Originally Posted by rost495

Some folks get a bit hung up on things not falling when the gun goes boom.... a bit to hung up IMHO. I don't even think those quicker to fall die quicker, they are just immobilized quicker and are still in the process of dying while all the high fives and such are going on... And why in some cases with ANY animal, while the backslapping is going, from a DRT... the DRT gets up and goes away with a non vital high shot....


And this is a strong argument for Jorge's "break down bone on the way to the heart" position.

Particularly so if the beast you've just shot has a reputation for belligerence whose propensity when injured is to attack the creature that caused its injury, rather than just running away.


"I'm gonna have to science the schit out of this." Mark Watney, Sol 59, Mars