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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 751496" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>Thought I would revisit this thread with this years bull. This bull was shot 3 days before I killed it, the story I have it from a couple guys was the bull was shot with a high shoulder shot with a 300 RUM loaded with a Berger bullet but no one knew the weight. The bull dropped at the shot and looked like it was TKO'ed, the shooters left the blind to load up to retrieve the bull, they noticed it was moving again and getting it's front end under it. The shooter tried to put a second round into the bull but could not hit it again, and he was able to regain his feet and make it into the herd but there was no way to get to him. I tried the first night to kill him but in the terrain it's very hard to get a good range and his position was such that a short miss range would put a bullet into another bull.</p><p> Second night I tried to get the bull again but found him in the main herd so I belly crawled and set up to take him if he cleared, it sucked as the two biggest bulls that no one had gotten a shot on walked out at just 100 yards from my position, once in a lifetime bulls but the wounded bull never cleared, I was able to watch him and he didn't limp and moved very well, the only reason I could pick him out was the blood stain on his shoulder and a broken horn.</p><p></p><p>The next morning it took three hours to narrow down which herd he was in, spent the next few hours to find him, he would obviously live despite the wound, he was pushing another bull around a bit but not super speedy when the herd moved fast. I finally got an opening to get a good range and shot but it was fast, I lead him a little short and the first shot took his liver out and rocked him then he hit high gear I added a little more lead but still hit him back, the third hit I got dialed in and took the top of his heart of and he augured it! Haven't had to shoot a running bull in a while but it was the only chance I was going to get. </p><p></p><p>The first wounding shot blew a hole through the top of his back, the blood stain was the exit, had it been about 4in lower he would not have recovered. The first shot really jacked his spine up and kinda gave him a hump back look, it blew a nice hole through the top of one vertebra, I was kinda surprised that he was getting around as well as he was, judging by the wound and radiating blood shot and gore the bullet expended most of it's energy right on the spine but nothing damaged the core of the column.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]17171[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]17172[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 751496, member: 13632"] Thought I would revisit this thread with this years bull. This bull was shot 3 days before I killed it, the story I have it from a couple guys was the bull was shot with a high shoulder shot with a 300 RUM loaded with a Berger bullet but no one knew the weight. The bull dropped at the shot and looked like it was TKO'ed, the shooters left the blind to load up to retrieve the bull, they noticed it was moving again and getting it's front end under it. The shooter tried to put a second round into the bull but could not hit it again, and he was able to regain his feet and make it into the herd but there was no way to get to him. I tried the first night to kill him but in the terrain it's very hard to get a good range and his position was such that a short miss range would put a bullet into another bull. Second night I tried to get the bull again but found him in the main herd so I belly crawled and set up to take him if he cleared, it sucked as the two biggest bulls that no one had gotten a shot on walked out at just 100 yards from my position, once in a lifetime bulls but the wounded bull never cleared, I was able to watch him and he didn't limp and moved very well, the only reason I could pick him out was the blood stain on his shoulder and a broken horn. The next morning it took three hours to narrow down which herd he was in, spent the next few hours to find him, he would obviously live despite the wound, he was pushing another bull around a bit but not super speedy when the herd moved fast. I finally got an opening to get a good range and shot but it was fast, I lead him a little short and the first shot took his liver out and rocked him then he hit high gear I added a little more lead but still hit him back, the third hit I got dialed in and took the top of his heart of and he augured it! Haven't had to shoot a running bull in a while but it was the only chance I was going to get. The first wounding shot blew a hole through the top of his back, the blood stain was the exit, had it been about 4in lower he would not have recovered. The first shot really jacked his spine up and kinda gave him a hump back look, it blew a nice hole through the top of one vertebra, I was kinda surprised that he was getting around as well as he was, judging by the wound and radiating blood shot and gore the bullet expended most of it's energy right on the spine but nothing damaged the core of the column. [ATTACH]17171.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]17172.vB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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