Is there any reason for this thread anymore?
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Is there any reason for this thread anymore?
Is there any reason for this thread anymore?
The video in the original post is crap. A piece of fluff with a BS claim about missing the deer but killing it when the bullet passes close by.
Nice work. It took 149 posts for someone to mention it was a cull hunt. I amend my remarks that even though it's an eradication mission, meat should be conserved and donated.
I mentioned it in post #35 and I'm sure others have too.
What kind of a jackass would do that?
well, this thread sure did bring out the lurkers
Is there any reason for this thread anymore?
Ridiculous to hunt deer with a 50 bmg in the first place!
I suppose the combination of the whizzing bullet and muzzle blast gave him a coronary. I've had it happen with squirrels, too, so why not a deer. A .50's muzzle blast shakes the earth and air.
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Some people are just stupid and they give the DNR reason to be on our arses. Don't downplay the validity of the claim. I shot at a groundhog with my .243 Forester and missed him by a smidge, because I flinched at a noise, but he died. I suppose the combination of the whizzing bullet and muzzle blast gave him a coronary. I've had it happen with squirrels, too, so why not a deer. A .50's muzzle blast shakes the earth and air.
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If it hit anything more than fur, the hydrostatic shock would have caused the damage - he hit something, but it wasn't a direct hit.no, this myth has been busted several times in this thread. go back and look at this video
he probably hit the eyes. someone posted upthread a ballistics gel test from Jerry Miculek. .50bmg has very little expansion in the first 8 inches and almost no cavity. If he hit the deer in the eyes, it probably just went through and through.
This has been my experience with squirrels & .22's. When I was a new hunter I shot one a half a dozen times as it ran up a tree. It finally stopped climbing and I expected it to fall off. I approached and found it clinging to the tree - apparently quite dead so I knocked it off with a stick. I never forgot that squirrels can die with their claws in the bark of a tree and hang like that for a LONG time. It's happened to me more than once with .22's.What did you shoot with that you missed a squirrel and it died?
Those tree rats are immortal! I"ve put several 22LR through them (body shots my son took) before and they still kept moving. I had one on my feeder while crossbow hunting. Rascal tried to open the lid and I put a field point from chest to hip. Darn thing was stunned for 2 minutes then got back up and tried to crawl under a log. Squirrels are like vampires, they are only dead when you blow or cut the head off. Never believe a squirrel is truly dead until then
If it hit anything more than fur, the hydrostatic shock would have caused the damage - he hit something, but it wasn't a direct hit.
Take a look at this and how long it took to expand.
If you look at the OP video carefully (roughly 3:50 mark), you do see a small hole in front of the eye when he holds the deer head up.
Ridiculous to hunt deer with a 50 bmg in the first place!