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Muzzleloader Pass Through Bullets and SD
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<blockquote data-quote="mnoland30" data-source="post: 1499783" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>I'm not trying to irritate anyone. Thank you for clarifying. What I'm looking for is what I've read the old time buffalo hunters had: one shot kills on bison that dropped them so the rest of the herd didn't stampede. I've come close to that with the Remington bullets I've been using, but can't get more. If they could do that in the 19th century, we should be able to do it now. You've shot elk, so I'm sure you know how much tougher they are than deer. I have trailed an elk shot through the lungs (on the second shot) and she went another 1/4 mile. I've also had trouble finding elk in the dark even when they only went 75 yards after the shot. Do you find that your animals bleed from the entrance wound? If the entrance wound is bigger, both sides seem to bleed better. Looking back, I can think of two shots at elk where they ran off and there was no sign of blood. One at 90 yards, and one at 200 yards. Entirely possible that I missed, but I've also killed two that walked or ran off and there was no sign of blood.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mnoland30, post: 1499783, member: 29323"] I'm not trying to irritate anyone. Thank you for clarifying. What I'm looking for is what I've read the old time buffalo hunters had: one shot kills on bison that dropped them so the rest of the herd didn't stampede. I've come close to that with the Remington bullets I've been using, but can't get more. If they could do that in the 19th century, we should be able to do it now. You've shot elk, so I'm sure you know how much tougher they are than deer. I have trailed an elk shot through the lungs (on the second shot) and she went another 1/4 mile. I've also had trouble finding elk in the dark even when they only went 75 yards after the shot. Do you find that your animals bleed from the entrance wound? If the entrance wound is bigger, both sides seem to bleed better. Looking back, I can think of two shots at elk where they ran off and there was no sign of blood. One at 90 yards, and one at 200 yards. Entirely possible that I missed, but I've also killed two that walked or ran off and there was no sign of blood. [/QUOTE]
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