Thread: 223 on deer

Originally Posted by gimp

Today I got up at 5am, burned some toast, had a coffee, and climbed a hill. Recovering from covid so not feeling terribly fit. Spotted a chamois from the ridge top and dropped down to have a closer look. Nanny and kid, leave them alone. Had a good hard look at a patch of scrub and eventually located a hind bedded, visible through a small gap in the vegetables. Got a good position with my schedium on top of a tripod and shot her.

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80gr ELDM, 330m, impact V about 2200fps. Shot was 27⁰ downhill angle, quartering to. She ran 10 metres downhill and died. Bullet entered high shoulder, shattered the scapula, broke a rib, went through 1 lung and the heart, and ended up in the gut cavity. She still ran despite the broken bone, it is my observation that breaking front legs doesn't do a lot to stop them running, and heart shots often run.

Knife pointing to entry
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Wound on the inside of the shoulder
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And correspondingly on the ribs
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Lung wound channel. I gave them a rinse in the creek. Big permanent wound cavity and a large zone of extravasation.
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Heart
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Inside rib cage
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Bullet jacket & core as found
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Is that a reprofiled Mountain Skinner?