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Post by bula on Jan 20, 2018 8:51:54 GMT -5
Even with the one rear leg drawn up under it, that doe looks quite plump. Congrats and some good eating coming !
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Post by bushog on Jan 20, 2018 12:04:16 GMT -5
James, trying not to hi-jack here but I made my 19th trip for elk tonight & I was so cold by the time I walked back to the 4 wheeler I couldn't even feel my fingers. Then I had a 3 mile ride back to my truck, no feeling in my face then. Man, it was cold! I'm getting closer I think, elk tracks everywhere but still the gun remains silent. Dick Get 'em Tiger! I sorely wish the elk season here lasted more than 5 days on a tag you have to draw....... |
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Post by bradshaw on Jan 21, 2018 19:52:42 GMT -5
James.... in looking at your post mortem photos----deer lungs lacerated by bullet with area pulped by hydrostatic shock----looking at these photos when posted, a few days later getting called to slaughter livestock, then reviewing your image again----it never ceases to amaze me how peacefully well-placed lung shots kill. Had your bullet not taken out the heart, your lungshot (without cutting the heart) may have produced the same smooth effect. Of course, a high central nervous system shot immediately cuts communication to extremities. Yet, not all brain shots are equal: one placement stops the heart; a different placement may not slow the heart at all.
I believe a good lungshot quells in the nervous system by starving the brain of oxygen. While some brain shots which cause unbelievable thrashing. Like a dynamo, firing muscles into a dance of terminal fury.
Many folks consider a brainshot more merciful than a lungshot. I am not so sure. To collect blood for boudin (blood sausage) usually requires slashing the jugular or carotid, which takes advantage of the beating heart to empty muscle of blood. The other best way to empty muscle of blood is the lungshot, producing the cleanest meat. A brain shot or high nervous system shot which stops the heart prevents blood leaving the muscle. Blood trapped in muscle seeps forever; removed from the freezer, the muscle keeps on bleeding.
A good lungshot is clean killing. Sometimes, to break the shoulders or cut high the spinal column is necessary to prevent an animal jumping a cliff, falling into a river,crossing a fence, or leaping into a maze of thorns and snake habitat.
James, your photo stimulates a look into life at the end of a shot.
David Bradshaw
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Post by jfs on Jan 22, 2018 13:39:05 GMT -5
Dave, You get my brain moving like no other poster on the web..... There are some handgunners that are that good as to place their shots where they call.. ex. high shoulder, spine, heart, etc.....Being a lousy shot, I`am lucky to have about an eight inch circle with a set of lungs behind it for most medium game (even bigger on larger game) which has been my aim point for the last 35 years.... Lungs are like a steam engine, a bullet through the boiler drops the pressure and the engine stops.... Its worked for me....
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