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Mule Deer earlier in this thread spoke of on processing the carcas of checking to see what damage or story can be told. Just looking at a bullet may not tell the story.


The two 375 Hornady solids were recovered from a kudu. The first shot was from the rear. It did not exit and I didn't see that as an issue as it had to travel a bit. The second shot was when he tried to regain his footing when I approached and it went into the neck area in front of the shoulder. I was surprised it did not exit and had asked the skinner if he could find the bullets. He gave me these two bullets and it confused me why one on the left bent.
I asked the skinner where he found them and he places them in my hand like this

Sometimes strange things happen