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<blockquote data-quote="Schnyd112" data-source="post: 1845393" data-attributes="member: 90453"><p>2009 my dad shot a mule deer buck at about 400 yards with a 7 RUM. Impact behind the shoulder, just above his elbow, as he stood up from his bed. I watched hair fly and saw him start to hobble off. He quickly went into the aspen and we heard him hit the ground followed by some thrashing. Went to the impact zone, lots of hair, no blood. Followed tracks for the rest of the day and never found him. Saw a spot where he tripped over a root, tracks went right to it and a big disturbance in the leaves past it, but again no blood. I saw the impact. I could see a tuft of hair on his shoulder was missing. That's a kill shot. I was flabbergasted.</p><p></p><p>I had to go home the next morning, dad went back out looking for a dead deer so went super light and didn't take a rifle. It was raining and cold. Found the deer about 100 yards out of the aspen, not 500 yards from where we ran out of light, big patch of hair missing on his shoulder, alive and well. He was feeding up the mountain, not any noticeable limp or anything. When he knew he was spotted he bound off over the top of the ridge never to be seen again.</p><p></p><p>only explanation is that 140g bullet blew up when it hit him and didn't penetrate. I would still have expected to see blood, or a gaping wound on his side, but nothing more than a patch of hair was missing.</p><p></p><p>It has gone down as one of our worst hunts.on the way home the night before, we pulled all the lug nuts out of the driver side hub on the trailer. When we were packing up after we looked for the deer, a bungee cord snapped and chipped dads tooth. That was the last time the 7RUM got invited hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Schnyd112, post: 1845393, member: 90453"] 2009 my dad shot a mule deer buck at about 400 yards with a 7 RUM. Impact behind the shoulder, just above his elbow, as he stood up from his bed. I watched hair fly and saw him start to hobble off. He quickly went into the aspen and we heard him hit the ground followed by some thrashing. Went to the impact zone, lots of hair, no blood. Followed tracks for the rest of the day and never found him. Saw a spot where he tripped over a root, tracks went right to it and a big disturbance in the leaves past it, but again no blood. I saw the impact. I could see a tuft of hair on his shoulder was missing. That’s a kill shot. I was flabbergasted. I had to go home the next morning, dad went back out looking for a dead deer so went super light and didn’t take a rifle. It was raining and cold. Found the deer about 100 yards out of the aspen, not 500 yards from where we ran out of light, big patch of hair missing on his shoulder, alive and well. He was feeding up the mountain, not any noticeable limp or anything. When he knew he was spotted he bound off over the top of the ridge never to be seen again. only explanation is that 140g bullet blew up when it hit him and didn’t penetrate. I would still have expected to see blood, or a gaping wound on his side, but nothing more than a patch of hair was missing. It has gone down as one of our worst hunts.on the way home the night before, we pulled all the lug nuts out of the driver side hub on the trailer. When we were packing up after we looked for the deer, a bungee cord snapped and chipped dads tooth. That was the last time the 7RUM got invited hunting. [/QUOTE]
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