Brian Pfleuger
Moderator Emeritus
samsmix said:^^^ That. That right there is why I quit using it on big game. If it was all I had then a-hunting I would go, but there are better choices.I shot the deer and it just stood there for 10 seconds, then fell over
Except I've seen the EXACT same thing happen with a whitetail deer shot with a 12ga slug.
It was the hunters first deer. He was flabbergasted.... Less than 40 yards, BOOM! Deer just stood there. Hunter is looking at it through the scope. Could see blood dripping. Deer looked around for a few seconds, walked 10 or 15 yards, stood THERE for a few seconds, layed down calmly, looked around for a few seconds, tipped it's head back to lick the wound and slowly rolled it's head back against it's body, dead. It was a perfect, broadside, double lung shot.
If we stopped using everything that didn't result in BANG, FLOP!, we'd stop using everything smaller than a 105mm rifled cannon.