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17-05-2017, 10:00 #11
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Re: Meat damage revisited, monolithics etc.
Exit hole after the quartering shot. Thanks for the replies, very valid points Messor and Tstone.
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17-05-2017, 10:50 #12
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Re: Meat damage revisited, monolithics etc.
The effect seen from post two was probably from speed. The shot was behind the shoulder and did not hit any bone. If a slower bullet was used it might have been a different scenario.
Shot placement is more important than equipment. Fellow hunter shot a gemsbuck last year with 243 PMP ammo, perfect behind shoulder shot and it expired within 20m. If said shot was 5cm more forward it would have been a different story.
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17-05-2017, 12:26 #13
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17-05-2017, 12:46 #14
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Re: Meat damage revisited, monolithics etc.
One of the local mono bullet manufacturers specifically said that it has less meat damage under all circumstances, glad that myth has been busted.
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17-05-2017, 13:06 #15
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Re: Meat damage revisited, monolithics etc.
Two were shot in the head, so different context. The third animal was a spine shot (op die knoppe- and the shot was slightly pulled IMO). I.e. A high chest shot. Those guys are long range hunters, hence using soft bullets. They're going to get caught out sooner or later taking a close range shot and the bullet will blow up with resultant meat damage.As has been pointed out many times here, placement is key and those guys can really shoot.
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17-05-2017, 13:58 #16
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Re: Meat damage revisited, monolithics etc.
I wonder if the phenomenon on the heart shot is sometimes more to do with the heart pump cycle than the bullet used. An example I recall being referenced in The Perfect Shot.
It was explained quite well by shooting into a partially empty water bottle vs a full water bottle and the differences in the effect on the 2 bottles was remarkable, the one literally "exploded"...likewise he states the same is with the heart where it is either full of blood in its pump cycle or not, when the bullet hits and passes through.
His deduction is that you can fire 2 identical bullets at same distance, velocity, placement, etc and one will "drop" an animal in its tracks as its heart "explodes" and the other will not...based on where in the pump cycle the heart is.
I have never verified his theory further than watching the video, but it seems to make sense.
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17-05-2017, 15:48 #17
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17-05-2017, 15:49 #18
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22-05-2017, 11:54 #19
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Re: Meat damage revisited, monolithics etc.
Has anyone tried to cut the affected area out before placing the animal in the cold room. Brother lost almots 10kg of meat on a kudu he shot with bloodshot meat. Damage was only realized after kudu hung in cold room for 2 days. shot was behind the shoulder.
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22-05-2017, 12:13 #20
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Re: Meat damage revisited, monolithics etc.
I always remove the bloody area immediately after skinning, since blood spoils quickly.
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