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Is that where swampy pokes his bullets or his johnson......or both

Naw, that couldn't be Swampy's secret shootin' spot. He's never killed a deer that big.

True dat..

This one better?

I do believe that IS the buck on his golf cart!

I believe the only reason he recovered it is he hit the Femoral artery...

I like this thread for some reason....

That is funny chit...

Dink

Thats one of the funniest things I've seen today. Thanks for the laugh.

Buck fever....

11 shots eh? How many reloads is that in a Remington 700 .30-06?

Tom, I about pee'd myself.....
I've always been an armpit guy, but of late, I've really taken a liking to the high shoulder on whitetails.

Oh, and, I think it depends on what you're shooting. We all know what happens if you're shooting the anemic 270.

Tell me more about Swampy's low colon shots!! Mark as to the original question, I have shot a lot of deer in the shoulders up about half way and behind the shoulders and when the shoulders are broken they are doing the flop and spin and the lung shot ones run up to about 200 yards. A doe I shot this year at about 325 with a 7mm mag with a 140 cup and core at the back edges of the shoulder blades was knocked down, got up and went about 75 yards with a blood trail you could see from 50 yards away. Russ

That must mean it blows up on contact

Armored deer.

I don't have that many do the lunger dash, maybe it's the rounds/bullets I tend to use?

Tween me and several buds we all shot 6/06's, 70 NBT's ran hard (maybe even harder than we should of...o the shock) and of about 50 head of small big game (lopes/deer) I can only recall one lunger that took more than a couple steps. That one a doe went about 15 yds b4 taking the dirt nap.

My 7 Mashburn Super with 150 NBT's seems to send them to the Nozler Nap right now as well. Many kills with total electrocution from near to far.

Dats why I'm wondering cause I hear people talk about crunch the shoulders and they go right down. I've not seen that all that often though it do from time to time. And from reading the posts it sounds like it do happen but not all the time. To me that's pretty much like the lung shots with my speedy bullets.

Sounds like placement to get them on the turf is sort of critical and I may try to make that happen a bit more this year. Out of curiousity sake.

I'll have to think about it a bit as I just seem to tuck it behind and let it go. Too many years of building the habit, not that there's anything wrong with it.

Fun to toss it around though, thx for the comments and thoughts.

Dober

Thats GREAT, hey wheres Swampy, I'm wanting to see his comeback...

Someone please post a link to the original Swampy thread about that armored dink, I need some comic relief...

Mark, I have found the lunger dash to be more prevalent with the heavy bullet/to caliber and shotgun slugs rather than the high speed/ low drag hits. Russ

I like the double shoulder knuckle shot. I have shot quite a few critters in the "armpit" and double lung, but they always go farther than I'd like, sometimes surprisingly far.

Granted, most of the deer I have shot are with shotguns or handguns, so speed and projectile is a definite part of the equation.

I have had several animals hit through the running gear, with minimal soft tissue wounds, not go a step with large frontal area/minimal destruction bullets, despite being very much alive. Paralyzed, for the most part.

When hunting out of state, the use of different rifles and bullets haven't really changed my views on "ideal". I want two broken front shoulders and a nice blood trail, although a frangible bullet in the lung area can give hammer-like kills that are pretty cool.