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<blockquote data-quote="Canhunter35" data-source="post: 2405782" data-attributes="member: 101677"><p>The physiology of a relaxed deer vs one surging with adrenaline is vastly different, from taught muscles to a racing heart, etc. a few years ago I shot a big bodied Muley at 50yards, center punched his chest with a 115ballistic tip from a 257wby, in the past I'd had quite a few quick drops from this combo, this deer ran a 100yards missing part of his lungs and heart. This past fall my wife used my 7rem mag and the 180hybrid to drop a mule deer at 832yards, right where he was standing, his legs folded and I didn't even see a kick. The internal damage on the 50 yards muley was vastly more, but I spooked him and I shot as he was jumping up to run and sometimes the will to live exceeds all our expectations as hunters. These are not bullet failures.</p><p>In my experience, I don't look for an exit wound, I look inside to see how much damage there is. The more internal damage the greater the chance that animal is dying quickly, I don't want to bleed them out I want to shut down enough organs or nerves they drop in shock and quickly expire. When shooting long range I always factor wind into my shot placement to give me the greatest margin of error. With the slower bullets I want something frangible but a long enough bullet even if ur on top of the shoulder blade that bullet will still drive through and get into the important parts. I don't need the bullet to go through the animal, just reach better than halfway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Canhunter35, post: 2405782, member: 101677"] The physiology of a relaxed deer vs one surging with adrenaline is vastly different, from taught muscles to a racing heart, etc. a few years ago I shot a big bodied Muley at 50yards, center punched his chest with a 115ballistic tip from a 257wby, in the past I’d had quite a few quick drops from this combo, this deer ran a 100yards missing part of his lungs and heart. This past fall my wife used my 7rem mag and the 180hybrid to drop a mule deer at 832yards, right where he was standing, his legs folded and I didn’t even see a kick. The internal damage on the 50 yards muley was vastly more, but I spooked him and I shot as he was jumping up to run and sometimes the will to live exceeds all our expectations as hunters. These are not bullet failures. In my experience, I don’t look for an exit wound, I look inside to see how much damage there is. The more internal damage the greater the chance that animal is dying quickly, I don’t want to bleed them out I want to shut down enough organs or nerves they drop in shock and quickly expire. When shooting long range I always factor wind into my shot placement to give me the greatest margin of error. With the slower bullets I want something frangible but a long enough bullet even if ur on top of the shoulder blade that bullet will still drive through and get into the important parts. I don’t need the bullet to go through the animal, just reach better than halfway. [/QUOTE]
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