Hesitant to post this. New here and the shot still has ME scratching my head a bit so understandably I'll face some possible ridicule.
For background, this is my 90th deer and I owned and operated a deer processing shop several years and have processed 3500-4000 whietail. FWIW.
I've never seen anything QUITE like this, but then again, the above mentioned deer processed were 99 percent taken with archery, blackpowder rifles and shotgun slugs.
Some dont shoot moving deer. Ive never had a problem with it, as long as I know the range, the trigger and my capabilities with such. Opening day in Indiana is pretty much a "madhouse" and if the deer arent running from hunters, the does are running from bucks, being in the rut here. STANDING deer shots happen, but moving ones are equally expected.
This buck was just hitting the ground from the other side of the fence, slightly twisted to the (my ) right, his left going after 4 does. Range 80 yards plus or minus. He may have been hit the split second he went to leap forward. Timing was everything on this shot. I couldnt let him follow the does. The bullets path in that direction put a house and a highway in the picture. No shot.
The bullet a 180 grain flatnose hot core Speer. I only shot one through the chronograph just for general confirmation, 2693 fps. Velocity was not really a big issue for my hunting distances and the load was a good distance from being maxed out. The round, my 350JR, a shortened 350 Rem mag in my 700 Classic.
Viewing the bullet's entance, when first viewed in the field, I thought I had totally missed the scapula, shooting just inside it from the front angling back hard to the opposite hip. (In retrospect, I wish I would have taken a photo of the bullet entrance.) That turned out not to be the case, yet the angle of the deer at bullet's impact is vague in my head and I'm a little at loss as to just HOW this bullet did what it did and went where it went considering the massive interference it had to go through. Im a little no wait, a LOT surprised the bullet didnt come apart!
Notice the "lump" on the buck's left hindquarter. That is the bullet and I slipped it out slitting the skin after this photo.
The bullet, miraculously in one piece. Weight Ill tell you as soon as I figure out wth I did with it. lol
Delete if such is not allowed. Rather gruesome IMO.
Notice the "hole" and bloodshot side of the ribcage above and left of my hand from the bone fragments. Front of the deer is to the lower right corner of the photo. A large portion of the scapula is just gone. Folding my hand I can push it through the hole.
HOW this bullet kept going in a generally straight path for 33 inches (measured) is not something I would have expected and how the adreneline kept this buck going another 40 yards is equally amazing to me.
God Bless
Steve
For background, this is my 90th deer and I owned and operated a deer processing shop several years and have processed 3500-4000 whietail. FWIW.
I've never seen anything QUITE like this, but then again, the above mentioned deer processed were 99 percent taken with archery, blackpowder rifles and shotgun slugs.
Some dont shoot moving deer. Ive never had a problem with it, as long as I know the range, the trigger and my capabilities with such. Opening day in Indiana is pretty much a "madhouse" and if the deer arent running from hunters, the does are running from bucks, being in the rut here. STANDING deer shots happen, but moving ones are equally expected.
This buck was just hitting the ground from the other side of the fence, slightly twisted to the (my ) right, his left going after 4 does. Range 80 yards plus or minus. He may have been hit the split second he went to leap forward. Timing was everything on this shot. I couldnt let him follow the does. The bullets path in that direction put a house and a highway in the picture. No shot.
The bullet a 180 grain flatnose hot core Speer. I only shot one through the chronograph just for general confirmation, 2693 fps. Velocity was not really a big issue for my hunting distances and the load was a good distance from being maxed out. The round, my 350JR, a shortened 350 Rem mag in my 700 Classic.
Viewing the bullet's entance, when first viewed in the field, I thought I had totally missed the scapula, shooting just inside it from the front angling back hard to the opposite hip. (In retrospect, I wish I would have taken a photo of the bullet entrance.) That turned out not to be the case, yet the angle of the deer at bullet's impact is vague in my head and I'm a little at loss as to just HOW this bullet did what it did and went where it went considering the massive interference it had to go through. Im a little no wait, a LOT surprised the bullet didnt come apart!
Notice the "lump" on the buck's left hindquarter. That is the bullet and I slipped it out slitting the skin after this photo.
The bullet, miraculously in one piece. Weight Ill tell you as soon as I figure out wth I did with it. lol
Delete if such is not allowed. Rather gruesome IMO.
Notice the "hole" and bloodshot side of the ribcage above and left of my hand from the bone fragments. Front of the deer is to the lower right corner of the photo. A large portion of the scapula is just gone. Folding my hand I can push it through the hole.
HOW this bullet kept going in a generally straight path for 33 inches (measured) is not something I would have expected and how the adreneline kept this buck going another 40 yards is equally amazing to me.
God Bless
Steve
