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<blockquote data-quote="vancewalker007" data-source="post: 2309402" data-attributes="member: 66917"><p>You hit high in no mans land. If that big bullet did not mushroom but penciled through you just made a hole through the ribs and missed the heart lung. It obviously did not hit the spine otherwise the animal would have been anchored right there, maybe still alive but broken down. Remember, the bullet is falling in an arch so it likely hit high and arched under the spine but above the vitals. Add if the bullet did not shotgun but hammering through in 1 piece and you have this result. I shot an Antelope in Wyoming a few years ago with a similar result using archery. The arrow hit about 4 inches below the spine and made a hole on both sides but totally missed the lungs. Luckily it was during rifle season and we were able to eventually dispatch it with a rifle. Also, I have seen Antelope walking around with arrows sticking through them in about the same location. Fletch out one side broadhead out the other Walking around eating like nothing was wrong. What learned from my Antelope archery incident was their heart/lung area is very tight to their breastbone like African Antelope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vancewalker007, post: 2309402, member: 66917"] You hit high in no mans land. If that big bullet did not mushroom but penciled through you just made a hole through the ribs and missed the heart lung. It obviously did not hit the spine otherwise the animal would have been anchored right there, maybe still alive but broken down. Remember, the bullet is falling in an arch so it likely hit high and arched under the spine but above the vitals. Add if the bullet did not shotgun but hammering through in 1 piece and you have this result. I shot an Antelope in Wyoming a few years ago with a similar result using archery. The arrow hit about 4 inches below the spine and made a hole on both sides but totally missed the lungs. Luckily it was during rifle season and we were able to eventually dispatch it with a rifle. Also, I have seen Antelope walking around with arrows sticking through them in about the same location. Fletch out one side broadhead out the other Walking around eating like nothing was wrong. What learned from my Antelope archery incident was their heart/lung area is very tight to their breastbone like African Antelope. [/QUOTE]
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