that. That suggests lungs to me, and given the aiming point I would bet you hit right where you were aiming. However with it that close it may or may not open. Those bullets have worked well for me at close and long range. haven't lost one yet, but I will submit that I may lose the next. However, I have lost deer with barnes, and other heavily constructed bullets. Your point of aim was likely misjudged, and no amount of target shooting will ever make up for determining an aiming point on a deer. Even the most seasoned hunters will at some point get it wrong as well. There is nothing to be ashamed of or upset with yourself about if any of these suggestions posted are the case. Or the bullet for that matter. If you hunt with one in particular long enough at some point it will not do what you need it to do. I am thinking you made a high forward shoulder shot at an angle that was not descernable to you when you pulled the trigger. You hit the top of one lung, barely missed the spine and all main arteries and the deer may well go several more days before it expires. It happens to everyone sooner or later, it sucks tremendously, but don't sweat it. Every time we squeeze the trigger on a game animal we roll the dice. Those dice are usually loaded in our favor, but one time in a thousand they will not fall where we hope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cfvickers, post: 600229, member: 25488"] Blood from the nose and mouth. I just cannot get past that. That suggests lungs to me, and given the aiming point I would bet you hit right where you were aiming. However with it that close it may or may not open. Those bullets have worked well for me at close and long range. haven't lost one yet, but I will submit that I may lose the next. However, I have lost deer with barnes, and other heavily constructed bullets. Your point of aim was likely misjudged, and no amount of target shooting will ever make up for determining an aiming point on a deer. Even the most seasoned hunters will at some point get it wrong as well. There is nothing to be ashamed of or upset with yourself about if any of these suggestions posted are the case. Or the bullet for that matter. If you hunt with one in particular long enough at some point it will not do what you need it to do. I am thinking you made a high forward shoulder shot at an angle that was not descernable to you when you pulled the trigger. You hit the top of one lung, barely missed the spine and all main arteries and the deer may well go several more days before it expires. It happens to everyone sooner or later, it sucks tremendously, but don't sweat it. Every time we squeeze the trigger on a game animal we roll the dice. Those dice are usually loaded in our favor, but one time in a thousand they will not fall where we hope. [/QUOTE]
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