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<blockquote data-quote="cabelasken" data-source="post: 2309388" data-attributes="member: 117774"><p>last year a bull took a hit with a 338 lapua at over 500 yds and dropped immediately. But it got up just as fast. The hit was just below the spine and just above the shoulder blade. An inch or two up or down would have anchored that bull. We were fortunate that another opportunity at that bull was granted 3/4 of a mile away and that shot anchored it. I'm not sure if bullet design would have helped, but maybe one of those bullets designed to shed petals in random directions may have helped. But maybe not. In the case of this antelope, I really think the shot was a little high. I know animals can bleed a substantial amount and still recover. I arrowed a P&Y mule deer in alberta about 20 years ago from 53 yards and the animal took a couple of steps before the arrow arrived. The hit was in the right rear haunch. When the guides arrived, I explained the hit so we began tracking the buck. About every 30 to 40 ft, we found a blood puddle the side of a dinner plate and after 1/4 of a mile the guides were expecting to find a dead animal at any moment. Two miles later the animal was sill alive and escaped to private land where we could not follow. In fact that animal lived another two years until another archer took him cleanly. The guides shared a video of that buck with me a year after I wounded it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cabelasken, post: 2309388, member: 117774"] last year a bull took a hit with a 338 lapua at over 500 yds and dropped immediately. But it got up just as fast. The hit was just below the spine and just above the shoulder blade. An inch or two up or down would have anchored that bull. We were fortunate that another opportunity at that bull was granted 3/4 of a mile away and that shot anchored it. I'm not sure if bullet design would have helped, but maybe one of those bullets designed to shed petals in random directions may have helped. But maybe not. In the case of this antelope, I really think the shot was a little high. I know animals can bleed a substantial amount and still recover. I arrowed a P&Y mule deer in alberta about 20 years ago from 53 yards and the animal took a couple of steps before the arrow arrived. The hit was in the right rear haunch. When the guides arrived, I explained the hit so we began tracking the buck. About every 30 to 40 ft, we found a blood puddle the side of a dinner plate and after 1/4 of a mile the guides were expecting to find a dead animal at any moment. Two miles later the animal was sill alive and escaped to private land where we could not follow. In fact that animal lived another two years until another archer took him cleanly. The guides shared a video of that buck with me a year after I wounded it. [/QUOTE]
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