Yea, I am guessing most people liking the shock value don;t butcher themselves and do not now the amount meat damage done. I had one hole in and no exit wound as it got the leg bone too.
There was blood jelly between all membrane layers in the chest and neck of the same side. A damn swimming pool of blood once I opened the diaphragm but only one spot of blood on the ground before I saw her 50 yards down. No blood out side and total havoc inside.
Yea, I am guessing most people liking the shock value don;t butcher themselves and do not now the amount meat damage done. I had one hole in and no exit wound as it got the leg bone too.
There was blood jelly between all membrane layers in the chest and neck of the same side. A damn swimming pool of blood once I opened the diaphragm but only one spot of blood on the ground before I saw her 50 yards down. No blood out side and total havoc inside.
Thanks for all of your kinds words. As I was typing this in last night my wife told me no one was going to read it because "it's too long!" I'm gratified that folks enjoyed the story. It's sorta fun to retell now, but believe me it was anything but fun living through it at the time!
Interesting that you had a very similar experience to me. Who knew quicksand was real thing? Glad you got out though. As far as I know, I didn't damage my gun. I'll inspect it carefully as soon as I clean it - which should have already happened, but I've been crazy busy since then (sigh).
nice shot! Ive had a couple animals shot in the heart...some intentional some luckThey finally stopped logging the farm to the east. I hunted the farm edge to the west. That other farmer decided to spread manure at 2:30. Boy was I a bit pissed. But figured they are used to his tractor getting round bails every night for the cows. The fourth trip the deer must have got tired of the tractor and headed my way. A whole bunch of does. I picked one and dropped her.
These pictures to show what the hornady SST rounds on .30-06 did. Bullet entered the heart and opened the other side like a flower. I am not sure the bullet even exited
Yea it’s a bit gross but that bullet was awesome
I also had a very crappy mud/bog experience. I was duck hunting on the eastern shore at a spot I had never hunted before. It was public land, and a LONG walk in. Probably 2 miles. I was carrying my shotgun, two bags of decoys, my gear bag, and my coat. I suspected it got marshy down by the river I would be hunting, so I picked a spot that had a kind of peninsula to get me out through the marsh, minimizing its impact. I found it, and trekked out. I was able to hop from the tops of grass mats to keep out of the really marshy stuff below, so that saved me a lot. I picked out a spot with an advantageous wind, and started hunting.
The trip back out was a TOTALLY different story.
When I went in, it was probably 25 degrees, and had been for a few days. Everything was frozen. On this day though, it warmed up, and everything thawed out before my hunt was over. All of the grass mats I used to get out there now sunk in to the mud, or sometimes my foot would just go through them. I had waders on, so I wasn't worried about water getting over my boots, but they create other problems, such as limited mobility. I decided to move around the grass mats and in to the muck, and try to use the mats for support/stability. It was terrible.
I had about 75 yards to go though this mess, and I think it took me an hour and a half. And I was EXHAUSTED after that. I used the same trick you did (laying back and kicking out), but I also did this forwards, and on my sides at times. I also used the decoy bags as "outriggers" of sorts to help get more purchase on terra firma. And that peninsula I used? Well, with the thaw, a small stream formed next to it, which made for an interesting "finale" to the mayhem. And then I still had two miles to walk back to my truck.
And for all this, I only got a merganser
And the REALLY sad part was that I had planned to hunt from my boat on this trip, which would have bypassed all the marsh. But the winds were so bad and I had never navigated this water before, I decided to play it safe and walk in. But when I got there, the water was insulated from the wind, and was nearly flat calm. I could have avoided it all after all
One less Bambi killer. My oldest brother got this today in West Viginia with his smokeless muzzleloader.
One less Bambi killer. My oldest brother got this today in West Viginia with his smokeless muzzleloader.
Pic?Dorchester 7:20 this morning.