Deer are so resilient
- Thread starter Jh1986
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I shot one that ended up like that.
It wasn't a "shocking shot", but it shocked me!
Mine was taken classic broadside, but the bullet deflected off the shoulder, turned 90°, and travelled the full length of the animal just in the skin layer, before exiting at the haunch.
She was unzipped all down one side as cleanly as if done with a knife.
Bullets can do some strange things.
I'd say a classic shoulder shot that's deflected off bone
Roedeer 1962
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Poor bugger
Have had two instances of bizarre deflections over the years, both with 243.
The first was a fallow doe shot in the shoulder from about 30 yards from a high seat using factory 100gn soft point ammo, the bullet turned 90 degrees & exited to the rear.
The second was a fallow fawn about 100 yards away shot from a quartering away position with the intention of the bullet going into the ribs ahead of the diaphragm on the left side & exiting ahead of the shoulder on the right side (it was the third shot in a group). The entry was exactly where it should have been but the exit was ahead of the shoulder on the left side - the bullet obviously had some ‘spin’ imparted on it as it hit a rib on entry & deformed. Fortunately it did enough damage to prove fatal.
The bullet in the second case was a 105gn Speer spitzer, I only loaded up one box of these bullets as although they were very accurate in the 1:8 twist barrel I had some unexpected results with them - mainly not expanding, so they went down the range & I reverted to Sierra 100gn pro-hunter.
The first was a fallow doe shot in the shoulder from about 30 yards from a high seat using factory 100gn soft point ammo, the bullet turned 90 degrees & exited to the rear.
The second was a fallow fawn about 100 yards away shot from a quartering away position with the intention of the bullet going into the ribs ahead of the diaphragm on the left side & exiting ahead of the shoulder on the right side (it was the third shot in a group). The entry was exactly where it should have been but the exit was ahead of the shoulder on the left side - the bullet obviously had some ‘spin’ imparted on it as it hit a rib on entry & deformed. Fortunately it did enough damage to prove fatal.
The bullet in the second case was a 105gn Speer spitzer, I only loaded up one box of these bullets as although they were very accurate in the 1:8 twist barrel I had some unexpected results with them - mainly not expanding, so they went down the range & I reverted to Sierra 100gn pro-hunter.
And why the shooter didn’t follow it up and finish the job
Probably written off along with many other "clean misses".
devon deer stalker
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Probably the result of an arrow then got infected
8x57
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That's a possibility that I never considered.
Had a strange one many years ago. A bunch of Fallow does at 60 yds. One was ten yards from the rest and all were in a line left to right in front. I neck shot the left hand doe on her own, .308 150gr round nose. She dropped and so did the next doe to her right the full ten yards away. The bullet had deflected off the neck bone after breaking it and hit the spine of the second doe a few inches in front of her tail.
First doe dead, quick shot on the second as she tried to get up on her front feet. I must admit I had to sit and have a smoke to calm down after that.
First doe dead, quick shot on the second as she tried to get up on her front feet. I must admit I had to sit and have a smoke to calm down after that.
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