Thread: First fail - 6.5mm 143gr ELD-X

Flyblown, totally understand what your saying and agree to a point. I would have taken the brisket shot if it was available but the animals head was drooping as he was all but asleep and that shot was not on as I really am not a fan of head shots.
I should have been clearer in my previous post that I opened the gut/chest and it was destroyed, soup to coin a phraise. The bullet just missed the heart took all the pipework out of the left lung carried on through and stopped before the back leg. I didnt feel like a swim in what was left of the guts so didnt recover the projectile. Having said that the projectile did not reach the back leg and on a Fallow of any size I would have expected at least a broken leg or exit especially with the energy involved in stopping the bullet. I have taken similar shots on a few deer over the years and have never had one get up from a full length body shot especially when totally at rest.

Just my observations and be taken any which way. As with my previous post the bullet did not fail as the animal died but I have had more consistant results of traditional projectiles.

These kind of conversations are good as we can all learn some thing from each other, especially the less experienced.

Cheers

Troy