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Post by Sleazy E on Nov 22, 2006 13:28:02 GMT -5
Been hunting for years and never in my life saw anything like this before. This is my first year using a ML so I am new to this aspect of hunting. To make a very long story short I shot a nice 8 pointer the other day at 50 yards with my ML. I hit him and his back legs went right up in to the air..... Well then he runs and stands 20 yards from my stand.... Now I can see the hole in him... can actually see it (I hit high) and there is a small trickle of blood running down his side. So I reload as quet as possible but before i get reloaded he runs off. After about an hour I get down and start to check and see how much of a blood trail I have. There is hair where the initial shot was taken at... and then where he stood 20 yards away from my stand at... there is 1 drop of blood.
I missed everyting vital and basicly just punched a hole through his chest cavity. I know this because when I went looking for him that evening I kicked him up (bedded with a doe) and when I went to look at his bed there was a little hair and a few drops of blood. I guess he lives ot fight another day.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 22, 2006 17:43:09 GMT -5
My semi-educated guess is that you hit him in the loins above the spine.
He might puss up for awhile, but he will be right out there chasing does ASAP...
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Post by kevin1 on Nov 22, 2006 19:01:23 GMT -5
That would be my guess too .
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Post by Old Ironsights on Nov 22, 2006 22:21:50 GMT -5
Carry a second gun. Really. Especially with Muzzleloaders. Over on a Muzzleloader forum we have been talking about how a guy got mauled by a bear because he didn't have a secondary weapon - either another gun or a bigarseknife/sword. I have a 12" .50 Buckhunter Pistol I carry - loaded & capped - when I have my Flinter out. (so far at the range only though...  I'm good with it out to 50yds and that 360gr Minnie at 1000fps is generally accepted as good for a solid thumping - on deer or nastier critter, like bear or hog. In a good cross-shoulder underarm rig it doesn't get in the way at all. |
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Post by Sleazy E on Nov 22, 2006 23:56:58 GMT -5
I started carrying my shotgun also.... since that happened I don't want to be in a situation like again. I am not sure where I hit him on the impact side but the exit wound was lower than the spine... the only thing i can think is that i hit him in that 2inch black hole that all deer have between thier spine and thier lungs.... just the way my luck has been going this year. Oh well tomorrow I am out there agin and maybe my luck will change.
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Post by pbr on Nov 23, 2006 9:44:12 GMT -5
That is a myth. There is NO "2 inch black hole that all deer have between thier spine and thier lungs".
It doesn't exist. No animal, incluidng humans, could breath if there was a "hole" in that area.
I agree with the others. I believe that you hit above the spine.
Better luck next time..
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Post by greg on Nov 23, 2006 19:21:39 GMT -5
sleazye- too bad about the buck, but he will probably live to be hunted another day.
pbr is right, that's a common misconception about a "void". A high shot can look fairly good, but still be well above the spine, especially in the forward area around the front shoulders. Counting hair, skin, fat, and backstraps, its a good distance down to the spine...as much as 6-7 inches. In order for lungs to function on a live deer, they remain constantly pinned to the ribcage wall. Actually if you look at a cross section of the ribs, you will see that the top of the lungs flank the spine at slightly above the center line of the spine.
Hang in there....it happens to all of us at one time or another.
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I'm good with it out to 50yds and that 360gr Minnie at 1000fps is generally accepted as good for a solid thumping - on deer or nastier critter, like bear or hog. In a good cross-shoulder underarm rig it doesn't get in the way at all.
