Double Exit Wound?

[Dave Lakes]

Had a bit of an odd one and wondered if anyone can tell me what’s happened.

Shot a roe doe, 130gr lead (don’t start!) Hornady interlock, 160yds, side-on.

After a flinch, there was no further reaction to the shot, carried on grazing, thought I maybe missed, then she dropped stone dead.

It was carrying a lot of condition and a heavy winter coat, so I couldn’t see too much about where the shot went when I was gralloching, plus it was freezing so I just wanted to get done.

Upon skinning at home, there is an entry wound through the first layer of skin, just behind the shoulder, but that doesn’t enter the cavity until about 2 inches back, almost as if the deer was shot nearly head on.

Then even stranger, about 10 inches further back, is a full sized exit, on both sides.

Any ideas?

 

[Morkai]

Partial fragmentation leaving possibly two lumps of tumbling lead exiting the other side?

 

[Dave Lakes]

Well I did think that, but one fragment would have to do a 90 degree turn, and then hang another left to produce the exit hole, which worryingly was then facing back towards me!

 

[Stalker62]

Well I did think that, but one fragment would have to do a 90 degree turn...

I once had a patient who had been shot in the chest - the bullet came to rest at the back of one of his heels.

 

[sh1kar]

Well I did think that, but one fragment would have to do a 90 degree turn, and then hang another left to produce the exit hole, which worryingly was then facing back towards me!

One maybe bounced of the rib cage or the other fragment

 

[Dave Lakes]

I’m just a bit confused by the fact that a roe rib could cause such a deviation, and then also the double exit.

 

[Stalker62]

I’m just a bit confused by the fact that a roe rib could cause such a deviation, and then also the double exit.

The double exit may be a combination of bullet and/or bone fragment.

 

[Tim.243]

Had a bit of an odd one and wondered if anyone can tell me what’s happened.

Shot a roe doe, 130gr lead (don’t start!) Hornady interlock, 160yds, side-on.

After a flinch, there was no further reaction to the shot, carried on grazing, thought I maybe missed, then she dropped stone dead.

It was carrying a lot of condition and a heavy winter coat, so I couldn’t see too much about where the shot went when I was gralloching, plus it was freezing so I just wanted to get done.

Upon skinning at home, there is an entry wound through the first layer of skin, just behind the shoulder, but that doesn’t enter the cavity until about 2 inches back, almost as if the deer was shot nearly head on.

Then even stranger, about 10 inches further back, is a full sized exit, on both sides.

Any ideas?

Shot a muntjac in the neck went out in the os back leg and blew the ns hip out ! Lead .270 150gn

 

[Adyb]

Was she wearing jewellery?

 

[Dave Lakes]

Just one of those freak things then? I didn’t think fragmentation would be enough to produce two full sized exits in opposite directions. In fact the near side one is even bigger.

 

[ejg]

Had the same happen to me with a federal fusion 150gr from a 308. Entry on left side and further down exit on left side as well as an exit on the right side.
First it looked like gut shot until we found the entry perfectly on the shoulder.
edi

 

[willie_gunn]

I have twice seen two roe shot with the same bullet - in both cases the second animal was at an obtuse angle to the first. I’ve seen the same thing once with red deer.

I have also seen bullets deflecting upon hitting bone and exiting at strange angles, including once with a shoulder shot roe where the bullet exited through the haunch.

Similar situation with bullets fragmenting.

It often makes me ponder where bullets actually end up!

 

[VSS]

Bullets can do some strange things once they've left the confines of your rifle barrel.

 

[Dave Lakes]

Had the same happen to me with a federal fusion 150gr from a 308. Entry on left side and further down exit on left side as well as an exit on the right side.
First it looked like gut shot until we found the entry perfectly on the shoulder.
edi

Yeah that’s exactly what happened here. How I didn’t end up with a carcass full of green soup I have no idea. Initially thought “bloody hell that’s a terrible shot!” Until I found the actual entry

 

[Dorsetrifle04]

Similar here, shot a roe just behind shoulder, classic broadside shot. Fragment came out it's chin/throat area!! Spilling green. 100G lead. Dropped on the spot.

 

[Magnificent 7]

Bullets do some unexplainable things once entering the carcass

 

[Donkey Basher]

Three instances I can recall, all on fallow.

Broadside heart/lung shot with a 243 using Federal factory (lead) - very dead deer, entry hole where expected but no exit the other side of the rib cage, when gralloching it became apparent the bullet had done a 90 degree turn & came out the rear.

Quarter on shot into the front shoulder with 243 using home loaded Speer 105gn soft point (1:8 twist barrel so no issues with stabilisation) the intention that the exit would be through the back of the ribs opposite & ahead of the diaphragm. Wrong! - exit was on the same side as the entry just rear of the ribs & wrong side of the diaphragm.

Broadside heart/lung shot with 308 using 150gn Nosler BT - did what was expected on the animal I was aiming at, going through the rib cage & out the other side but bullet went on to hit another animal some way behind & off to one side.

 

[JH83]

With a 25 06 I shot a roe doe broadside under 100yds, not quartering particularly, dug the bullet out of opposite side haunch! As other have said, bits of metal at very high speeds hitting skin, tissue and bone can be really pretty random.

 

[bullet chucker]

Bullets can do some strange things once they've left the confines of your rifle barrel.

Last week with a 25.06 and a very' fine shooter, my friend reported a Fallow tried to get up after a head shot? When he followed it up, looking through the thermium scope he could see a blood line down the side of its scull,as he shot it again. His reasoning was, the first bullet was some how deflected before penetrating?

BC.

 

[76thirty]

I shot a muntjac in the summer, broadside 130yds, 168gn .308.

Entry was right in just behind the shoulder, exit was a tennis ball sized hole smack in the middle of the bib, left claret and chunks of heart all over the customers lawn

Bullets do strange things!