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Offline .270

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« on: October 12, 2005, 09:32:47 AM »
A few years a go some of my faimly members were get ready to make a deer drive.  One of guys looked down over the side of the hill they where on and spots a few deer in a small wooded area ín the middle of a field 200 yard away. When the shooting stoped they had 4-5 dead deer.

  I know your thinking what is so strange about that right. Here comes the strange part. When we were cleaning the deer up we found one that did not have a single bullet hole in it! :shock:


  What happened to that deer? Was it a heart attack or did it run head first into a tree? From what I could tell the neck was not broken.
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« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2005, 11:38:51 PM »
I shot a spike bull elk one time ,dropped him in his tracks,and never did find a hole in him,I know there was one somewhere but....
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« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2006, 09:08:49 PM »
if you want to make sure your deer has a hole in it....make sure you use a really big gun...i recommend a 50 cal. :wink:

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« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2006, 12:40:48 PM »
:shock: Several years ago a friend shot one running away from him, it took about three steps and fell over deal.  When he and I got to the deer we could not find a hole or blood anyplace, after several minutes looking he finally rolled the deer over field dress it.  When he opened it up the heart looked like jello.  After some looking we figured out the bullet went up ther rectum and took the heart out.  There were no guts torn and very little meat loss.  The bullet was found in the neck after we quartered the deer.
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« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2006, 02:06:48 PM »
Many years ago my great uncle showed me a deer he had killed that had no bullet hole!

Turns out that his shott had hit the deer where the antlers attach to the head.   Didn't just knock him out - hit hard enough to kill it!
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« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2006, 09:04:41 AM »
We had a farmer call us out in January one year (post-deer season) asking us if we wanted a yearling whitetail for the freezer.  The game warden was there and gave us the striper tag, but here's the deal:
The farmer decided to scare the deer off of his corn pile, so he shot his .410 in the air from his front porch (30+ yds. away) The poor yearling was so scared that it apparently had a heart attack and keeled over.  Just like cleaning a beef for market!
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« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2006, 09:54:19 AM »
By any chance, were any of you bow hunting?
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« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2006, 10:36:54 AM »
VC, nope, but I've also seen what you're referring to the other way around.  "I shot it with my bow at 5 yds, that's why there's a massive hematoma and a huge hole!"  I've seen guys try to pass off their rifle shot deer during bow season and put their bow tags on it, just because it was a monster buck and they apparently couldn't get close enough with the stick and string.
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« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2006, 11:25:01 PM »
Quote from: rockbilly
:shock: Several years ago a friend shot one running away from him, it took about three steps and fell over deal.  When he and I got to the deer we could not find a hole or blood anyplace, after several minutes looking he finally rolled the deer over field dress it.  When he opened it up the heart looked like jello.  After some looking we figured out the bullet went up ther rectum and took the heart out.  There were no guts torn and very little meat loss.  The bullet was found in the neck after we quartered the deer.
I've heard that the old "up the rectum" shot referred to as a Texas Heart Shot.
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Re: strange but true
« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2006, 07:55:48 AM »
My father-in-law shot a buck with a 12-gauge slug; it dropped in its tracks.  When we walked up to it the only sign of a wound we could find was some hair missing on the very top of his back - no broken skin or blood.  We finally decided that the slug had glanced off the spinal column hard enough to kill him, but I dunno...
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