Originally Posted By: hm1996 Quote: Double lung shots with just about any caliber including 30/06 and 7 Mag equals RUNNING DEER!!! I have been told by a very deer savy guy here in SC that if you can catch them in between breaths, they WILL drop on the spot.
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While I cannot prove it, I am of the same opinion. I've seen a number of double lunged deer drop in tracks and that is best explanation I have been able to come up with over the years because most will run about 40 yds, a few farther. Just makes sense to me that if they have a lung full of air, they can continue to function longer than if lungs are empty.
Regards,
hm
We're getting a bit OT, but I recall an article I read some years ago, (I wanna say in the NRA's American Hunter mag - not sure, and can't come up with it on a net search) where a somewhat free-ranging, but privately-owned bison herd was culled back w/ rifles and the culling was used as a study on the effects of calibers, bullet placement, tissue/organ damage, animal reactions, etc. They noted animal reaction at the shot, then documented the rest upon autopsying the animal. They noted that most of the animals that dropped at the shot had burst blood vessels in the brain, although having been shot in the chest. The theory evolved that the bullets impact was such that is ended up timed with the heart having just beat, and the blood pressure being at the highest point at the time of impact. Of course, caliber, impact velocity, expansion, bullet placement, etc. would have something to do with it too. Don't know that they came to any hard and fast conclusions there, but it was interesting.
I know lunging them with my 30-06 and "normal" deer weight bullets usually lets them run around 50 yds or so till they drop - heart shot about the same. Often wanted to try lighter bullets, but it's not broke, and I like absolute penetration first and foremost....on any angle.
FWIW.
+1
While I cannot prove it, I am of the same opinion. I've seen a number of double lunged deer drop in tracks and that is best explanation I have been able to come up with over the years because most will run about 40 yds, a few farther. Just makes sense to me that if they have a lung full of air, they can continue to function longer than if lungs are empty.
Regards,
hm
We're getting a bit OT, but I recall an article I read some years ago, (I wanna say in the NRA's American Hunter mag - not sure, and can't come up with it on a net search) where a somewhat free-ranging, but privately-owned bison herd was culled back w/ rifles and the culling was used as a study on the effects of calibers, bullet placement, tissue/organ damage, animal reactions, etc. They noted animal reaction at the shot, then documented the rest upon autopsying the animal. They noted that most of the animals that dropped at the shot had burst blood vessels in the brain, although having been shot in the chest. The theory evolved that the bullets impact was such that is ended up timed with the heart having just beat, and the blood pressure being at the highest point at the time of impact. Of course, caliber, impact velocity, expansion, bullet placement, etc. would have something to do with it too. Don't know that they came to any hard and fast conclusions there, but it was interesting.
I know lunging them with my 30-06 and "normal" deer weight bullets usually lets them run around 50 yds or so till they drop - heart shot about the same. Often wanted to try lighter bullets, but it's not broke, and I like absolute penetration first and foremost....on any angle.
FWIW.
