Yeah it surprised me too. I havnt seen any flys about yet . But it has been warm this week.
Earlier in the thread I mentioned I think most people shoot too far back. Its my experience that anything just forward of the leg bone and especially if it connects with the leg bone in that knuckle area drops pretty much anything very quick and immobilises them if they dont go down.
On a pig specific it doesn't take a shot too much further forward than this to connect with the dip in spine where it becomes neck.
Some of this is speculation for sure. Ill give you what I think. The overwhelming damage was in the shoulder. the actual wound in the lungs is not gigantic. But if you look closely you will see a ring of bruising in the lungs further out. Speculatively part of an energy wave? the contortion of lung material from the temporary cavity. I think yes, the energy transfer and damage too that very big bone caused faster, longer lasting incapacitation. I dont think it changes the speed of death. The Aorta and heart were intact as far as i could tell, but I have definitely hit near where all that enters the lungs. No matter what calibre, id be happy with that shot placement.
I think that if I shoot a smaller, lighter built animal with the same projectile, that I will see more damage in the chest cavity and far side of animal.
I am too tied to farm to get out and hunt much right now, but I do intend to shoot something from chamois too red hind size for this thread when i can, and I will autopsy and post results here regardless of what it shows.
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